Publisher’s Weekly posted Amazon’s claim that 4-million Kindles were sold in December. This staggering million-per-week total surpassed expectations, and heralds the mainstream adoption of the eBook.
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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 …
Dec 23
E Ink beats the tablet for simple readability.
EFYTimes News offers us a post that compares the Kindle E Ink eReading experience to the Kindle Fire Tablet, and tells us why the E Ink eReading devices are here to stay. Some good reasoning here, and I agree on all fronts though I cite the readability factor as making my E Ink eReader (Kobo) …
Dec 22
eBook Revolution news for the holidays…
Auctionbytes posted that Amazon is pitching its Kindle eReaders to the last minute shopper with a 2-day shipping deal. Mobiledia has an update on the investigation into Apple’s pricing policies. Forbes reports that eBooks are putting the public back in library. And WebProNews says Google is finally offering offline support for its Google eBooks for Chrome and Chrome OS.
Dec 19
Investigation continues into eBook price gouging.
The Guardian offers an in-depth feature on the investigation by European and American authorities into possible criminal market and price manipulation committed by Apple and 5 of the biggest publishers in the game: Hachette Livre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the eBook Revolution.
Dec 18
eReader sales up 208% in 2011
GoodeReader has posted on the eBook Revolution’s banner year where 2011 sales of E Ink reading devices topped 27.1 million sold. That’s an explosive development after 2010’s 13 million sold.
Dec 14
eBook Revolution at “embryonic” stage
The Sun Daily has an interesting story by Oon Yeoh called “eBooks: The Slow Wave” in which a digital media analyst is quoted saying digital publishing is not in its infancy, it is at the “embryonic stage.” I have to agree with this viewpoint. Over the last year we’ve heard bloggers and techies say things …
Dec 04
More eBook News
The Mother Nature Network posts their list of best eBook Readers on the market. (For holiday giving, no doubt.) Productopia supplies their suggestions for protective  eReader and tablet cases. InternetRetailer reports on the impact of eBooks on Barnes and Noble’s bottom line.
Dec 01
Library usage jumps over eBooks
The Grande Bibliotheque in Montreal, Quebec, Canada claims that eBooks are responsible for a 45% increase in library usage. A GoodeReader story says the Montreal library has added 200,000 new Book titles to facilitate the growth.
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