Posts tagged "technology" | For Readers

When tech and books collide

Posted on 02/21/2020 at 01:47 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Don’t worry if you’re firmly anti-technology — half of this post is how tech is powering books, instead of the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Podcast, Pop culture, Technology

Posted on 11/26/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The headline of a recent piece from The Cut intrigued us: “Sadly, I like reading books on my phone now.”...

Tagged As: Reading, Technology

Posted on 11/25/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Machine learning has confirmed a 19th-century literary analyst’s theory about the authorship of the play Henry VIII. Back in 1850,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Technology

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 08:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’re looking for an e-reader for a young bookworm, Amazon certainly has options for you. The company unveiled its...

Tagged As: Amazon, E-reader, Technology, The Digital Reader

Posted on 08/28/2019 at 08:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We love being able to access our local library branch from wherever we have a mobile device, WiFi (to save...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: E-reader, Libraries, Technology, The Digital Reader

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 04:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Big publishers weren’t happy when Audible revealed its planned Audible Captions feature last month. Today, they acted on that displeasure:...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Technology, The Digital Reader, The Passive Voice

Posted on 08/21/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Cool or creepy? A Chinese company is using artificial intelligence to create avatars of authors to narrate their own books....

Tagged As: Audiobook, Technology

Posted on 07/30/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know Fussy fans are looking forward to Patricia Cornwell’s Quantum. While you still have to wait for October 1...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: E-reader, Mystery, Technology

Posted on 07/22/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who looked forward to Audible’s Captions feature might want to pause for a moment. The feature, currently...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Publishers Weekly, Technology

Posted on 07/18/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Audiobooks aren’t for everyone, but some of the turnoffs for the visually inclined can actually be resolved. Case in point:...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Technology, The Digital Reader