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6 easy ways to gift Audible audiobooks
It is possible to gift a single audiobook or a subscription to Audible’s book selection. You may also send an audiobook you have in your … Read >
6 easy ways to gift Audible audiobooks
It is possible to gift a single audiobook or a subscription to Audible’s book selection. You may also send an audiobook you have in your … Read >
What is a stunningly beautiful place to someone may not cause any reaction for the next visitor. Nonetheless, as I viewed the list of Europe’s most beautiful places compiled by CNN, I thought that these travel writers had made pretty good choices.
A couple … Read >
It is highly personal which size reading device you happen to like. A small ereader is easy to carry along for commutes and trips, whereas a large device can display more and many types of content, like comics, magazines and PDF documents as well. It can’t be a coincidence that … Read >
This is a question we hear often and see frequently in our inbox: which e-reader is able to open common ebook formats? Can the Kindle do everything, is Kobo better, or Sony the best? The short answer is quite simple: you have to choose your side. The long answer is … Read >
French and German publishers unite to fight Google’s refusal to pay them copyright fees
Get ready for a long fight between major newspapers and Google (in Europe, at least). EU approved a new copyright directive earlier in 2019 that clarifies many issues that were … Read >
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 World Heritage list features 1121 sites of which 213 are … Read >
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 in Nuuksio national park just outside the city. Something is … Read >
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 a bit bigger than in basic models, and considering the … Read >
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 other web standards. Amazon Kindle is the major exception that … Read >