GeekyGadgets offers a story that frustrates the hell out of me. Amazon is testing out a book rental option for its Kindle eBook reader. Okay. So, what happened to all that talk about eBook prices coming down once Apple and co-conspirators paid the piper for their price-fixing scheme? Apparently, Amazon is trying to find new …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Jan 20
Digital Book World 2013
GoodeReader’s Paul Biba offers some final thoughts on Digital Book World 2013 Conference and Expo. It appears that as the market matures, so does the attitude of publishers.
Jan 18
eBook Revolution Headlines
GoodeReader reports on Rolling Stones new iPad App. PublishersWeekly talks about the complex future facing publishers in the eBook Revolution. DigitalBookWorld says a third of traditionally published authors are interested in Indie publishing their next book. Check out the .99 cent sale for Indie author G. Wells Taylor’s vampire horror novel Bent Steeple. Limited time …
Jan 17
Kobo has record setting year. Looks to more growth in future.
More from GoodeReader. Kobo is boasting a record setting year exceeding 2012 market forecasts with 4-million new customers joining the ranks of its more than 8-million users. Kobo says it controls 20% of the eReader market and expects “accelerated growth” to continue into 2013. Mashable presents a nostalgic piece on the staying power of print books.
Jan 16
GoodeReader reviews 2nd generation Cybook Odyssey e-reader
GoodeReader offers up this hands-on review of Bookeen’s 2nd generation Cybook Odyssey e-reader. The new version includes a front illumination tech and a hi-resolution display. Pictures and video at the link.
Jan 15
Days of high-priced eBooks are numbered.
Forbes says that expensive eBooks will soon be a thing of the past. We’ll hang that development on the Department of Justice’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple and co-conspirators being settled, and on the fact that readers are not stupid. ($14.99 for an eBook…Get Real!) The shift in eBook pricing toward a more sane and sustainable …
Jan 14
3-D keyboard will rise from the surface of your touch-screen tablet.
Technology company Tactus delivered a futuristic new take on the touch-screen tablet to the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES) in Las Vegas. BBC has amazing video of the technology that causes a 3-dimensional keyboard to “rise” from the flat touch-screen. Very cool.
Jan 12
eBook prices still too high.
The Christian Science Monitor wonders along with us why eBooks cost so much. (We’re also sure these inflated prices are the main threat to the eBook Revolution’s growth.)
Jan 11
Amazon claims lead in battle for Japan
According to a DigitalBookWorld post Amazon claims to be winning the fight for the Japan eBook marketplace. This hotly contested landscape already hosts Kobo/Rakuten and recent competitor to join the fray Apple iBookstore.
Jan 10
Mirasol’s full color E Ink on the horizon.
Pocket-lint reports on the development of color display for E Ink readers. It’s still WAY too early in the eBook Revolution to count this technology out. Again, you’re encouraged to try reading an eBook on a tablet in the sunlight… The best is yet to come.
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