Aschehoug-books to Kindle - Today it

Aschehoug has developed a tool that allows you to convert e-books a buyer on Aschehougs online bookstore to Amazones MOBI format. Thus, the user can read Norwegian titles on their Kindle boards. The publisher will be the first in Norway allowing for such a solution.

– We are looking for Kindle users as an important customer group and this solution will make it easier for them to buy Norwegian eBooks to read their boards, says Thomas Bertram Nilsen, digital consultant Aschehoug publishing in a press release Monday.

platform is part of a digital million commitment from the publisher. Both Gyldendal and Cappelen Damm has so far said that such tools will not be necessary.

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– We want to give everyone the opportunity to read Norwegian e-books on the reading board they already have or prefer , says Bertram Nilsen.

He stressed that the books still need to be purchased in Norwegian e-bookstores, and the publisher, which is the third largest, has not entered into any collaboration with online giant Amazon. According to the publisher, this is not applicable.

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last week wrote DN.no that the largest publishers in recent years has spent tens of millions of dollars on digital initiatives. It became clear that none of the publishers were interested in collaborating on a common platform. Aschehoug confirmed then that digital solutions is the publisher’s main priority, but did not know how many books would become available during the year.

The new conversion service should be free a free file selection when purchasing e-book from Aschehoug.

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Tesco Hudl Tablet Will Sees The Supermarket take on Amazon's Kindle And ... - Huffington Post UK

Tesco’s much-rumoured tablet looks like it’s going to be unveiled next week.

An Apple-esque press release informs us the supermarket giant “have got something to show you” on the 23rd of this month.

Called the Hudl, the device looks set to set to challenge Amazon’s updated Kindle Fire Google’s Nexus but with a much smaller price tag.

Would the cheap price tag tempt you away from more established brands?

Rumours last month suggested it could retail for as little as £100.

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What will we get for our money? It’s a safe bet it will be an Android device and will undoubtedly have a way of making ordering goods from Tesco an absolute doddle.

Tesco-controlled video streaming site Blinkbox will also presumably feature prominently.

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New Amazon Kindle tablet render, courtesy of @evleaks - Android Authority

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Alleged Amazon Kindle Fire Press Render Leaked - Ubergizmo

By Edwin Kee on 09/15/2013
Filed in Homepage > Tablets

We did catch a glimpse of an alleged next generation Amazon Kindle Fire HD image that was leaked out, but this time around, the folks over at @evleaks seem to have something better up their sleeves – by introducing what seems to be an official render of a potential new Amazon Kindle Fire hardware refresh. The alleged press image that you see above does seem to jive with other leaks in the past concerning bezel size and design, but it does seem to miss out on the front-facing camera that Amazon placed with the introduction of the Kindle Fire HD.

This would certainly raise suspicions that the alleged press render happens to be a non-HD model of Amazon's upcoming tablet. Whispers on the street have it that the flagship model will arrive with a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution display, where there will be a camera in front as well as an operating system which is said to be based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Now, if only Amazon would be able to share something official from their press room in order to quell and squash any speculation out there. Alternatively, this kind of "free publicity" might prove to work in Amazon's favor, or any other manufacturer's for that matter, when it comes to an upcoming device, right?

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Sony PRS-T3 vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite - Good E-Reader (blog)

The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite has been on the market for almost a year and the e-commence giant as announced a successor to be released at the end of the month. The company claims to have sold millions of units worldwide and many people are eager about the new model coming out soon. In the meantime, how does this e-reader stack up against the newest edition from Sony?

The Sony PRS-T3 is the newest e-reader to hit the market and will be on sale next week. The big draws about Sony readers are the physical buttons, PDF Support and sleep covers. We compare both of these e-readers side by side and primarily evaluate the core e-reading experience.

Over the course of this video tutorial we look at books purchased from the stores and how the performance is. We also check out fonts, dictionaries, highlights, note taking and PDF files. Finally, we check out the main difference between both of their retail stores, and what you can expect to find.

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Amazon's newest Kindle Paperwhite: brighter, faster - Hartford Courant

Amazon.com is updating its Kindle e-reader business, offering some modest tweaks to its Kindle Paperwhite device to make it brighter and faster.

The new Paperwhite, the same size and weight as the current model, is available for pre-order on Amazon’s website now. The Wi-Fi version is priced at $ 119 with ads and $ 139 without. The company says it will start shipping those devices Sept. 30.

A version with 3G connectivity will cost $ 189 and begin shipping Nov. 5.

Amazon has increased the contrast on the screen, making the new Paperwhite easier to read in direct sunlight. At its highest contrast setting, there’s a noticeable difference in the screen brightness from the current Paperwhite.

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The company said it also has boosted the processor speed by 25 percent. That means books should open faster and digital pages should flip more quickly.

Those changes may be too subtle for most readers to notice. One update they will see is the Goodreads “g” logo at the top of the home screen on the device. Amazon bought the book-reading community earlier this year. The service has 20 million members who share their favorite reads with one another on the social network.

Maybe more important for Amazon, those customers can buy e-books for their Kindles directly from those Goodreads recommendations.

Amazon has also added a technology it’s calling “Page Flip,” designed to digitally mimic the physical act of saving a page with a finger while thumbing back through a book to find another page. With Page Flip, a slightly smaller window opens on top of the page being read, which readers can then use to scan through the book.

The new Paperwhite also includes Kindle FreeTime, a parental control and monitoring program. Parents can keep tabs on the books their kids read, how long they read, and even what words they look up. Kids can earn badges for hitting reading goals created by their parents. And they can add books to wish lists that parents can then purchase for the devices.

Amazon offered only an update to the Paperwhite. The company will likely update the basic Kindle, which runs $ 69, and the line of Kindle Fire tablets in the coming weeks.

“We like to bring products to customers when they’re ready,” said Neil Lindsay, a vice president of marketing at Amazon.

Separately, Amazon introduced Kindle MatchBook, a service that lets customers who purchase print copies of books from Amazon to also buy digital copies of those books for $ 2.99 or less.

The service is similar to Amazon’s AutoRip, which gives customers free digital copies of songs they’ve purchased in CD form, except Amazon will charge fees for e-books. Terms vary based on “arrangements that publishers have,” Lindsay said.

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Kindle Fire HD 2 might be showing its curvy, buttoned backside in new pics - TechRadar UK

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The Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablet line is expected to be updated this year in order to take on the new Nexus 7, and it looks like we’re getting our first look at the smaller of two slates.

The Kindle Fire HD 2 is said to be pictured in seven less-than-clear photos obtained by BGR, one showing off the normal-looking front of the 7-inch tablet and the rest focusing on its unique backside.

The face of the tablet has a front camera and what looks to be plenty of bezel, something the first-generation Kindle Fire HD and even the Google Nexus 7 have in common.

The more interesting rear of the alleged Kindle Fire HD takes on an angular design that remains flat in the center and then dramatically slopes near the sides of the tablet. It looks like an old-fashioned projection television.

LG and Amazon have something in common with buttons on the back (credit: BGR)

Back pushers

Tucked away in the sloped frame of the supposed Kindle Fire HD 2013 are the volume buttons on the left side, power button on the right side and speakers at the top, all on the non-front facing side of the device

Maybe the LG G2 smartphone with its back volume buttons has started a trend.

BGR mentioned that portions of Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD tablet have been covered up in the photos to mask identifiable marks, so we certainly don’t have the full picture.

Kindle Fire HD 2013 specs

The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD specs are rumored to include a 1920 x 1200 resolution screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM.

That would certainly be an improvement over last year’s 1280 x 800 screen resolution and 1GB of memory.

This is just the smaller 7-inch version, as Amazon is reported to have a Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch in the pipeline with the same angular design but bumped up specs.

However, the launch of the two Kindle Fire HD 2013 tablets may be staggered. That was the case last year when the 7-inch model came out in September and Amazon held off on releasing its 8.9-inch tablet until mid-November.

That just leaves time for more leaks of the MIA 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD in the weeks head.

• See video of the alleged iPad 5, a prime competitor for the Kindle Fire HD with less bezel.

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