Writer Chris Bohjalian (pronounce at your own risk…) expresses his fears in this article carried by the Salisbury Post here. I get a kick out of all this. You know, I would never have heard of this guy if not for the very digital changes he’s afraid of. It amazes me that so many writers …
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A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Apr 05
The Vook? Come on seriously…
Okay, you tell me? Is the VOOK a new idea? The New York Times is talking about it here. Seems to me I saw Gil Gerard reading one of these in old episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25TH Century. Spock had one too. An electronic book with video and audio components has been a …
Mar 24
I haven’t mentioned Kindle 2 in a while so…
CNNMoney.com has an excellent list called 10 Things We Love and Hate about Kindle 2. You can read it here. Now that the dust has settled, rumor has it that Amazon is going all out to have an upgraded Kindle 3 on the market for the fall. Between iPod’s sudden inclusion in the eBook Reader …
Mar 23
A Monday Grab Bag…
For the first time in a couple weeks, we’re not seeing the Monday morning release of some new device or big business merger of old world Publisher and eBook upstart… So, the Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts Online is offering 200 Islamic manuscripts for scholars to consult and study. Looks like straight scans, and I’m …
Mar 16
FREE SONY eBOOK READER
I received this press release late, but there’s still time to get your name into the running. The full release containing contest rules is here. For the chance to win a FREE SONY eBOOK READER: “Interested persons can go to The Wild Rose Press website and purchase any of the books listed by participating authors, …
Mar 04
First iPhone, now this rumored challenge to AMAZON’s attempt at eBOOK EMPIRE!
Over at the theiphoneblog.com you can hear rumbling that is being felt deep inside the Amazon, and might be the reason the tribe there is getting ready to launch a new touch-screen Kindle 3 in the fall. The growing phenomena of iPhone & iTouch eBook reading has the people at Apple watching with great interest, …
Feb 03
Mobipocket or Amazon?
We’re all going to have to learn about Mobipocket sooner or later, and since I’ve referenced them a couple times, I’ll provide a link to the whole backstory here. Amazon bought Mobipocket in March 2005. The company produces a catchall reader for PDA’s called Mobipocket Reader software. The package is free and provides digital publishing …
Jan 31
Baen Free Library
The people in charge at Baen Publishing know what they’re doing, yah? And they know their audience. You can already hear the pocket protectors rustling… Just kidding. I saw some of my favorite authors there too: Larry Niven, Fred Saberhagen, etc. My point is, could there be a more receptive group of readers for free eBooks …
Jan 14
An Interesting Truth at the Ebook Online Store
They answer to http://www.ebook-mega-store.com/ or the syntactically challenged: The Ebook Online Store – download ebooks for $10 and less. This is their reason for being: “More eBooks — more DISCOUNTS! Every eBook costs $10.00. The more you buy, the more discounts you earn. 2 Ebooks cost $19, 3 Ebooks cost $28, 4 Ebooks – $36, 5 Ebooks …
Jan 10
CyberRead.com
I visited CyberRead.com to do a bit of pricing. Is it just me or is whole “cyber” thing getting old. When’s the last time you told someone you’d look for them in cyberspace. If you ever did. Anyway, not to get picky (I just don’t want to imagine cyberbooks!) but I strolled through the cyberstore looking …
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