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.
Category: eBook Stores
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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 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 25
Free eBooks Encourage eBook Sales
The Bookseller.com offers statistics that describe the trends driving eBook sales, and consumers are calling FREE titles an important factor in the deal.
Mar 24
The eBook Revolution continues to evolve…
Gigaom.com offers this post on Marc Parrish, VP of Retention and Loyalty Management for Barnes & Noble when he spoke at the Structure Big Data conference in New York. The article’s an excellent update as the publishing world goes digital, readers continue to adopt the technology and the eBook Revolution evolves.
Mar 23
eBook Headlines March 23, 2011
ComputerWorld tells us that despite a scare from full-color iPad, E Paper (E Ink) continues to share the market with the technology offering us some advances this year. A PRNewsWire release heralds the DinoDirect.com Ten New Style Tablet and rumored iPad2 challenger. Bloomberg.com points to a U.S. judge’s decision that kills Google’s $125 million digital …
Mar 21
Kobo Wireless eReader $60!
Okay. Cnet reports on this amazing sale of the Kobo E Ink Wireless eReader for just $60! I’ve used one of these devices and they’re very easy on the eyes, and extremely intuitive. As the Cnet post says, the sale is confined to certain Borders stores so you’ll have to shop around, but at $60 …
Mar 17
Apple iPad took 83% of market in 2010. Look for change in 2011!
Here’s a CMSWire story about Apple iPad commanding 83% of the tablet market in 2010. To be fair, the iPad was the tablet market last year with new devices from other companies trickling in as the clock wound down to 2011. This year will prove to be a thriller with over a hundred of the …
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