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Category: eBook Stores
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Nov 01
Google eBookstore for Canadians
Good news for Canadian eBook lovers. Google has opened the Google eBookstore for Canada. It has been a long time coming, but a quick look around shows the online search giant is hitting the ground running.
Oct 31
Toxic Reality Now Available!
Just in time for Halloween, author Katherine Tomlinson’s new fiction collection, Toxic Reality is now available in all formats on Smashwords as well as in Amazon.com’s kindle store. “From cyanide and cannibalism to thought-provoking and heartrending stories to Craig List-esque killers and their curious mates and just downright creepiness, if you weren’t a fan of …
Oct 30
Gunslingers versus the Living Dead in The Fifth Horseman
Looks like another Halloween treat from indie author G. Wells Taylor. The Apocalypse Trilogy Goes Out with a Bang, Scream and Massacre. The Apocalypse Trilogy by G. Wells Taylor gallops to its horrifying conclusion in The Fifth Horseman now available for download at online booksellers. This explosive mix of classic western storytelling and gothic horror …
Oct 28
Kobo is getting into publishing.
Galleycat has a story about online bookseller Kobo getting into the book publishing business, all as it preps for the launch of its $199 Vox color tablet. The international book seller will act like a traditional publishing house and do book editing, design, marketing, and sell the books. It’s the Amazon model. Now let’s see …
Oct 27
Pirate women of the digital age.
Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting Pocket-lint story that says a survey found one in eight women 35-years and older (up into their 80s) admit to pirating eBooks. This follows a growing trend as eBook Readers and tablets make their way into the mainstream market with an accompanying increase in piracy across …
Oct 24
Dell Latitude ST tablet coming soon.
GoodeReader has a post and leaked video of the Dell Latitude ST tablet. The Latitude ST runs Windows and from the video appears to be positioned for entrepreneurial, professional and institutional work. It’s got all of the expected tablet bells and whistles including integrated cameras front and back. Since they haven’t released the price, it’s …
Oct 21
The future of Literature in the digital age.
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a Lapham’s Quarterly Roundtable feature by Curtis White on the future of Literature in the digital age. It’s well-written and certainly worth your time. It might be a nice read to start your weekend.
Oct 18
Amazon leaves agents and publishers out of the loop.
The New York Times has this story about Amazon.com skipping past agents and publishers and approaching authors directly with offers of lucrative publishing deals. This is something that the publishing status quo has long feared, and the rest of us know is overdue. While the old power brokers lament this development, one wonders what they …
Oct 16
A $189 tablet from Epesitec.
Liliputing says tech company Epesitec is releasing a 7-inch, full color tablet priced to sell at $189. This price is clearly intended as a shot across the bow of Amazon’s new $199 Kindle Fire tablet. It remains to be seen if Epesitec’s android device can compete.
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