On Thursday, January 7, 2010 Plastic Logic is unveiling QUE proReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For anybody in the neighborhood you can find their eBook TechZone at booth 11840 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. They’re offering demos and hands-on ‘experience a QUE proReader for yourself’ sessions. This is …
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Dec 12
Kindle Accessibility Addressed…
Another contribution from Jorgen with a link to a story at the Examiner.com about an Amazon Kindle for the blind or seeing-impaired. A first version of this special Kindle was criticized because of its reliance on too many button controls with on screen text to manage feature commands. It also ran into lawsuits revolving around its text-to-speech …
Dec 11
Traditional Market Manipulation by the Traditional Publishers
Many thanks to Jorgen who dropped off a couple of links, the first to a New York Times article that shows Simon & Schuster up to their old tricks delaying the release of eBook titles to force consumers to buy hard covers. The publisher makes the claim that eBook sales cannibalize hard cover sales. They are already …
Dec 10
Amazon Facing a New Threat?
An article at The Register says that five prominent publishers are teaming up to form an alliance that can take on Amazon.com. Apparently heavyweights:Â Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Wired and Vanity Fair are planning to develop an online storefront capable of going toe-to-toe with Amazon. Their aim is to build …
Dec 09
Amazon Stores in the U.K.?
Here’s a rumor from TimesOnline about Amazon.com’s secret plans to open actual stores in the United Kingdom. Apparently, realtors have been queried by the American company regarding available retail space. Could this be a reaction to the well-received Nook being integrated into Barnes and Noble’s long-standing membership in the bricks and mortar club? Industry analysts have already …
Dec 06
More Predictions for 2010 and Beyond
A very engaging Sunday read at Pantagraph.com where Tim Barker writes about the future of the eBook and makes some predictions regarding the shape of digital publishing to come. More great information and ideas. Well worth taking the link.
Dec 04
STOCKING STUFFER? Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300)
For $199 (the PC Mag link suggests you might find one as low as $174.99) the Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300) could turn into this Christmas’ perfect gift for early eBook adopters. It’s a smaller platform, with a 5″ instead of the more common 6″ screen, but tech-wise it plays pretty much on par with …
Nov 30
The (sch)Nook!
I’m sorry to keep harping about this, but it’s embarrassing for people like myself who have long supported competition in the eBook Revolution. The whole idea is choice creates a stable marketplace with better prices and selection for consumers. And then these ninnies at B&NÂ failed to build enough machines to suit the demand they created! …
Nov 29
eBook Readers are Here to Stay!
Thanks to Jorgen for a link to this enjoyable article at the Thaindian News that pretty much sets it all out there for us to see. It’s pretty obvious that eBooks are here to stay. What’s interesting is they were considered to be the way of the future but with the speed of their widespread …
Nov 28
eBook Price War Approaching
A story over at Unthinkable has analysts predicting an eBook price war between Borders and Barnes & Noble as the two latecomers vie for position in the eBook Revolution. This will also come down to a battle of the gear, because Barnes & Noble has its own Nook while Borders stocks Sony’s eReader. Get the …
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