Jun 09
Steampulp Publishing LLCÂ has released the world’s first electronic pulp fiction magazine created exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and ’30s, Steampunk Tales #1 contains first-run and original fiction written by an A+ list of award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 short stories …
Jun 08
Here‘s a story at Top News about Google’s plans to get up in Amazon’s grill and offer a sales and search platform to eBook authors, publishers and stores. I’m cool with it. Competition is good for business. My only concern is we’re really talking about an online marketplace for digital books, aren’t we? It worries me when …
Jun 07
Okay. A slow eBook news day is a good day to read an eBook. Check out these collections and free offers. The libraries and web sites in the list are constantly adding new titles and different editions so it’s always worth going back to download something to read, or to grab eBooks old or new …
Jun 06
CrunchPad seems to be out-tableting Apple’s rumored multi-purpose machine. (That’s supposed to have a fall release.) Billed as a doorway to ‘couch computing’ techcrunch’s CrunchPad is a slick and sweet little ride. Check it out here. They’re offering conceptual drawings now, and a first working prototype in weeks. With a rumored $300 admission, this is …
Jun 05
I’ve mentioned the Espresso print-while-you-wait book machines before. It looks like the traditional publishing industry has heard about them too. Read the article here at Graphic Arts Online about a traditional paperback printer cutting staff in response to “the economic downturn…and technology innovations.” It seems like a no-brainer now, but a few of us have …
Jun 04
I don’t often direct link to press releases but everyone goes on so much…to a fault…about Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader that we kind of help set the stage for their posturing. There are lots of competitors out there, like iRex Technologies who brought the popular iLiad Reader to the European market. They’re now announcing the …
Jun 03
The Financial Times reports a story here about the Taiwanese screen-maker for Amazon’s Kindle, Prime View International, cutting a check to buy E Ink, the US company that owns key tech for making the screens. The $215 million purchase is going to get North American and European publishers howling about monopolies…especially since they’re all seeing a digital …
Jun 02
Lance Whitney of cnet news has laid it all out there nicely for us, with a graph and everything. Read the article here. More talk about what seems fairly obvious now. Amazon and Sony can’t just declare themselves the winners in an evolving marketplace. And as long as their eBook Readers (Kindle & Sony Reader) …
Jun 01
GalleyCat and TeleRead enjoyed an exclusive first look at BeBook’s $199 Mini Ebook Reader slated for release June 30, 2009. Read the full article and specs here. They call it perfect for the businessman to “stuff” in a pocket and journalists on hand found it easy to use. The price is getting into range for mainstream adoption. …
May 31
We’ve been waiting for print-on-demand kiosks to break out, and it looks like it’s finally happening. The Ingram publishing services on-demand book printing unit has started delivering digital books for printing on compact Espresso digital printing machines at retail centers and libraries. The machines are being called the “ATM” of on-demand book printing. (I knew …
