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.
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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 …
Mar 14
iPad 2 Sells Out!
CNNMoney has this report on Apple iPad 2 tablet’s record-breaking first-weekend performance where it outsold the first iPad version, and sold out with 400,000-500,000 iPad 2’s compared to iPad’s 300,000-unit first-weekend sale in 2010.
Mar 13
Will eBooks doom the bookstore?
Thanks Jorgen for a link to The New Republic where writer Nicole Krauss takes a nostalgic look at the history of the bookstore, and makes some predictions about its future.
Mar 11
Industry eReading Leaders Kindle, Nook and iPad Compared.
PhBeta.com offers a detailed comparison of Kindle, Nook and iPad. It’s an excellent look at the three most-wanted eBook Readers on the market. Good time to take a look too, with hundreds of new devices entering the market over the next 18 months.
Mar 09
Borders Goes Bankrupt while Amazon and Barnes and Noble chart increases in sales…
It’s not surprising that one of the book giants suffered a major (if not fatal) blow as DailyFinance illustrates with a detailed account of Borders‘ recent declaration of bankruptcy. It’s really a mess with millions owed and publisher and authors left swinging in the breeze. This while competitors Barnes and Noble, and Amazon register increased …
Mar 08
eBook pricing expectations governed by eBook Reader ownership?
Bookseller.com has more on readers in the eBook Revolution. It seems that while half of book buyers polled expect lower prices for eBooks, those who already own eBook Readers are more realistic with their eBook pricing expectations. Could the same be true when lower-priced eBook Readers are made available? Perception shifts noticeably, when one owns …
Mar 07
Will Amazon Kindle eBook Reader be FREE by Christmas 2011?
PCWorld posted on a rumor that Amazon.com will soon be giving its Kindle eBook Reader away FREE. While many feel this is a given regarding Amazon Prime customers, there is a trend in Kindle sales that predicts its relative pricing free fall will end at a FREE eBook Reader by November of 2011. CNN offers …
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