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GoodeReader reviews 2nd generation Cybook Odyssey e-reader

GoodeReader offers up this hands-on review of Bookeen’s 2nd generation Cybook Odyssey e-reader. The new version includes a front illumination tech and a hi-resolution display. Pictures and video at the link.

Days of high-priced eBooks are numbered.

Forbes says that expensive eBooks will soon be a thing of the past. We’ll hang that development on the Department of Justice’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple and co-conspirators being settled, and on the fact that readers are not stupid. ($14.99 for an eBook…Get Real!) The shift in eBook pricing toward a more sane and sustainable …

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3-D keyboard will rise from the surface of your touch-screen tablet.

Technology company Tactus delivered a futuristic new take on the touch-screen tablet to the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES) in Las Vegas. BBC has amazing video of the technology that causes a 3-dimensional keyboard to “rise” from the flat touch-screen. Very cool.

eBook prices still too high.

The Christian Science Monitor wonders along with us why eBooks cost so much. (We’re also sure these inflated prices are the main threat to the eBook Revolution’s growth.)

Amazon claims lead in battle for Japan

According to a DigitalBookWorld post Amazon claims to be winning the fight for the Japan eBook marketplace. This hotly contested landscape already hosts Kobo/Rakuten and recent competitor to join the fray Apple iBookstore.

Mirasol’s full color E Ink on the horizon.

Pocket-lint reports on the development of color display for E Ink readers. It’s still WAY too early in the eBook Revolution to count this technology out. Again, you’re encouraged to try reading an eBook on a tablet in the sunlight… The best is yet to come.

GoodeReader reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Verizon LTE tablet

GoodeReader posted a hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Verizon LTE tablet. Pictures and video at the link.

Public libraries see Indie authors as perfect fit.

PublishersWeekly reports that Indie publisher and distributor Smashwords has inked a deal to put 10,000 of its author eBook titles in public libraries.

The iPad Mini reviewed and compared.

eBook Magazine reviews the iPad Mini and compares it to other tablets.

New publishing model continues to evolve.

The Border Mail provides a snapshot of the eBook Revolution’s constantly evolving identity where the Indie author can connect with readers to find great success without the middlemen siphoning off a share of the profits. It’s still early in digital publishing, but it is gratifying to see this union of writer and reader.