I have been pretty happy each time I have accidentally, or on purpose, visited a Unesco World Heritage Site. The places Unesco has chosen truly are special places worth visiting. The problem for an ordinary tourist is that today, the … Read the story...
Finland designated the best wildlife travel destination 2019
The summer of 2019 in Finland’s capital Helsinki was the first time when I thought that finally, overseas tourists have discovered the city. Tourist groups toured even in the new Oodi library, and happily camped … Read the story...
Competitively priced waterproof ereader Kobo Libra H20 with sharp 7 inch screen
Ebook retailer and ereader vendor Kobo has introduced an ereader that should attract large groups of book lovers. The Kobo Libra H20 has all the features a modern ereader should have, including frontlight and it is waterproof, the screen is … Read the story...
Ebook news digest: best new library is in Helsinki, epub apps for Windows, unique bookshop in Venice
News on ebooks, writing and travel
11 best epub reading apps for Windows 10 PCs
Epub is the standard ebook format that was jointly created by the publishing industry and is now being developed together with … Read the story...
Artificial intelligence -powered writing and answering machine GPT-2 is good in some cases
Artificial intelligence (AI) software technology is a hot development target that is already being applied to many daily tasks. We have heard about self-driving cars, automatic face recognition, simple online customer service duties, and many other tasks where AI is … Read the story...
How to travel Europe in a week, in a month, or in six months?
It is easy to roam in Europe once you have arrived in the old continent. In some regions, remarkable cities and sights are so close one another that it only takes a couple of hours … Read the story...
Which travel guide is the best for me and for the destination I’m planning a trip?
When a traveler is planning a trip to a new destination, he or she usually looks up some information about the city, region, country or continent. The internet is a source of information, … Read the story...
Apps for writers and everyone else who wants to customize keys on a Windows PC keyboard
If a computer keyboard is your most frequently used tool, you probably have thought about changing the values of some keys, or would like to have a key combination that types a frequently used phrase. Utilities like the simple and … Read the story...
Waterproof 7.8 inch e-reader Pocketbook Inkpad 3 Pro for ebooks and audiobooks
It is not always easy to find an ereader that is fully waterpoof, especially, if you want larger screen than 6 inches. The waterproof Pocket Inkpad 3 Pro with 7.8 inch screen is now available at about 290 euros … Read the story...
Ebook news digest: Internet improves writing, travel can be political, two approaches to travel writing
News on ebooks, writing and self-publishing
Is the Internet Making Writing Better?
The New Yorker examines linguist Gretchen McCulloch’s new book “Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language”. The … Read the story...
Audible created subtitles for audiobooks, but not everyone is happy
Audible, an audiobook publisher owned by Amazon, has developed a new feature to the application that lets customers listen to audiobooks. It is possible to read a book in the app at the same time as an audiobook is playing. … Read the story...
The biggest publisher in the world changes its strategy to focus on digital products
The biggest book publisher in the world (also the biggest textbook publisher), Pearson Plc, has confirmed that the future of textbooks is digital.
In July 2019, Pearson announced that all the published textbooks will be digital first in the US … Read the story...