GoodeReader says Kobo experienced record growth during the last six weeks of 2011. PdfDevices compares the readability of Christmas market leaders Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle Fire. GoodeReader gives us a list of the 10 most-borrowed library eBooks for 2011. CanadianBusiness posted on the poor market performance suffered by Barnes and Noble as it ponders selling off its …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Jan 05
Is digital content a reliable source of information?
Forbes raises some questions about the reliability of digital content in a post that suggests an author’s or publisher’s ability to instantly access and edit eBooks and digital content could undermine its validity as a source of accurate information. The non-fiction and eTexts that schools and universities use will mainly benefit by this ability to …
Jan 04
The upside to eBook Piracy
The Huffington Post’s Harry Freedman offers us his views on eBook Piracy, and like eBook Rumors sees the upside.
Jan 03
eBook Piracy will continue to grow until fair prices are adopted.
ITProPortal reports on the surge in eBook Piracy leading up to the first mainstream eBook holiday buying season. We’ve said for years it’s a simple cause and effect relationship. Until the price of (legal) eBooks comes down to what the market will bear, then pirate or rogue sites will offer lower priced versions, and the …
Jan 02
Amazon cools off first mainstream eBook Christmas
GoodeReader has an update on Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library program launched some months ago, and in full swing in time for the holiday buying season. We’ll see how much the participating authors profit from what could be called a spoiler of the first mainstream Christmas for the eBook Revolution. Indie authors who spoke to …
Dec 31
New iPads in January?
It’s very nice to end the year with an actual rumor, and that’s what we’ve got over at Time Techland that suggests Apple will be releasing 2 new iPads in January and lowering the price of the industry-leading tablet to include an ‘entry level’ machine.
Dec 30
4 Million Kindles sold in December.
Publisher’s Weekly posted Amazon’s claim that 4-million Kindles were sold in December. This staggering million-per-week total surpassed expectations, and heralds the mainstream adoption of the eBook.
Dec 29
eBook buying options.
GoodeReader offers a list of eBook buying options for anyone who joined the eBook Revolution over the holidays–meaning, received an eBook Reader. (Of note, they have listed distributors that offer titles in the universal formats ePUB and PDF.)
Dec 26
The Variant Effect Sequel Begins.
(Free stuff for the holidays from our friend G. Wells!) DAWN OF A NEW DAY IN THE VARIANT EFFECT: GREENMOURNING Captain Joe Borland and the squad return to action in The Variant Effect: GREENMOURNING by G. Wells Taylor. Download the first 10-chapter installment of the Variant Effect sequel FREE at GreenMourning.com and SkinEaters.com. “Borland grumbled …








