iOS: Amazon just updated its iPhone and iPad apps in a big way: You can now send documents to your iOS device via a new Send-to-Kindle email address, including PDFs. There’s a new layout too for viewing books, newsstand, and docs.
Australian bookseller Dymocks is launching a new self-publishing option, D Publishing, which lets writers publish ebooks and sell them through the Dymocks site, as well as offering a print-on-demand option. The big catch? It costs $499 to add a title to the service.
iOS: Fans of Apple’s eBook and PDF reading app iBooks just received a new update bringing a handful of fonts and themes. Most notable is the new night theme, which basically provides a “night mode” for more comfortable reading in low light.
The Skeptical Science web site works to debunk the critics of global warming, and works hard to do so. A new handbook put out by the site, The Debunking Handbook, is a veritable how-to guide to the practice of shooting down any misinformation, whether that’s a global science issue or your organisation’s belief that “password123″ is a secure password.
Big W has copped flak in the past for selling the Kindle for more than Amazon itself, but this isn’t a bad deal for the local market: a refurbished Kindle with keyboard for $99 — $60 less than a brand-new version (and you still get a 12-month warranty). [Big W via TopBargains via Gizmodo]
Stanza was one of the first ereader apps available on the iPhone, and it quickly gained popularity due to its support for multiple file formats and customisation options. But after Amazon bought Stanza, updates became less frequent.
Previously available only to Chrome and Safari users, Kindle Cloud Reader now works on Firefox, so you can read your Kindle books from within Mozilla’s browser online or offline. The web app syncs your Kindle library, as well as your bookmarks, notes, etc.
Want another eBook store option? You’ve got one — Google Books just started selling titles in Australia for both cloud and digital device reading.
I always knew that the PlayBook would be a handy portable video player, and I anticipated using it for that when relaxing during the PlayBook Roaming experiment. What I didn’t fully realise until I started planning for the trip was how useful it would be as an ebook reader.
