Good news over at GoodeReader for any Barnes and Noble Nook fans in the crowd. It looks like B&N is preparing to launch a new upgraded version of their popular Nook eBook reader. It will be E Ink with a similar quality display to the Kindle Paperwhite reader. B&N is still is the fight!
Category: Kobo eReader
Oct 21
Publishers struggle with online retailers for dominance
Tech2 posted on the challenges facing publishers as the eBook Revolution grows and online retailers take the dominant position.
Oct 18
eBook Revolution Update
The Guardian posted that Indie authors of erotic and pornographic eBooks want their titles put back online after some eBook stores pulled them for review. Publishers Weekly says Macmillan Publishing will offer their entire eBook back-list to libraries. PBS Mediashift has the top 10 eBook Best-sellers for the week ending 10-13-13. Medianama reports on the …
Oct 15
Kobo shuts UK eBook store over abuse-themed material.
BBC says that Kobo has shut down its U.K. eBook store until they finish weeding out Indie eBooks with abuse-themed narratives.
Oct 13
Abuse-themed eBooks pulled from shelves
A BBC News story shows how the rush to publish eBooks has caught online retailers off guard as “abuse-themed” material is found on the eShelves alongside regular reading fare. Looks like they’ll have to start previewing and categorizing this stuff.
Oct 11
Digital Publishing Headlines
Digital Journal says that three Calvin and Hobbes collections will soon be available as eBook editions. Digital Book World has a post on Scholastic streamlining book selection for kids by digitizing its Book Fairs in a free app. GoodeReader reports Kobo is taking its eBooks and popular eReaders to Spain. Forbes offers a story that seems to …
Oct 10
Kobo partners with 3M for library eBook sales
Digital Book World posted on Kobo’s recent partnering with 3M to make eBooks available for sale through libraries.
Oct 04
Digital Publishing Update
The Wall Street Journal posted Barnes and Noble’s announcement of the most exciting book and eBook buying season ever. (Have to hand it to B&N. Still, performing well in a highly competitive marketplace.) GoodeReader reports on a law in France that is bound to handicap Amazon’s paper book business with new restrictions on free shipping. …
Oct 03
Pricing, availability and publisher greed create divide.
Wired offers a slightly shrill (or is it just the headline?) piece by Art Brodsky on the problems of inflated prices, availability and publisher greed in the eBook Revolution with warnings that the current trends could fuel a “reads” and “reads not” scenario of disparity for the future.
Sep 30
Women leading in Digital Publishing.
Digital Book World talks about the role of women in the burgeoning digital publishing industry.
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