Aug 02
Amazon is being sued for remotely deleting copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from Kindles. It later explained the action was taken because the copy in question was provided by a third party that did not have the right to sell it. Read the full story at Reuters. It seems that in one of the cases …
Aug 01
This is fantastic! It seems that the service manuals for two new Sony Reading Devices have ‘accidentally’ found their way onto the net. Read the full article about the leak at ChannelWeb here. Apparently the new devices, the PRS-300 and PRS-600, have made it off the drawing board and are on their way to the …
Jul 31
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 …
Jul 30
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 …
