The Bookseller.com offers a story that breathes a little life into the belief that eBooks and traditional paper books might have a shared future. Despite the massive shift to digital publishing, and the record-breaking explosion in eBook sales, publishers have reported a 5% increase in the number of ‘physical’ paper books published. Perhaps “either/or” thinking …
Category: Kobo eReader
May 10
Kobo Books at WalMart Canada
eBookNewser reports that Kobo Books will now be available through WalMart Canada via a partners program. Access to the Kobo library (approx. 2.3 million titles) makes perfect sense since the retail sales giant also stocks the Kobo Wireless eReader. (Mainstream adoption continues!)
May 02
Staples brings on the Tablets!
GottaBeMobile reports on Staple’s full adoption of the eBook Revolution and outlines the office supply giant’s embrace of the newest multifunction color tablets and eBook readers on the market. This kind of hands-on experience is the deal closer for consumers still reluctant about the relatively new technology and digital publishing trend.
Apr 25
Paper Purists versus the Digital Vanguard
A post at Bradenton.com in California reports on another front in the eBook Revolution where Book Club members start to show where their true loyalties lie. Passions build on both sides of the digital divide.
Apr 16
Weekend eBook Revolution Headlines
LASER launches the EB700 multimedia eBook reader. Read the full PRWire post here. Ghacks.net says Martview is the best PDF eBook Reader. TopComputerTablets.com highlights the Amazon Kindle DX.
Apr 12
Kobo makes push for European Market
PublishersWeekly says Kobo (eBook retailer, software vendor) will extend its reach into Europe by opening local content stores for German and Spanish customers. The May launch announcement comes to the London Book Fair, with the eBooks and service company hoping to add to its 3-million plus customers who already use Kobo for reading on personal …
Apr 05
J.K. Rowling considering a move to digital.
The Hollywood Reporter says Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling is getting ready to sign onto the eBook Revolution. She has giving lots of reasons in the past for dragging her feet, and now eBooks have given her about 100,000,000 reasons to get aboard. Now that post suggests Rowling’s involvement will change the eBook Revolution as …
Mar 21
Kobo Wireless eReader $60!
Okay. Cnet reports on this amazing sale of the Kobo E Ink Wireless eReader for just $60! I’ve used one of these devices and they’re very easy on the eyes, and extremely intuitive. As the Cnet post says, the sale is confined to certain Borders stores so you’ll have to shop around, but at $60 …
Mar 13
Will eBooks doom the bookstore?
Thanks Jorgen for a link to The New Republic where writer Nicole Krauss takes a nostalgic look at the history of the bookstore, and makes some predictions about its future.
Mar 09
Borders Goes Bankrupt while Amazon and Barnes and Noble chart increases in sales…
It’s not surprising that one of the book giants suffered a major (if not fatal) blow as DailyFinance illustrates with a detailed account of Borders‘ recent declaration of bankruptcy. It’s really a mess with millions owed and publisher and authors left swinging in the breeze. This while competitors Barnes and Noble, and Amazon register increased …
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