Category: Kobo eReader

More on eBook Piracy

Personal Finance Bulletin posted on the apparent explosion in eBook Piracy. It seems that Kindle Books, Nookbooks and iPad books are turning up on torrent sites in FREE bundles. eBook Pirates cannot be stopped by outrage; but, honest eReaders can be encouraged away from the black market by lowering the price of eBooks, removing the …

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eBook Piracy continues to flourish.

David Carnoy at CNET Reviews offers an interesting take on eBook Piracy and gives his reaction to finding his own book in the stolen bundle.

The eBook Revolution in the UK

InternetRetailing has a post outlining the eBook Revolution’s impact in Britain. Looks like things are progressing in the same explosive way they are happening in North America. Mainstream adoption is underway!

Borders prepares for the worst.

GoodeReader reports on developments over at US bricks and mortar book giant Borders. Rumor has it that they’re preparing to file for bankruptcy. Anyone who watched the general economic meltdown over the last couple of years knows that ‘bankrupt’ rarely means ‘the end’ for large corporations. It will be interesting to see whether a new …

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Saturday eBook Revolution Reading

PRWeb has an update from BooksForNooks.com announcing the successful launch of their BooksForMyKindle site. (All to take advantage of the devices’ eBook lending features.) BusinessInsider asks 10 HUGE Questions about the Apple iPad 2. PCWorld provides some insight into the pitfalls of buying eBooks in the early days of the eBook Revolution. (The Growing Pains …

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New Apple iPad Apps Eat Third Party Profits

PCWorld reports on Apple’s recent changes to its Apps policy that saw the rejection of  the Sony Reader App, and now might imperil Amazon’s Kindle presence on the iPad. The changes will only allow eReader Apps that support in-App purchases that amount to 30% of the cover price going to Apple. Since the agency model …

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More eBook Revolution News

BBC offers a news story and video that give five arguments for and against libraries in a digital age. ABC.net.au talks relevance and adaptation for comic books in an interview with David Steinberger – CEO of digital comic site, comiXology. CultofMac posts on iPad’s impact in Japan where space is a premium so tablets and …

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Sunday eBook Revolution News

ReviewsofElectronics reviews the popular NookCOLOR eReader. Lots of information about the full-color, $249 iPad threat. PortClintonNewsHerald has a detailed update on the eBook Revolution. Examiner.com wonders whether eBooks and Apps represent a golden age for publishing. OnlineAthens offers more on the move among Public Libraries toward eBooks.

eBook Readers and the Man Booker Prize

You know that the eBook Revolution has gone mainstream when judges for the esteemed Man Booker prize literary competition have been sent eBook Readers to streamline the process of wading through the more than 100 novels that are in the running. The BBC has a post on this earth-shaking development, as the prize organizers offered the …

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Budget eBook Readers – Price and Function

CNetNews has an interesting update on ‘budget’ eBook Readers that uses the $139 Amazon Wifi Kindle as the watermark for price and function. It goes on to list several devices on the market priced as low as $99. (Please remember Kobo’s eReader was the first to sell at $150 and, I think, the one that …

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