Category: eBook Readers

The machines.

May 01

Publishers continue to manipulate eBook Sales

Digital Book World posted on the impact Agency Pricing is having on the eBook market and naively wonders if it is suppressing sales. It certainly is slowing sales for the digital titles of publishers who are greedily jacking their prices up. Who is going to buy an eBook if you can order the paperback or hard cover for close to the …

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Apr 30

President Obama brokers books for kids deal

According to a U.S. News and World Report post President Barack Obama brokered a deal with major book publishers to provide $250 million in free eBooks for low-income students.

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Apr 29

Apple iBooks and Amazon Kindle Apps go head to head

AppAdvice compares the Apple iBooks and Amazon Kindle Apps and finds them running neck and neck.

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Apr 28

Top ten iBooks to week ending April 27/15

SeattlePI lists the top ten titles on Apple iBooks (US) for the week ending April 27/15.

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Apr 27

Kobo Glo HD to challenge Kindle Voyage

VentureBeat expands on the comparison of eReaders Kobo Glo HD and Kindle Voyage. At $70 cheaper, it looks like Kobo’s got a real hi-res challenger for Amazon

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Apr 24

Publishers going after eBook pirates

According to a GoodeReader post publishers are taking the fight back to the eBook pirates. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. So long as digital content is overpriced by its creators, there will be a market for stolen versions.