This article at A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing leans toward eBook Writers and Publishers, but it’s got some excellent background for those of us with only a general knowledge of the new technologies and exploding eBook Marketplace. There’s a focus on eBook format, too. Something that everyone who’s in the game as a reader or …
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Aug 30
Google Books etc.
Sorry. Technical issues kept us out of the game for most of the day. Here’s an interesting article at cnetnews to tide you over. Some in-depth specifics and background on the Google Books settlement. I hope to be back in full swing tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.
Aug 29
Asustek to Launch Eee-Book Reader
This article will remind us that there are more ways to read an eBook than Kindle, Sony or Apple’s. Netbook maker Asustek plans to launch its own eBook Reader under its Eee label. Asustek has been a big player in the netbook market so might prove to be a dark horse in the race. Keeps …
Aug 28
An Aggressive move by Google!
It was a fight between eReaders by Sony and Amazon that Google Books is now going to turn into an outright mugging. Two weeks ago Sony adopted the open EPUB format for its eBooks and various eBook Readers. (Once it’s downloaded the eBook is yours to read on any device you want.) Now Google Books …
Aug 27
Rumored Apple Tablet Responds to Sony’s Daily Edition
I knew this would happen. With Sony’s announcement of a new 3-G wireless eBook Reader (the Daily Edition) set for a Christmas release, the rumor mill started up about Apple’s Tablet. Read a story about how the fabled machine might measure up to the competition at Computerworld. Most of us are wondering whether the Tablet actually exists, and …
Aug 26
Sony Continues Punching, Amazon reels against the ropes!
Okay, Amazon, you better get this straight, if you can even make it back to your corner between rounds: Give your head a shake and come out fighting. Read the full report at PCWorld. Sony is in this to win. Weeks after announcing two new eBook readers, the PRS-300 ($199) and PRS-600 ($299) Sony continues …
Aug 25
iRex adds a wireless feature…
This story at ABC news has IREX Technologies getting into the wireless act. They announced Monday that its upcoming reader will give users access to the upgraded and fully functional Barnes & Noble Inc.’s eBook Store. IREX has several eReaders out on the market and plans a 2009 launch for the wireless machine. This emulates frontrunner Amazon Kindle’s …
Aug 23
Re-thinking the ISBN…
Ok, some publishers are arguing the new technologies are making the ISBN irrelevant. As the eBook revolution is making it affordable for publishers to dust off their backlists, those publishers are now looking at the old ISBN rules and crying foul. ISBN rules say you’ve got to have individual ISBN for all issues and re-issues of …
Aug 22
A bit technical, but a good weekend read…
Takuya Otani and Phil Keys wrote the following article for Tech-on (Nikkei Electronics Asia). The story includes an introduction to the tech we can expect, and some that’s still out there on the drawing board. Have a look. There are new kinds of ePaper in the wings, and a few really exciting advances in eReader design. This has got …
Aug 21
Google Books Action Sparks Powerful Alliance
Another update on the continuing debate over Google Books’ ambitions, the rights of authors and publishers, and now the rights of other monopoly-minded corporations. It seems that Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to sign up for the Open Book Alliance in an attempt to stop Google’s push to create the world’s largest virtual library. …
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