PBS MediaShift says that despite rumors to the contrary the eBook Revolution is underway in France with 1 in 5 people having taken a dip in the digital waters and read an eBook. There’s still a lot of resistance with half the population polled saying they’d never adopt the technology, but that’s a familiar story …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Mar 24
eShorts popular at Amazon
GoodeReader has a post on Amazon Kindle Singles editor-in-chief David Blum and the popularity of the eShort stories (5,000 and 30,000 words).
Mar 22
Digital Publishing Updates
Mediabistro reports that almost half of Americans plan to buy an eBook this year. Digital Book World says publisher Simon & Schuster is bringing anti-piracy data to authors. Anything to sink their hooks deeper into their stock of writers. The Economist posted on developments in electronic lending and libraries. The challenges continue. GoodeReader reports that …
Mar 21
Send to Kindle button new from Amazon
Digital Book World reports that Amazon has added a “Send to Kindle” button to allow Kindle owners to forward links, data and content to their Kindles for later consumption.
Mar 20
Blio restructured to form Media Arc
GoodeReader says that eMusic and K-NFB Reading have teamed up to restructure audio book and technology provider Blio to form a new entity Media Arc.
Mar 19
Book eRetailers outsold US bricks and mortar retail stores in 2012.
Digital Book World cites Bowker Market Research that says online “e-Retailers” sold more “books” in the US than bricks and mortar retail stores for 2012.
Mar 18
GoodeReader compares iPad 3 and the Asus MemoPad Smart 10.1
GoodeReader offers this cool video comparison of Apple’s iPad 3 and the Asus MemoPad Smart 10.1 edition.
Mar 17
Sony relaunches UK eBook store.
GoodeReader reports that Sony has relaunched its UK eBook store with a modern design update and new store App.
Mar 15
eBook Revolution Headlines
Wired reports on Random House’s decision to step back from a contentious author contract after controversy erupts online. Publishers Weekly says Apple CEO Tim Cook might be a casualty of the eBook price-fixing lawsuit. According to Digital Book World one quarter of the U.S. buys eBooks. The number is expected to rise. GoodeReader posted on …
Mar 14
U.S. teens lead the way in smartphone and tablet adoption.
Digital Book World has some good news for the eBook Revolution (and depending how you get your digital content) but they’re citing a study that says almost 40% of U.S. teens have a smartphone, with 25% owning a tablet computer.
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