GoodeReader speculates about eBooks receiving mainstream acceptance in the post “eBooks Finally Getting the Love they Deserve?” The Register reports on the probe into Apple helping 5 publishers breach competition rules. SecondAct offers a guide for shoppers on the hunt for the best eBook Reader.
Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
Dec 05
Publishers must adapt or become irrelevant.
TechnoBuffalo gives us an update on the eBook Revolution’s impact on the publishing status quo. The publishers cite concerns over retailers selling eBooks to readers without the publisher as part of the deal. This wouldn’t have been the same concern if the publishers had embraced the revolution at its start. Instead, they fought the flow …
Dec 02
eBook Revolution Headlines.
Amazon.com has opened its Spanish and Italian Kindle Stores according to the AFP. FierceMobileContent cites a Juniper Research forecast that says by 2016 eBook sales to mobile devices will reach $9.7-billion. Lilliputing reports that the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet is breaking records as the fastest selling Nook so far.
Dec 01
Library usage jumps over eBooks
The Grande Bibliotheque in Montreal, Quebec, Canada claims that eBooks are responsible for a 45% increase in library usage. A GoodeReader story says the Montreal library has added 200,000 new Book titles to facilitate the growth.
Nov 30
eBooks don’t burn… is that why Bradbury held out?
Mashable offers a story about Ray Bradbury finally giving the okay for his publisher Simon & Shuster to release a digital version of  his classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury had previously made no secret of his disdain for eBooks and the Internet, so is this a case of an old dog learning new tricks or …
Nov 29
eBook Gifting Campaign in the works.
PaidContent.org posted on an eBook gifting campaign sponsored by digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media called “The Gift of E.” Linked to a 60% discount, it’s undoubtedly one of many promotions to work us up for the gift giving season.
Nov 28
Amazon Kindle Fire and B&N Nook Tablet Compared
Detroit Free Press’ Mark W. Smith compares Amazon’s Kindle Fire to the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. An excellent read to help you make up your mind before the holiday gift giving season. Take the jump to see who comes out on top.
Nov 27
Indie authors warned: Avoid Book Country
Some time ago we mentioned Book Country at Penguin USA, and were justifiably reluctant to climb aboard a ‘pay-to-play’ eBook publishing service in a marketplace that offers many free and potentially lucrative opportunities (like Amazon Kindle Publishing and Smashwords). A reader sent us this sidebar to the story: Lee Goldberg’s “Sucker Country” at A Writer’s …
Nov 25
eBook Revolution highlights.
Nothing earth-shattering for the eBook Revolution today, but there are always lots of related stories. GoodeReader offers a tutorial for loading eBooks onto the BeBook Club S eReader. Video at the jump. Also by GoodeReader is a story about Random House being the last of the big six publishers to get on board eBook lending. …
Nov 24
eBook Revolution Mixed Bag…
PCWorld reviews the $199 Kobo Vox Tablet eReader and gives it good marks. ExpertReviews reports on an investigation into eBook Pricing. (Nobody believes the publishers. eBooks can’t be as expensive to make as paperbacks and hard covers!) EContent talks about a new program from OverDrive that allows library patrons to test drive eBook Readers and tablets. …
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