Finland publishes world’s first 3D free audiobooks

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Finland has published the world’s first interactive 3D free audiobooks animation story book to offer children a brand new experience, according to Finnish media report Tuesday.

The 3D animation story book for children is just like ordinary fairy books, only with some special small black squares in some pages of it to indicate the interactive 3D animation. Once the web camera faces toward a black square, 3D-animation cartoon figures and pictures will appear in computer screen.  PCSpeed.net

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Do audio books Cost More Than Amazon Hardcovers

Readers of e-books and listeners of free audio books may not be able to turn paper pages, lend their copies to friends or file them away on living room bookshelves. But they do have the comfort of knowing that they paid less for them than for hardcovers.

The e-book price for Ken Follett’s new novel exceeds that of the hardcover version.James Patterson fans face that, too, prompting Kindle customers to lodge complaints.

Unless they bought “Fall of Giants” by Ken Follett, which was published by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, last week. On Amazon.com, the price for the e-book was $19.99; the hardcover edition was $19.39. PCSpeed.net

Consumers want free audio books

In a recent survey of 1,012 American adults conducted by Harris Interactive for PC Tools, two key themes were discovered regarding software and internet users today: Consumers are equally concerned about free audio books of use as they are about its security features. To the technophiles out there, the results of the Keep Internet Security Simple survey might sound like an oxymoron. When you start simplifying software, you can lose many of the more advanced security features. And conversely, some of the more security-enhanced, feature-full products out there can overwhelm Average Joe computer user. recent survey of 1,012 American adults conducted by Harris Interactive for PC Tools, two key themes were discovered regarding software and internet users today: Consumers are equally concerned about a product’s ease of use as they are about its security features. To the technophiles out there, the results of the Keep Internet Security Simple survey might sound like a free audio books. When you start simplifying software, you can lose many of the more advanced security features. And conversely, some of the more security-enhanced, feature-full products out there can overwhelm Average Joe computer user.  PCSpeed.net

Free audiobooks startup receives millions from major newspaper publishers

U.S. publishers Gannett Company Inc., The New York Times Co. and The Washington Post Co. have invested US$12 million in a free audiobooks  and news start-up company called Ongo, which is developing a news aggregation website that will draw content from major publishers, The Wall Street Journal revealed today.

“We are building Ongo to reflect the many ways consumers prefer to read, organize and share digital news,” Ongo’s founder and chief executive officer Alex Kazim stated in a press release. The service is expected to go online with free audiobooks by the end of the year. PCSpeed.net

Free audiobooks publishers put a brave face on unproven business models

Is the online publishing industry out of the woods? The latest survey by the Association of Online Publishers shows a renewed confidence centred on mobile, apps and devices, but are publishers just putting a brave face on their expectations of promising but still unproven business models?   PCSpeed.net

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Amazon may make audio books searchable

One of the key innovations Amazon (AMZN) implemented on its way to becoming the largest online book retailer in the country was to allow its customers to preview snippets of books they might want to purchase. “Try before you buy” was hardly a new concept, but in Amazon’s hands, the “search inside this book” feature became a core component of a successful business model. PCSpeed.net

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Are the British better writers than Americans?

While it’s folly to generalize about the literature of an entire nation, I think British novelists tend to be more ironic, and I like irony. I enjoy the suspicion that a writer may be pulling my leg. The British are also good at wit—the art of “thinking in fun while feeling in earnest,” as J.B. Priestley put it. American wit sometimes seems like what Mr. Priestley described as “men sitting on pats of butter or smelly cheeses.” PC Speed

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Apple Users Download 35 Million Books

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that iTunes users had downloaded 35 million books  and audiobook on iTunes and is now launching iTunes 10.

Tech blog GDGT quoted Jobs as saying: “People have downloaded over 11.7 billion songs from iTunes, and we’re just about to cross 12b. Over 450 million TV episodes, 100 million movies, 35 million books, and over 160 million accounts with credit cards and 1-click shopping in 23 countries.”   Media Bistro

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Ryan Seacrest, Larry King plotting airwaves takeover

“American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is just not satisfied with his 50+ jobs — he is now plotting world media domination, starting with Larry King. According to TMZ, Seacrest is reportedly in talks to produce/distribute a new syndicated radio show Larry King. Radio is where both Seacrest and King got their starts, many moons ago.

This move is part of a mega-media empire Seacrest is planning with DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg that would include radio, TV and the internet. Seacrest’s contract with Clear Channel media, where he currently does his morning radio show, is up in November.  Zap2it

How to react when Social Media Attacks Your Brand

Social media disasters occur for a number of reasons, the first being that your company probably messed up. It may not have been intentional, but something, somewhere down the line, went wrong enough for someone to complain and it was enough for others to vocalize that complaint en masse. One mistake is all it takes for social media to turn against your brand.