According to Reuters the American Congress has postponed the Monday vote on flawed anti-piracy legislation (SOPA & PIPA) that provoked the Internet to strike. (Us too…) The shelved legislation could have seriously hampered the Internet’s architecture and freedoms, and started a shift of power back to the old status quo. (It would have impacted the …
Category: iPad
Jan 19
eBook Market update.
Apple is holding an “Education Event” at the Guggenheim rumored to center around eBook publishing software for iPad and an iBookstore redesign. Time has a link here. EContent gives us a short review of the eBook Revolution in 2011. MarketWatch says eBook ‘discovery’ and sample downloading are booming at public libraries. eBookNewser posted a list …
Jan 12
eBook Revolution developments, news and updates.
FierceMobileContent has a post on Amazon’s tricky browser-based bypass of Apple’s restrictive in-App buying policies. Bookseller.com reports on the rise in book sales over the holiday buying season despite the explosive growth in eBook purchases. Engadget offers some video on the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol screen that combines the best in E Ink and full …
Jan 10
eBooks sales surge after holidays.
USAToday offers this sidebar to the gift giving season reporting a surge in eBook sales after the holidays. Millions of eBook Readers and tablets were given away this year, and the weeks following are heady moments for new adopters as they head out onto the web to make their first eBook purchases.
Jan 06
Post Christmas early New Year eBook Revolution update.
GoodeReader says Kobo experienced record growth during the last six weeks of 2011. PdfDevices compares the readability of Christmas market leaders Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle Fire. GoodeReader gives us a list of the 10 most-borrowed library eBooks for 2011. CanadianBusiness posted on the poor market performance suffered by Barnes and Noble as it ponders selling off its …
Jan 03
eBook Piracy will continue to grow until fair prices are adopted.
ITProPortal reports on the surge in eBook Piracy leading up to the first mainstream eBook holiday buying season. We’ve said for years it’s a simple cause and effect relationship. Until the price of (legal) eBooks comes down to what the market will bear, then pirate or rogue sites will offer lower priced versions, and the …
Dec 31
New iPads in January?
It’s very nice to end the year with an actual rumor, and that’s what we’ve got over at Time Techland that suggests Apple will be releasing 2 new iPads in January and lowering the price of the industry-leading tablet to include an ‘entry level’ machine.
Dec 26
The Variant Effect Sequel Begins.
(Free stuff for the holidays from our friend G. Wells!) DAWN OF A NEW DAY IN THE VARIANT EFFECT: GREENMOURNING Captain Joe Borland and the squad return to action in The Variant Effect: GREENMOURNING by G. Wells Taylor. Download the first 10-chapter installment of the Variant Effect sequel FREE at GreenMourning.com and SkinEaters.com. “Borland grumbled …
Dec 25
Happy Holidays from eBook Rumors
You’re probably all out there getting the hang of your new Kindles, Nooks, Kobos, iPads, Sony eReaders and tablets. (The list goes on…) Well, it seems the first rite of passage is the eager exploration of the ever-expanding library of FREE eBooks. Here are some web sites where you’ll find a wide selection of FREE …
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