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Funimation’s streaming service, FunimationNow, edges closer to UK launch

March 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the most significant license buyer of anime in the states is Funimation. They’ve an online streaming service in FunimationNow which just released a mobile version to support smartphones and tablets; iOS, Android, Kindle and even Windows 10 devices.…

LEGO robot to combat DRM

September 14, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This LEGO bot combats DRM. Designed by Peter Purgathofer the Mindstorms bot holds a Kindle, flips through pages and takes pictures. He stresses this was a private project, not part of the Vienna University of Technology, not an invitation or instruction on how to get around digital rights management.…

Amazon launch Kindle Matchbook

September 4, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book-selling powerhouse Amazon has announced Kindle Matchbook. The program means anyone who buys a paperbook unlocks access to a cheap Kindle version of that book. Cheap or free. Of course, the Kindle book needs to be available in the first place.…

Exclusive Terry Pratchett Discworld Kindle cases raise money for charity

September 3, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bookshop Waterstones will release two exclusive Terry Pratchett Kindle cases on the 9th of September including a special edition signed case. The designs feature work from Josh Kirby and are available in-store as well as via an online store.…

Amazon to rebate some US customers

October 14, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A coalition of American Attorneys Generals have made significant progress in an antitrust lawsuit brought against publishers and retailers. The claim was that the price of ebooks had been rigged unfairly.…

How do you read a .mobi attachment in Gmail on your Android Kindle app?

October 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Now and then people email me .mobi attachments. This is a popular format for eBooks, .mobi files are quite small so they’re a popular alternative than shipping paper books around. My eBook reader is my Nexus 7 Android tablet.…

Has Pottermore.com hurt the Kindle and helped RPG eBook publishers?

June 25, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

This blog took part in the Pottermore speculation. It was fun. When the news was finally announced it felt, at first blush, a bit of an anti-climax. JK would let Harry Potter eBooks be sold from the site.…

Sanity found as Amazon sides with Cthulhu geeks

June 19, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Can you imagine the soul destroying horror of working on a huge project, making the results available for free only then to discover that someone’s ripped off your work and has started to sell it at a profit?…

Interactive “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain” available for Kindle

February 11, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

I’m not sure I’ve ever successfully managed to finish The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. I always get lost in the bloomin’ maze of wandering monsters and hidden doors. It becomes a game of attrition then; my finite health and patience against an apparent endless stream of skeletons, trolls and giant rats.…

Funimation’s streaming service, FunimationNow, edges closer to UK launch

LEGO robot to combat DRM

Amazon launch Kindle Matchbook

Exclusive Terry Pratchett Discworld Kindle cases raise money for charity

Amazon to rebate some US customers

How do you read a .mobi attachment in Gmail on your Android Kindle app?

Has Pottermore.com hurt the Kindle and helped RPG eBook publishers?

Sanity found as Amazon sides with Cthulhu geeks

Interactive “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain” available for Kindle

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