The Japan Times says relative newcomer to the eBook Revolution, Rakuten, is giving Amazon.com a run for the money in the Japanese eBook market with the release of their Rakuten Kobo Touch.  Amazon has plans to bring Kindle to a market that is predicted will be hotly contested.
Category: Kobo eReader
Aug 15
BeBook Pure – £69 ($108 US)
BeBook is offering a new E Ink Reader for the rapidly expanding UK eReading market. RegHardware says the BeBook Pure will retail for £69 ($108 US). That’s a nice £20 ($31 US) less than the £89 ($139) Kindle 4.
Aug 14
Will the Sony Reader PRS-T2 hit the market under $100?
Liliputing says that the new Sony Reader PRS-T2 might hit the market for $100 or less to match other market leaders. It’s about time Sony got realistic about the game.
Aug 10
eBook Revolution Update.
GoodeReader says Indie publisher Smashwords is unveiling their “Library Direct” catalog to give libraries affordable and convenient access to Indie titles. Expert Reviews offers a review of TrekStore’s Pyrus eBook Reader. RegHardware reviews the Amazon Kindle Touch Wi-Fi eBook Reader. For those late adopters in the crowd, TheDroidGuy lists the best eReaders on the market. …
Aug 02
The Google Analytics for eBooks
PaidContent reports on HipType’s desire to be the Google Analytics for eBooks and their publishers.
Jul 27
eBook Revolution update.
USAToday has posted on the most recent cash grab in digital publishing, the mini eBook. You pay a couple of bucks for a sample, condensed version or “out take” written to promote an upcoming novel. GoodeReader reports on Barnes and Noble partnering with FastPencil to bring Indie book titles to physical stores. The OttawaCitizen talks …
Jul 26
eBook prices should drop this fall.
DigitalBookWorld predicts the wild west in digital publishing this fall. That’s when eBook prices are expected to drop as the agency pricing model is abandoned by complicit publishers who have settled with the Department of Justice instead of fighting the anti-trust lawsuit levered against Apple and others.
Jul 20
eBook Revolution Headlines
CNN reports that Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet starts shipping this week. GoodeReader says Google Play Books are now available in France. The L.A.Times posted on an early iPad prototype that illustrates the big baby steps Apple took on the way to developing the popular device. The Financial Post says romance authors are suing Harlequin …
Jul 18
Barnes and Noble makes some moves on the Nook front.
GoodeReader has a post about Barnes and Noble’s recent launch of Nook for Web. The program will allow readers to sample nook books without having to sign in or register. And more from Barnes and Noble at CNet, where a post says the eBook company is prepping a new tablet for the market that will …
Jul 17
Rakuten’s Kobo Touch about to conquer Japan.
The Bookseller reports that the fairly recent acquisition of Kobo eReader by Japanese tech-giant Rakuten is about to pay in spades with the popular eBook Reader’s July 19th Japanese launch offering access to an eBook service touting 30,000 Japanese titles and over 1-million English eBooks. The fact that Amazon is moving up the release of …
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