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[News] Free Software Liberates EBooks/Ereaders

  • Subject: [News] Free Software Liberates EBooks/Ereaders
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:37:44 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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OpenInkpot: free software for e-book readers

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| OpenInkpot (or OI) intends to be a full alternative, 
| free software stack for e-ink based readers. It comes 
| with a "bookshelf" menu to handle your collection of 
| e-books and brings the popular FBReader and Cool 
| Reader to display most e-book formats, among them 
| epub, fb2, txt, html, rtf, pdb, plucker and 
| mobipocket. PDF files are handled by OI's own locoPDF 
| and madeye is a simple viewer for images. A sound 
| player application for audio books will join the OI 
| software collection soon.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/354714/

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending 

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| Eager to attract digitally savvy patrons and 
| capitalize on the growing popularity of electronic 
| readers, public libraries across the country are 
| expanding collections of books that reside on servers 
| rather than shelves.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/books/15libraries.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all


Recent:

Android May Power New Barnes & Noble E-Reader

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| Reports indicate that another new e-
| reader is on the way, this time from 
| Barnes & Noble.  The interesting thing - 
| or at least the interesting thing that 
| makes this development connect to the 
| search industry - is that Barnes & 
| Noble's e-reader will supposedly use 
| Android as its operating system.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/10/09/android-may-power-new-barnes-noble-e-reader


3G wireless eReader from Irex aims to tackle Amazon's Kindle

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| Although the handheld reader will connect to Windows
| PCs through the USB port, its underlying platform will
| be built on Linux for "open development," he said.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/3G-wireless-eReader-from-Irex-aims-to-tackle-Amazons-Kindle/1253737925


eReader on Android Soon, Planned for Palm Pre Later

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| Google Android handset owners can expect eReader availability in âmid- to
| late summer,â according to TeleRead. They spoke to Scott Pendergrast of
| Fictionwise, which is owned by Barnes & Noble.
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http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/10/ereader-on-android-soon-planned-for-palm-pre-later/
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