Time posted on Google positioning itself to jump into the tablet market and a rumored collaboration with Asus to create a 7-inch ‘Nexus’ Android tablet that will hit the shelves priced to sell at $150. With Apple dominating the expensive end of the spectrum, and Amazon Kindle Fire and B&N Nook tablet performing well in …
Category: iPad
Mar 21
GottaBeMobile compares Nook Tablet and the new iPad.
GottaBeMobile compares the popular Nook Tablet to the new iPad 3rd Generation. It’s a very detailed look at two market leaders for the curious, or for those who are planning to make a purchase.
Mar 20
Apple sued by Chinese writers.
MercuryNews reports that Apple is being sued for millions by 12 prominent Chinese writers who claim that copies (59 titles) of their work have been sold illegally through the iBookstore.
Mar 19
Ectaco Jetbook (E Ink) Color eReader Reviewed
The Ectaco Jetbook (E Ink) Color eReader is reviewed at GoodeReader and receives a high grade as a device prepared to bring us a whole new eReading experience (and challenge tablet dominance in full color eReading). They’ve also included a video comparison of the Ectaco Jetbook Color eReader and the Kyobo Mirasol eReader (competitors in …
Mar 16
eBook News Grab Bag.
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy. BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal. Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language Edition …
Mar 15
eBook Reading and Memory
Time has a story entitled: “Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?” that ends up leaning more toward the problem occurring with learning and eTextbooks, than with fiction reading on  E Ink Readers such as Kindle, Kobo or Nook. I know from personal experience that E Ink reading did require some …
Mar 14
eBook Revolution Headlines – March 14, 2012
CNNMoney posted on Encyclopedia Britannica’s decision to stop printing their once ubiquitous tomes in favor of going digital. TechCrunch updates us on PayPal’s recent foray in censorship. They’ve chosen a slightly less draconian approach. The Telegraph.co.uk says eBooks have made reading sexy again. (Did it used to be sexy?) The CorporateCounsel reports that publishers are …
Mar 13
Is Amazon the big winner in anti-trust suit against Apple and publishers?
The Christian Science Monitor reports on an open letter by Authors Guild President Scott Turow on the continuing drama surrounding  Apple and the gang of 5 New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins) who are the subject of a potential anti-trust lawsuit, in which Turow wonders if the …
Mar 12
Apple postures for a fight, while co-conspirators jump ship.
PaidContent reports on an Apple court filing where the iPad maker fights back against a pending US Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit by downplaying the Amazon Kindle threat. Instead they’re claiming their newbie status in an Amazon-dominated eBook industry is proof against any conspiracy. All of this while some of the ‘co-conspirators’ (5 Major New York Publishers) are …
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