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Cover enhancements in Ibis Reader

Covers are in the spotlight for the two updates we’ve just released for Ibis Reader. The first adds small versions of the covers to your web library: In hindsight, this was an update we should have...

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Data-driven interactive applications with HTML5 and Ajax

IBM DeveloperWorks has published Data-driven interactive applications with HTML5 and Ajax, my short tutorial on writing offline-capable webapps for mobile devices. Many of these techniques were used...

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Three for Threepress

We’re very excited to have a new team member for Ibis Reader. Ned Batchelder will be working with us in the weeks ahead to update and improve Ibis, and to add some features that have been requested by...

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The Unruly Guides interview

Thank you to Roxanne McHenry for the opportunity to talk about ebooks, EPUB3, book apps, and Ibis Reader in a recent interview with The Unruly Guides.

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Read free Baen books in Ibis Reader

Thanks to Hatgirl on MobileRead for this great tip on integrating Ibis Reader with Baen free books: If you use Ibis Reader, you will have seen the “Get Books” link. This allows you to view OPDS...

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Ibis Reader update: retina screen support, faster pagination, and more

We’ve just released an updated version of Ibis Reader with some new features, performance enhancements, and many bug fixes. The new features are all in the mobile version, though some bug fixes affect...

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The future-proof ereading platform

Like many people, my first reaction to the news that Apple blocked the release of the Sony iOS ereader was to assume that Sony had tried to circumvent the long-standing rule that content purchased...

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Using Ibis Reader and Apple’s VoiceOver

Liza and I have long been interested in making ebooks more accessibile. Both Bookworm and Ibis Reader reflect that goal (with limited success—accessibility can almost always be improved). However, our...

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HTML5 drag and drop support now in Ibis Reader

HTML5 is a wild grab-bag of technologies. One of the lesser-known bits at the bottom of the bag is the drag and drop API. This allows you to physically drag files from your computer into a browser...

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Bookstream: powered by Ibis Reader

We’re very excited by the public launch of the second ereading product based on Ibis Reader technology: Bookstream by Don Johnston Incorporated. “From all perspectives of our development team (project...

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Ibis Reader and BookServer

I was extremely pleased to participate in the Internet Archive’s BookServer announcement and press event. (The Register has the best coverage, but also see CNET and ReadWriteWeb). Our part of this open...

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BookServer webcast tomorrow

BookServer’s open architecture could help enable a new digital ecosystem that helps people find, buy, acquire, and read books from any source, on any device, using many different ebook readers. Based...

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Ibis Reader beta program opens

We’re starting to share early betas of the Ibis Reader mobile UI for iPhones, Nexus Ones, and other Android devices with a limited group of testers. If you’re interested in joining the beta program...

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Three JavaScript ePub Readers

The last few weeks have seen a tremendous increase in interest about ePub. Many new blog posts have been written trying to explain the format. We’ve also seen a big jump in the number of publishers...

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Ibis Reader launched

Though it’s been live for a few days now, Threepress is happy to formally announce that our HTML5 mobile web reader Ibis Reader has launched. It was exciting to get some favorable coverage from the...

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Ibis Reader update 1: syncing and “no distractions” reading mode

In the two weeks since we launched Ibis Reader, we’ve been listening to feedback about what features you wanted to see most. I’m happy to say that we’ve just released two of those major enhancements:...

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“Read in Ibis Reader” widget available

Publishers and authors have been asking us for an easy way to get readers started with their books in Ibis Reader. Because Ibis is a part of the Web rather than a standalone application, we can easily...

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First ereader on the iPad

About 15 minutes of minor changes and Ibis Reader is the first ereader on the iPad. App developers have to wait for approval, and even Apple has to to wait for the release of the actual hardware. If...

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Privacy and reading in the cloud: the EFF checklist for Ibis Reader

We’ve just posted an Ibis Reader Privacy Checklist, a set of informal answers to the questions and issues raised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation‘s February paper: Digital Books and Your Rights: A...

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Threepress now (re)open for business

During much of the first quarter we needed to turn folks away who were looking for help with ebook conversions and other projects, due to the demands of launching Ibis Reader. We’re on track now to...

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