PCWorld posted a detailed review of the Sony Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T1. MySteinbach.ca reports on the Canadian government propping up Canadian book publishers yet again. (One wonders how many Canadian Indie authors are already selling books via Amazon Kindle, etc. without help from the government…probably most.)
Category: eBook Stores
A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Dec 09
eBook Revolution Enters the Holiday Season
ConsumerReports has a story on the U.S. Department of Justice investigating eBook pricing citing possible “anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.” (I think everyone’s catching onto the inflated pricing, and price fixing.) The Winnipeg Free Press wonders whether eBook readers still judge books by their covers. and… Amazon has made an appeal to its many indie Kindle …
Dec 08
Borrowing library books on your Nook Tablet
We’ll take advantage of a slow news day in the eBook Revolution to give you a link to a GoodeReader video tutorial on borrowing Overdrive library books with your Nook Tablet.
Dec 07
Publishers, Libraries and eBooks
The Atlantic offers a feature updating us on the latest twist and turns of the ongoing debate between publishers, libraries and eBook sellers. For some reason since the start of the eBook Revolution publishers have begun to doubt their relationships with libraries (and others) citing security concerns. Again, we can see an opportunity for these …
Dec 06
eBook News and the Holiday Countdown
GoodeReader speculates about eBooks receiving mainstream acceptance in the post “eBooks Finally Getting the Love they Deserve?” The Register reports on the probe into Apple helping 5 publishers breach competition rules. SecondAct offers a guide for shoppers on the hunt for the best eBook Reader.
Dec 05
Publishers must adapt or become irrelevant.
TechnoBuffalo gives us an update on the eBook Revolution’s impact on the publishing status quo. The publishers cite concerns over retailers selling eBooks to readers without the publisher as part of the deal. This wouldn’t have been the same concern if the publishers had embraced the revolution at its start. Instead, they fought the flow …
Dec 02
eBook Revolution Headlines.
Amazon.com has opened its Spanish and Italian Kindle Stores according to the AFP. FierceMobileContent cites a Juniper Research forecast that says by 2016 eBook sales to mobile devices will reach $9.7-billion. Lilliputing reports that the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet is breaking records as the fastest selling Nook so far.
Dec 01
Library usage jumps over eBooks
The Grande Bibliotheque in Montreal, Quebec, Canada claims that eBooks are responsible for a 45% increase in library usage. A GoodeReader story says the Montreal library has added 200,000 new Book titles to facilitate the growth.
Nov 30
eBooks don’t burn… is that why Bradbury held out?
Mashable offers a story about Ray Bradbury finally giving the okay for his publisher Simon & Shuster to release a digital version of  his classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury had previously made no secret of his disdain for eBooks and the Internet, so is this a case of an old dog learning new tricks or …
Nov 29
eBook Gifting Campaign in the works.
PaidContent.org posted on an eBook gifting campaign sponsored by digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media called “The Gift of E.” Linked to a 60% discount, it’s undoubtedly one of many promotions to work us up for the gift giving season.
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