We talked about this back in March when it was still hidden behind the lovely name Papyrus. Well Samsung Electronics finally broke cover and has announced the new SNE-50K reader that it will sell in South Korea–at first. They’ve got plans to take over the world later, probably next year, according to Samsung. Read the …
July 2009 archive
Jul 30
And Amazon trembled…
We’ve been waiting for confirmation on an Apple Tablet for months now, and this story at CNN has got to be the first solid incarnation of the rumor. The article contains some significant specifics and pretty intriguing theories. The problem for everyone in the eBook Reader business is Apple has done so well in the hand-held market …
Jul 29
Barnes and Noble Shifting into High Gear.
Barnes and Noble is charging into the fray and looks ready to do some serious damage. The book retail giant that abandoned eBook sales in 2003 started making up for lost time by opening its own eBook Store to challenge Amazon.com, produce its own eBook reader through Plastic Logic to take on Kindle and Sony, and …
Jul 28
Sony’s New Reader and Apple’s Rumored Tablet
The new Sony PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book is reviewed by Computer Shopper here. The updated reader offers PDF support and built-in book light (which gets high marks at eBook Rumors) and a sturdy all-metal frame. That trumps Kindle’s plastic body that reports suggest is brittle for a hand-held device. They’ve also continued with their broad …
Jul 27
Better late than never…
Just got back (ran into a headwind) and I’m working through a pile of updates and releases. I’ll get something up later about Sony’s new PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book. Looks promising. Also have some new rumors about Apple’s tablet. More soon, yah…
Jul 22
While I’m Away…
Dear Visitor, eBook Rumors will be on hiatus from Thursday July 23 until Monday July 27, 2009. The eBook Revolution will no doubt charge ahead during our absence, as eBook Reader and hand-held device designers jockey and struggle for position and as smart publishers see the light and start to offer fair prices, yah? I’ve …
Jul 21
Free Content continued…
Here at KansasCity.com the theme of free content is developed to include the realities of business. In an excellent article by Scott Canon, The Kansas City Star digs deeper, looks for precedents and talks about Freemium (barebones content) versus Premium (content you pay for with all the bells and whistles). You need to make money …
Jul 20
Add Fairness to the Equation, see what happens…
Here’s an interesting application of the old model on the new. Sell a ‘bricks and mortar’ book about ‘free’ digital content. Hilarious. Dissecting “FREE” means money. Reuters has an excellent article here about new titles devoted to just such a thing. It seems too simple to require continuous study. I suppose giving the ‘free’ content away …
Jul 19
You mean for the high price of $299 you’ll control what I read?
Amusing thought-police associations aside, it is clear to see in this article at the Register.com why Amazon Kindle’s high-price, expensive eBooks, and locked and managed personal libraries are a business model doomed to fail in an age when digital information and machinery are designed to promote accessibility, convenience and practicality. Every time I read a …
Jul 18
Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009
Walter Cronkite was a consummate news professional: perhaps the last of his breed. “The Most Trusted Man in America” helped to shape this new media that we’re bending out of true; that we’re beaming around the world and now reading and viewing on all manner of space age gadget and gizmo. I have missed his …
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