May 21
A couple of developments in the eBook Revolution today…almost want to say Evolution…yah. Amazon has released a more mobile-friendly Kindle 1.1 App for iPhone and iPod Touch. Among other things it allows portrait or landscape modes for reader preference and a lock so it doesn’t accidentally switch orientation. Check out the full announcement here at cnetnews. …
May 20
I love this. Bookeen, the people who brought us the Cybook eBook Reader, is releasing the Cybook OPUS e-book Reader. Read about it here at Slipperybrick.com. Lot’s of cool little features including PDF compatibility, but the main thrust is its pocket-sized profile. It can go where Kindle won’t fit. Just hilarious, if you think about …
May 19
These guys get it, yah?  They know they’re not selling paper and cardboard, they’re selling content. Read the story here about how eBook store Scribd  is adapting to the new eBook market instead of trying to control it. The author, Kemble Scott, mentioned in the article is making a go of it selling his eBook for …
May 18
An interesting article here about the ongoing Kindle Readers’ $9.99 Amazon Boycott. Amazon misled Kindle first-adopters by saying that New eBook Releases would be priced at $9.99. Well, that didn’t last long. Readers revolted. Caution: THE FOLLOWING IS SNAKE OIL MEANT TO FRIGHTEN CONSUMERS INTO SUBMISSION. Quote from the article: “How Much Should an E-Book …
May 17
Alexander Wolfe at Informationweek.com here describes the exercise in futility that has become the debate over the scourge of eBook piracy and content control. I don’t think he is trying to solve the problem, rather it’s an attempt to advance the discussion by invoking some description of eBook piracy’s impact on the content-creator or author. …
May 16
and perfect for eMagazines. E Ink, the people who brought you the gray scale screens you see in most eBook Readers, has developed a functional prototype of color e-paper. There are rumors that the new tech will begin to appear in the next generation Kindle and Sony’s Reader. Read the full story here at geek.com. …
May 15
It has to be arrogance that makes the big guys dismiss all other competition. Honestly, Amazon and Sony are glaring at each other across the table–both nervously waiting for Apple’s next move… And along comes Interead‘s Cool-er eBook Reader. Read the story at PCWorld here, about the $249 keep-it-simple eBook Reader that might put the industry leaders …
May 14
Following the logic these dolts are using a television, computer and book are the same thing and should be treated the same way. eBook Reader = Idiot Box. Let’s put commercials on it. Money-hungry corporate ninnies. Amateurs! Poised as they are to give Kindle a run for the money, Sony is going to open its …
May 13
Wired has an excellent story here about Mary Lou Jepsen the uber-tech who didn’t leave the drawing board until she produced a $100 laptop. (Something bloated tech-corporations said couldn’t be done…I wonder why?) She is developing inexpensive, low-power, easy-to-read, LCD-based screens that will go into anything from netbooks to low-priced eBook Readers. This is the …
May 12
A story here at InformationWeek outlines Amazon’s Monday launch of a Kindle eBook Store tricked out for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch users. They declare a ‘mulitplatform strategy’ in the article, but I’m unconvinced. Having watched Amazon’s awkward attempts to monopolize the market with delays releasing a Mobipocket Reader and Kindle Reader for iPhone, the creation …
