A special thanks to Jorgen who stopped in to deliver this link to a story at The Telegraph.co.uk that questions, among other things, whether there are enough eBook titles available to justify joining the revolution. Writer Shane Richmond later relents suggesting that the future promises much more, and goes on to deliver an excellent review of …
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Dec 14
Kindle, Nook now Joo-Joo?
Jorgen pointed us to a CNET story where they’ve nabbed a journalist’s demo of the new JooJoo Web Slate for appraisal. They seem to like its lines and stylish profile. And functionality gets passing grades as well, but at $499, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnans has his work cut out for him. With one look at …
Dec 12
Kindle Accessibility Addressed…
Another contribution from Jorgen with a link to a story at the Examiner.com about an Amazon Kindle for the blind or seeing-impaired. A first version of this special Kindle was criticized because of its reliance on too many button controls with on screen text to manage feature commands. It also ran into lawsuits revolving around its text-to-speech …
Dec 11
Traditional Market Manipulation by the Traditional Publishers
Many thanks to Jorgen who dropped off a couple of links, the first to a New York Times article that shows Simon & Schuster up to their old tricks delaying the release of eBook titles to force consumers to buy hard covers. The publisher makes the claim that eBook sales cannibalize hard cover sales. They are already …
Dec 10
Amazon Facing a New Threat?
An article at The Register says that five prominent publishers are teaming up to form an alliance that can take on Amazon.com. Apparently heavyweights:Â Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Wired and Vanity Fair are planning to develop an online storefront capable of going toe-to-toe with Amazon. Their aim is to build …
Dec 09
Amazon Stores in the U.K.?
Here’s a rumor from TimesOnline about Amazon.com’s secret plans to open actual stores in the United Kingdom. Apparently, realtors have been queried by the American company regarding available retail space. Could this be a reaction to the well-received Nook being integrated into Barnes and Noble’s long-standing membership in the bricks and mortar club? Industry analysts have already …
Dec 07
More Predictions for Digital Publishing
Thanks to Jorgen for a link to another group of predictions over at Minonline.com. This story’s suggesting some pretty hefty increases to eBook sales, with nothing but growth in the year ahead. This article also points out that news and magazine publishers are pushing for their own platform that allows video, display ads and more. …
Dec 05
News and Magazines for a Digital Age.
Here’s an excellent link from Jorgen to a story at The Atlantic Wire that describes some of the pros and cons to recent moves traditional news and magazine publishers are making to adapt to the constantly changing face of the digital publishing industry. The digital age is famous for punishing those who do not adapt, …
Dec 03
Good news for the EPUB eBook format is good news for the eBook Revolution
A special thanks to Jorgen for stopping in with a link to this PCWorld story. China and Taiwan have agreed (in principal) to push the EPUB e-book format for the Chinese-language market. This when officials met at a technology conference last week, with plans to meet next year to settle the deal. This is huge …
Dec 02
eBook Revolution Predictions for 2010
Is it that time of year already? I guess with only a month to go, it’s not too early to start rolling out predictions for the coming year. PaidContent.org has an interesting article “Ten Predictions For The E-Reader/E-Book Market In 2010″ that’s well worth the read. It suggests that all the positives we’re seeing as 2009 winds …
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