2009 review post up at BookNet Canada blog
For all your retrospective needs, my ebook year in review and 2010 thoughts.
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Month: December, 2009
December 30, 2009
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December 21, 2009
Nook 1.1.0 firmware update report
This morning my Nook updated to version 1.1.0. I ran through some of the tests in my original Nook/epub review. Other comments on the update are on Teleread.
Locations of My Documents change
I had loaded my local books in the Digital Editions folder, but after the update I had nothing listed on the Nook [...]
December 11, 2009
Nook as an ePub renderer: review
(There’s an updated post on the 1.1.0 firmware.)
This isn’t a full review of the device. In particular, I don’t cover purchasing books or reading PDB or PDF books at all. I was mainly interested in evaluating the Nook as a general-purpose ePub reader.
Adobe Mobile SDK
Like other e-ink devices, the Nook uses the Adobe [...]
December 10, 2009
Nook unboxing photos
Here are some frankly terrible iPhone camera photos I took as I struggled with unboxing the Nook, which appears to be shipped in some kind of impenetrable force field. Seriously, it took me 8 minutes just to open the thing between the first and last photo.
I’ll post a real report on the device after [...]
December 2, 2009
New ePub Zen Garden contribution: GBS
This is really funny if you get the joke, and still a nice style if you don’t. Thanks Kirk Biglione!