Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for dropping off a link to The Digital Reader where a feature by Eric Landes takes a look at eBook prices and continues the search for digital publishing’s elusive pricing ‘sweet spot.’ An excellent read that many traditional publishers could learn from. (The eBook Revolution demands adaptation. Old business …
March 2011 archive
Mar 30
Publisher raises Royalty rate for authors on eBook sales.
Publishers Weekly posts on publisher Other Press raising its author royalty on eBook sales from the industry 25% to a full 50% because they’re “an author-driven house.” In other words, this publisher is scrambling to remain relevant in a marketplace that is rapidly removing middlemen from the exchange between author and reader. With Amazon.com offering …
Mar 29
As the Tablets arrive, the eBook Revolution prepares…
We’ve talked before about this year being HUGE for eBook reading tablets like iPad, ColorNOOK, PlayBook etc. as an army of competing devices begin landing in a heated eBook marketplace. Kevin Tofel at Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting take on the approaching full-color, multifunction mayhem.
Mar 28
A Robot Book called Paranga
I’m not sure what to think of this. The video speaks for itself. Some students at Osaka University are trying to enhance the eBook reading experience and came up with Paranga.
Mar 27
Enhanced eBooks not selling…
Thanks Jorgen for this FutureBook story about the much-touted enhanced or interactive eBooks and their inability to gain ground against more traditional text on ePaper competitors. I think it’s too early to judge the long-term viability of these hybrids since the eBook Market is really only in its infancy, and the machinery is just coming …
Mar 26
NookColor getting Flash & Apps in April
Liliputing reports on an update coming next month to Barnes and Noble’s popular NookColor eBook Reader that will include Flash support and downloadable Apps. I guess B&N has decided to see their full color eBook Reader in the same way it is viewed in the marketplace: as a very affordable tablet computer.
Mar 25
Free eBooks Encourage eBook Sales
The Bookseller.com offers statistics that describe the trends driving eBook sales, and consumers are calling FREE titles an important factor in the deal.
Mar 24
The eBook Revolution continues to evolve…
Gigaom.com offers this post on Marc Parrish, VP of Retention and Loyalty Management for Barnes & Noble when he spoke at the Structure Big Data conference in New York. The article’s an excellent update as the publishing world goes digital, readers continue to adopt the technology and the eBook Revolution evolves.
Mar 23
eBook Headlines March 23, 2011
ComputerWorld tells us that despite a scare from full-color iPad, E Paper (E Ink) continues to share the market with the technology offering us some advances this year. A PRNewsWire release heralds the DinoDirect.com Ten New Style Tablet and rumored iPad2 challenger. Bloomberg.com points to a U.S. judge’s decision that kills Google’s $125 million digital …
Mar 22
Amazon + Android = Apple iPad slayer.
Ostatic.com proposes in a post that Amazon is the only company out there with the necessary clout to take the Apple iPad on, even though its E Ink Kindle eBook Reader is a single function device. To do it, the article proposes Amazon team with Android to create a multifunction tablet of its own, citing …
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