All the developments in eBooks and eBook Reading Devices and things are quiet in the Apple orchard. Not even a whisper. We’ve heard rumors about an Apple eBook Reading Tablet before. Now we’ve got links to articles here at PCWorld and here at Macsimum MacOSG Forum where the ‘rumored’ tablet is mentioned again. It’s driving everyone …
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Jul 13
Is Commonsense Catching on?
Sourcebooks is releasing 14 mass market romance novels under its Casablanca imprint as DRM-free eBooks. They’ll be priced at $6.99 and available in nine formats at Smashwords. While Sourcebooks stops short of a wholesale endorsement of DRM-free eBooks, their actions do suggest they’re responding to the marketplace instead of trying to control it like so many …
Jul 12
More on the “Freemium” Business Model
We talked before about the concept of ‘Freemium’ here. The New York Times Sunday Book Review offers a more in-depth analysis of ‘giving it all away’ in Virginia Postrel’s article:Â “What you pay for $0.00.” An excellent piece, that breaks it all down quite nicely, though absent again, I have to say is any mention …
Jul 10
Profit is Relative
Publishers are worried that Amazon.com will eventually force them to lower their eBook prices and diminish their profits. An excellent article here at Bloomberg.com claims that publishers now make “$2.15 per digital book versus 26 cents for a print copy” and they’re afraid that Amazon.com’s dominance of the eBook sales market will give the online eBook giant profit-slashing bargaining power and …
Jul 09
Amazon BLINKS! Lowers Kindle 2 price to $299…
We’ve been predicting this for a long time. Amazon has been forced to lower the price of its Kindle 2 from $359 to $299 in order to stay relevant in the exploding eBook Revolution. Get the full story about the $60 price cut from the Associated Press here. I can’t believe it took so long, but …
Jul 08
Freemium? Okay… cute name, why not…
This article at the Los Angeles Times takes a short but effective stab at describing the new eBook business model. Read the full story here. The gist of it is: “give away the basic version to build your initial audience, then sell them premium features, such as the ability to download the book or having a physical …
Jul 06
Wattpad Contest for eBook-to-Print Cover
Remember Wattpad.com? We talked about them before, here. They offer eBooks for a wide variety of Mobile devices. Writers and publishers are using Wattpad to show off their wares, and users can add their two cents offering eBooks, reviews or original stories. Really kind of cool, yah? Now they’re offering a little something for digital …
Jul 04
Twitterature?
Before anybody panics have a look at the upcoming Twitterature web site here. Coming in the Fall of 2009 and billed as “The World’s Greatest Books, Each Presented in Twenty Tweets or Fewer,” Twitterature will be the “humorous” retelling of great literary works in Twitter format. I’ve already seen one headline out there that says: …
Jul 03
There is no page…Damn it!
I’m not sure what happened to Daniel Terdiman of cnetnews in his piece called “Trying to turn the page on a Kindle” but I’m glad he got through it. Since it’s a slow eBook news day I’ll share it with you. I don’t know if he experienced a mental vapor lock from too much travel or if …
Jul 02
Another competitor climbs into the ring…
Borders UK launched its own eBook reader exploiting the European loophole in Amazon Kindle’s landlocked business plan. Borders’ Elonex eBook is a direct contender for Amazon Kindle’s and Sony Reader’s success, boasting a similar 6″ screen and competitive £189 price ($308 USD). Read the story and Elonex’s specifications here at bookseller.com. One place Elonex has Kindle beat is the …
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