Click here to read this story at Powerpage.org about Apple’s rumored iPhone Lite release this summer. We’ve all heard the whispers about Apple gearing up to enter the eBook market. There has been talk of an Apple Tablet or “Mediapad” as described in the article, and now this, a thinner, stripped down iPhone with a …
April 2009 archive
Apr 29
Fall out from the Amazon Stanza purchase.
The future of Mobipocket Reader is now in question as Amazon nabs Stanza–even though Amazon owns Mobipocket. (It get’s confusing…) This article is just the first of the sob songs, yah? Read it here at AllAboutSymbian.com. Watch now, as the market adjusts, as monopoly slips away from Amazon again. Watch Mobipocket Reader designers disappear and then …
Apr 28
Amazon Buys Stanza’s Creator
In the “I’m My Own Worst Enemy” department, Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, creator of Stanza eBook Reader for iPhone and iPod Touch. Read the New York Times story here. Why not, they almost forced Stanza into existence? Have you have been following this? Amazon’s subsidiary, Mobipocket, delayed the release of Mobipocket Reader software for iPhone …
Apr 27
This Guy’s Defending the ‘real’ Pirates.
An article at techradar.com says it all in this sentence: “There isn’t much illegal content to drive hardware sales, which mean [sic] that the Kindle is some way away from being the iPod of books. If publishers are smart, they’ll keep it that way.” The writer’s premise is that adopting the new technology will make books …
Apr 26
Get Free eBooks!
I mentioned this site before, and thought I’d bring it up again for all you early adopters building eBook libraries. It has to be their name: getfreeebooks.com (just about a perfect!). Anyway these guys are driving a ton of traffic and pushing a lot of e-ink. Check out getfreeebooks.com. They’ve got a wide selection that …
Apr 25
A Eulogy of Sorts…
As newspapers approach the brink of relevance, we wisk you over to CNN where Chris Pirillo voices his disdain for yucky, dirty hands in the article: “Why dirty up my hands with newsprint?” He manages to compile all the reasons the print newspaper industry is on its way into the recycle box with only the bare …
Apr 24
Readius in Doubt?
eBook Rumors mentioned Readius – the first Pocket eReader from Polymer Vision back in January. Read that and view the demo here. Apparently I was lonely back in the dead of winter. It appears I had matrimonial feelings for the little eReader with rollaway view screen. SO cool, yah? That might explain why the story …
Apr 23
eBook Rumors scoops PCWorld again…
We didn’t have all the facts back then, but we reasoned this bit of mathematics out after discovering in February that Amazon will replace a broken Kindle for $180. So, that pretty much exposed their bottom line. When you look at the $359 purchase price, well you figure out the grotesque profit from there. Read the proof …
Apr 22
Ok. It’s Cool, but old news can’t be New News, can it?
Here’s Random House re-introducing a tried and true technology to the ongoing evolution of the eBook Revolution, and calling it their own ‘enhancement.’ There’s a story about them adding special features to eBook DVD’s. Read it here in the National Post. I say it’s old news because authors have been using the Internet for this very purpose …
Apr 21
WATTPAD Available on BlackBerry
Wattpad announced its mobile application is available on APP World at BlackBerry. It was restored after BIM approved the APP’S use on its devices. Wattpad is the world most popular eBook sharing site. Read the full story here at Wireless Developer Network. Wattpad was founded in 2006 with a mandate to revolutionize the way people consume …
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