The Hollywood Reporter says Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling is getting ready to sign onto the eBook Revolution. She has giving lots of reasons in the past for dragging her feet, and now eBooks have given her about 100,000,000 reasons to get aboard. Now that post suggests Rowling’s involvement will change the eBook Revolution as …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Apr 04
Uphill Battle for eBooks in Public Libraries
Jorgen dropped in with a link to an Information Today Inc. story about the hurdles public libraries face at the dawn of the eBook Revolution. It looks like an uphill battle with restrictions on lending, device compatibility problems, proprietary systems, interface and privacy issues to name a few.
Apr 02
eBook Revolution continues in Canada
The Vancouver Sun offers us a post on the BookNet Canada Tech Forum 2011 in Toronto where the publishing industry is embracing digital after years of fending it off with both hands. I get a kick out of that. A decade of resistance, and suddenly it’s an embrace.
Apr 01
More eBook Headlines
ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s announcement that Kindle books will soon have page numbers. Smashwords Founder, Mark Coker, shows us where eBook buyers live in a story at HuffingtonPost. BlogCritics reports on an Expert Panel discussion of eBooks, Digital Books and Apps. GalleyCat talks about a new eBook App that will let you incorporate Twitter conversations …
Mar 31
More on eBook Pricing
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for dropping off a link to The Digital Reader where a feature by Eric Landes takes a look at eBook prices and continues the search for digital publishing’s elusive pricing ‘sweet spot.’ An excellent read that many traditional publishers could learn from. (The eBook Revolution demands adaptation. Old business …
Mar 30
Publisher raises Royalty rate for authors on eBook sales.
Publishers Weekly posts on publisher Other Press raising its author royalty on eBook sales from the industry 25% to a full 50% because they’re “an author-driven house.” In other words, this publisher is scrambling to remain relevant in a marketplace that is rapidly removing middlemen from the exchange between author and reader. With Amazon.com offering …
Mar 29
As the Tablets arrive, the eBook Revolution prepares…
We’ve talked before about this year being HUGE for eBook reading tablets like iPad, ColorNOOK, PlayBook etc. as an army of competing devices begin landing in a heated eBook marketplace. Kevin Tofel at Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting take on the approaching full-color, multifunction mayhem.
Mar 28
A Robot Book called Paranga
I’m not sure what to think of this. The video speaks for itself. Some students at Osaka University are trying to enhance the eBook reading experience and came up with Paranga.
Mar 27
Enhanced eBooks not selling…
Thanks Jorgen for this FutureBook story about the much-touted enhanced or interactive eBooks and their inability to gain ground against more traditional text on ePaper competitors. I think it’s too early to judge the long-term viability of these hybrids since the eBook Market is really only in its infancy, and the machinery is just coming …
Mar 26
NookColor getting Flash & Apps in April
Liliputing reports on an update coming next month to Barnes and Noble’s popular NookColor eBook Reader that will include Flash support and downloadable Apps. I guess B&N has decided to see their full color eBook Reader in the same way it is viewed in the marketplace: as a very affordable tablet computer.
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