Category: eBooks

eBook formats listed and discussed.

Books-A-Million Joins the eBook Revolution with BlueFire

Third largest U.S. book retailer Books-A-Million, Inc. has joined forces with Bluefire Productions to offer their growing eBook catalog to a wide range of mobile devices. The Books-A-Million (BAM) Reader is based on the Bluefire Reader App. The Bluefire Reader was the touchstone App for reading eBooks on iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads. GoodeReader has …

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For New eBook Readers!

New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. An excellent weekend browse. Bookmark these pages. Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats. GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says.  A …

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eBook Prices Dropping?

Galleycat offers an interesting post on eBook pricing. Apparently, the $5.00 eBook is starting to show up in special offers and on back-listed titles. We’ve been waiting for prices to drop since the eBook Revolution began. A $5.00 price tag will move a lot of E Ink.

Is Google getting into the eBook Reader Business?

Remember not that long ago when Google finally launched its massive online catalogue of eBooks, Google Editions and then changed it to a store and called it Google Books? Well, Google launched this massive online eBook store to compete directly with eBook (and book) giant Amazon.com and others… and then things got really quiet. Until …

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eBook Piracy in 2011

As the eBook Revolution settles into its first year in the mainstream, it makes sense that we’d find the focus shifting back to those nasty eBook Pirates again. Here we’ve got a couple of posts that indicate a subtle shift away from outright panic to something more reasonable where the powers that be may be …

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More CES updates and eBook news…

Liliputing got its hands on Pandigital’s Novel 9-inch Android tablet. Story and pictures of the $279 full-color device at the link. Also jumping on the Android bandwagon, PCMag says social eBook software firm Copia announced an Android version of its App. Already available on desk or laptop, this development makes the social e-Reading platform, Copia, …

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2011 International CES, January 6-9

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas opened with tablet PCs (think iPad) headlining one of the events. In fact, as you read or hear around the net, tablet PCs are expected to dominate this year’s show. This is good for the eBook Revolution, and does not represent the harbinger of doom for single purpose …

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2011 – the eBook Revolution Continues

HAPPY NEW YEAR! eBook Rumors’ prediction for 2011: A $50 E Ink eBook Reader will be on the market by next Christmas.

eBook Revolution Goes Mainstream in 2011!

ReviewsofElectronics reports Amazon estimating Kindle eBook Reader sales for 2010 at 8 million! Cnet News says there’s a hack available that will turn your B&N NookColor into a Kindle. TrustedReviews posted that Sharp’s Galapagos eReader is on its way to America for an early 2011 release. Electronista says eBook sales outpaced (paper) book sales at …

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The eBook Revolution Continues to Grow

This Los Angeles Times feature on the future of reading starts to describe the shifting ground in the publishing world. Now that technology allows writers to bypass the old publishing paradigm and basically cut traditional publishers out of the loop, more and more established authors are seeing this as an opportunity to increase their profits …

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