Our friend Jorgen dropped off a link to Ja Konrath’s list of interesting predictions for 2010 at A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. Check it out here. I have to say I’m in complete agreement with Konrath. Even on the $99 eBook Reader hitting the market sometime in 2010. It just makes sense. I think we’ll …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Dec 17
Empire of the Word: The future of the book.
Here’s a link to a Canadian public television (TVO) program called The Agenda with Steve Paikin. I watched the episode last night, and felt it was worth passing the link along. The entire program is here for you to view, and there are posts to pick through. A panel of experts wondered whether the eBook Revolution spelled …
Dec 16
Is there enough to read on Kindle’s cross-platform connection?
A special thanks to Jorgen who stopped in to deliver this link to a story at The Telegraph.co.uk that questions, among other things, whether there are enough eBook titles available to justify joining the revolution. Writer Shane Richmond later relents suggesting that the future promises much more, and goes on to deliver an excellent review of …
Dec 15
Plastic Logic to unveil QUE proReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
On Thursday, January 7, 2010 Plastic Logic is unveiling QUE proReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For anybody in the neighborhood you can find their eBook TechZone at booth 11840 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. They’re offering demos and hands-on ‘experience a QUE proReader for yourself’ sessions. This is …
Dec 14
Kindle, Nook now Joo-Joo?
Jorgen pointed us to a CNET story where they’ve nabbed a journalist’s demo of the new JooJoo Web Slate for appraisal. They seem to like its lines and stylish profile. And functionality gets passing grades as well, but at $499, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnans has his work cut out for him. With one look at …
Dec 13
12 DAYS to Enter Contest!
I’ve been reminded AGAIN to remind you about a contest to win a free Sony eBook Reader Touch Edition at BentSteeple.com. It’s to celebrate the release of BENT STEEPLE a new Horror novel by author G. Wells Taylor. There are other prizes too. I’ve looked around the site(s) and he seems to be into everything. The …
Dec 12
Kindle Accessibility Addressed…
Another contribution from Jorgen with a link to a story at the Examiner.com about an Amazon Kindle for the blind or seeing-impaired. A first version of this special Kindle was criticized because of its reliance on too many button controls with on screen text to manage feature commands. It also ran into lawsuits revolving around its text-to-speech …
Dec 11
Traditional Market Manipulation by the Traditional Publishers
Many thanks to Jorgen who dropped off a couple of links, the first to a New York Times article that shows Simon & Schuster up to their old tricks delaying the release of eBook titles to force consumers to buy hard covers. The publisher makes the claim that eBook sales cannibalize hard cover sales. They are already …
Dec 10
Amazon Facing a New Threat?
An article at The Register says that five prominent publishers are teaming up to form an alliance that can take on Amazon.com. Apparently heavyweights:Â Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Wired and Vanity Fair are planning to develop an online storefront capable of going toe-to-toe with Amazon. Their aim is to build …
Dec 09
Amazon Stores in the U.K.?
Here’s a rumor from TimesOnline about Amazon.com’s secret plans to open actual stores in the United Kingdom. Apparently, realtors have been queried by the American company regarding available retail space. Could this be a reaction to the well-received Nook being integrated into Barnes and Noble’s long-standing membership in the bricks and mortar club? Industry analysts have already …
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