New Kindle

New Kindle is out.
Via Three Percent.

When translation is a further problem…

I’ve been talking now and then about the question of diversity of translations in the world today. Sometimes we need to take an step back and give some tought to our own langague. I’m sure the problem faced by the Spanish-speaking authors in Latin America discussed on the Hermano Cerdo (in Spanish, sorry) is not [...]

Laroussepedia

It’s seems that the French publishing Larousse house will try to compete with Wikipedia. They made their encyclopedic content access for free and also open the possibility for the user to contribute. But unlike the Wikipedia, only identified users are allowed to contribute. Great news for the French speakers and I hope the company decides [...]

BookLamp

“BookLamp.org is a system for matching readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music. Do you like Stephen King’s It, but thought it was too long? The technology behind BookLamp allows you to find books that are written with a similar [...]

Tasters

A maioria das pessas que trabalham com livros ainda são um tanto conservadoras e tendem a não gostar de tecnologia. Afinal, os livros funcionam bem há tanto tempo, porque mudar? Ou, a Internet (o cinema, o rádio, a televisão…) vai substituir o livro: eles são maus, maus, maus… Mas é impossível parar o tempo [...]

LG.Philips LCD Develops 14.3-Inch Color E-Paper Display
Via Bibliotecários Sem Fronteiras 2.0

LG.Philips LCD Develops 14.3-Inch Color E-Paper Display
Via Bibliotecários Sem Fronteiras 2.0

Stealing Books For The Kindle Is Trivially Easy

Read here.
Via booktwo.org

Antipodes

The reading revolution is already happening, but not here. In Japan Half of The Top Selling Books are Written in Mobile Phones.
Via booktwo

Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning

It’s not new, but it’s very interesting.
Via Bernardo.