Ebook news digest: new life in Italian villages, tips for writers conferences, USB risk for travelers

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Italy Revives Abandoned Villages as Experiential Travel Destinations

Entrepreneurs are reviving ancient villages that have been almost completely abandoned in Italy. The concept is to rebuild existing worn out or ruined buildings as inns or guesthouses that provide high level hotel services for guests. … Read >

The best Android tablets 2017 under 500 for reading and for other tasks

Tablets are versatile multipurpose computers that are used for many tasks, including reading, writing, watching videos, playing games, social media, listening to music and audiobooks. If you are primarily interested in tablets because you want to read ebooks, we have a few tips for choosing between an ereader and a Read >

Hands-on video: comparison of an ereader and a tablet as ebook reading devices

Recently, we studied the Kindle ereader and the Fire tablet in order to discover their differences as ebook reading devices. We concluded that – in addition to the price – the biggest differences were display, multipurpose vs single-purpose product and battery life.
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The Ebook Reader blog recorded a video … Read >

What is the difference between the Kindle ereader and Fire tablet if I want to read ebooks?

The Amazon Kindle ereading device and the Fire tablet have been designed for different tasks. Nonetheless, there is one application in both products that lets users to do exactly the same thing: read ebooks. If reading ebooks is the most important task you are going to do on your device, … Read >