Category: eBook Stores

A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...

iPad Mini coming soon.

ComputerWorld has the latest on the rumored 7-inch iPad Mini including price and release date.

Kobo Mini eReader Reviewed

GoodeReader reviews the new affordably priced Mini eReader from Kobo. Pictures and video of this little gem at the link.

eBook Revolution Update

Albert Berg’s Unsanity Files interviews Indie author G. Wells Taylor. Interesting perspective with someone who’s been involved in digital publishing since the start. BusinessWeek says Google has finally reached a settlement with publishers suing over the digital scanning of books. GoodeReader suggests libraries need to adopt a country-wide paid membership program to smooth the kinks …

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States outline settlement strategy.

PaidContent says states will decide how  Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit settlements from publishers (HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster) will be paid out to consumers.

Barnes and Noble/Microsoft partnership takes shape.

ReadWriteWeb offers a look behind the scenes of the new Barnes and Noble Nook HD tablets and highlights a digital content ecosystem, a Microsoft Alliance and hints at the direction for the June B&N/Microsoft partnering.

Kobo Glo and Kindle Paperwhite Comparison

TechFragments compares the new ‘light-assisted’  Kobo Glo and the Kindle Paperwhite E Ink eBook Readers.

Kobo moves into Portugal eBook market.

GoodeReader reports that Kobo is bringing its eReaders and eBooks to Portugal. Yet another expansion for this global competitor in the eBook Revolution.

Mini-Novels coming to an eReader near you?

GoodeReader posted on fledgling digital publisher One Bite Reads’ plan to launch mini-novels. (Aren’t those novellas?) I guess as long as they have a “mini” price.

Agency Model dismantling in Europe.

GoodeReader reports on a story from overseas that says the European Commission is dissolving the Agency Model of pricing instituted some years ago by Apple, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette Livre because it was a “concerted practice” to raise eBook prices and stop lower prices from being available across Europe. This is similar …

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An affordable future for the eBook Revolution

Technocrati speculates on the future of the eBook Revolution and ponders the past in a post looking forward to an eBook marketplace unfettered by the restrictive (and illegal) agency model of price fixing. With cheaper eBooks comes a great future for readers, writers and publishers alike.