The New York Times reports on Amazon’s recent decision to pull thousands of eBook titles in a bid to change profit sharing contracts with publishers. GottaBeMobile has posted on the upcoming function and price wars between the Amazon Kindle Fire and the now evenly price Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. The MacObserver says BookReader 3.8 …
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Feb 23
10 eReaders Reviewed by PC&Tech Authority
PC&Tech Authority has reviewed 10 market-leading eReaders and offers us an excellent chart for comparison. Check it out.
Feb 20
eBook Revolution is key to the future of publishing.
Vermont Public Radio reports on the Tools of Change digital publishing conference in New York and suggests that at least part of the traditional publishing world is finally beginning to see the eBook Revolution as a good thing.
Feb 13
Kobo stops eBook lending before it starts.
GoodeReader has a report on eBook retailer Kobo halting plans to allow its customers to lend one another eBooks for up to two weeks at a time. They were in the process of developing a system similar to the one used by Amazon and Barnes and Noble when they put on the brakes.
Feb 10
eBook Revolution News and Reviews
From the ‘apples and oranges’ department PlanetPDF asks the question “Is EPUB format better than PDF?” PhysOrg.com reviews the new Kindle Touch. (Can’t touch my Kobo Touch, I’ll bet…) AppCraver reports that Barnes and Noble Nook App for iOS devices offers more eBook options. PDFDevices reviews the Sony PRS-T1 Reader. And our friend Jorgen dropped …
Feb 08
eBook Revolution Update.
PDF Devices reviews the Pandigital Novel eReader. FortStewartPatch.com reports that Apple’s eTextbooks might just be too good to be true. Propriety format = bad for eBook Revolution. MobyLives wonders whether bundling eBooks with hard copy is a good idea. …and check out this PRWeb release about newcomer Booktango’s “Widest eBook Distribution and Best Royalties” offer …
Feb 07
Amazon going Bricks and Mortar?
This is a unique spin in a world where everything seems to be going digital, Time has a story on the digital giant Amazon.com rumored to be going bricks and mortar. In light of the recent clashes with book retailers that have banned Amazon imprinted books from their shelves, a move by Amazon into their …
Feb 06
Competition grows nasty for the eBook Revolution
The competition continues to heat up in the eBook Revolution. Canadian book retailer Chapters Indigo has joined Books-A-Million and Barnes and Noble in boycotting eBooks and books published under Amazon’s own exclusive imprint(s). GoodeReader says this comes in response to Amazon’s scandalous market manipulation over Christmas that encouraged shoppers to scan books they found in bricks …
Feb 05
A united future for the eBook Revolution?
PublishersWeekly posted on the impact of proprietary formatting and digital rights management (DRM) on the eBook Revolution, and wonders whether a unified format is the best future for digital publishing.
Feb 01
6 Best eBook Readers!
Northern Voices News offers a list of the 6 Best eBook Readers that are out there waiting for you. Â It’s time to adopt!
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