Dawn.com talks about the HUGE concessions Amazon, B&N and others made to sell Harry Potter books. According to Gizmodo the Amazon Kindle Touch 3G is now pre-ordering to customers in 175 countries. The Bookseller.com says that the UK and US are joined by Australia and India in eBook adoption rates citing a poll where 24% of respondents …
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Mar 29
Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling to change the eBook Revolution?
The Christian Science Monitor explores J.K. Rowling’s release of her Harry Potter Series as eBooks without Digital Rights Management (so the titles can be read anywhere on any eReading device) and wonders if the magician with the lightning scar on his forehead is about to change digital publishing forever.
Mar 28
Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling perform some magic.
The eBook Revolution is BUZZING with news of the Harry Potter series releasing as eBooks. MediaBistro reports on the story. J.K. Rowling finally got over her hesitance about digital publishing and via her own web site Pottermore has partnered with all of the major players in the eBook industry to release the series (DRM-FREE) for …
Mar 27
What’s a fair price for an eBook?
AL.com continues the discussion on the price of eBooks, citing a ‘creep’ skyward on bestsellers and other popular authors. I think we’ll see some pricing changes come after the US Justice Department completes its anti-trust (price-fixing) lawsuit against Apple and five large New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster,MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins). …
Mar 26
eBook Revolution Update
eBookNewser reports on an excellent digital content crossover where rock band Shinedown released a companion “making of” eBook to go along with their new album Amaryllis. SmartPlanet says that library adoption of eBooks and digital content is exploding. EContent explains why they think eBooks fail as research tools. ThisIsMoney suggests that Apple and co-conspirator publishers …
Mar 25
Are you a tablet or an eReader reader?
BesteReaderReviews offers some help to those of us who are not sure what kind of device best suits our reading and entertainment needs. Will it be a dedicated eReader or a tablet?
Mar 23
eBook Revolution Headlines for a Friday.
GottaBeMobile reports on Aldiko, the Best Indie eReader for Android. Bloomberg says that the Apple Antitrust lawsuit would help the Amazon book monopoly. The Sacramento Bee posted that self-publishing pioneer Lulu.com is coming out of its coma to launch a new eCommerce platform. GoodeReader has a post on the Bilbary eBook Library entering Beta Test …
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 …
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