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Print Books Are Still Outselling eBooks, Study Finds

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According to a study by Statista’s Advertising & Media Outlook, ebook sales are still trailing physical book sales globally, especially during the dog days of the covid-19 pandemic. The study, which asked respondents to describe their book purchases in 2020, found that ebooks still haven’t replaced paper in most… Read more.

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The “War of Words” Taking Place in XR Technology

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The title of this article uses the term “XR technology,” but, what is “XR”? XR technology is exceedingly complicated. The two worked together with other contributors on what is likely the most complete XR technology taxonomy on the web. The same thing started to play out on the XR technology terminology landscape.

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XR Technology for Collaboration Explained in New Free Guide

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With more and more people turning to technology – including XR technology – in this time of increased remote work, there can be a lot to take in. Fortunately, a new guide was recently published to walk new users through every step of discerning and adopting XR technology for collaboration.

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Amazon Kindle E-Readers Will Now Make It Easier to Load EBooks You Didn't Buy From Amazon

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In a potential blow to all the apps and websites that have popped up alongside the Amazon Kindle to streamline the process of converting EPUB ebook files to the e-reader’s propriety file format, starting in “late 2022,” the Kindle Personal Documents Service will finally support EPUB files , expanding where users can… Read more.

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Augmented Books Are On The Way According To Researchers

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Augmented reality (AR) technology adds a whole new dimension to paperback books. This may sound like science fiction, but researchers at the University of Surrey in England say that the technology described above is already here in the form of “a-books” (augmented reality books). Imagine this. Credit: University of Surrey.

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Amazon's Kindle Author Service Dumps Problematic Mobi Files

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The platform, which allows you to upload and sell ebooks and paperbacks, has always been unusually frustrating when it came to ebook layout. If you’ve read this far, you’re probably a self-published author who has once struggled with Amazon’s fussy Kindle Direct Publishing platform. If you did it right, you were fine.… Read more.

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Kindle Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Take Control of Your Ebook Reader and Steal Information

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All connected gadgets are technically vulnerable to bad actors, but Amazon’s Kindle e-readers aren’t exactly the first device that’d pop into your head when you think of a security risk. However, researchers have found that Kindles had flaws that could’ve allowed hackers to seize control of the device—and all it… Read more.

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