Thank you Jorgen for pointing us to a post by R. David Lankes at the School Library Journal titled: “Ereaders, the iPad—Is That All There Is?” Seems Lankes was under-impressed by the recent launch of iPad. (And it sounds like he was none-too excited by the eBook Reading Devices that were already on the market.) None …
Category: eBooks
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Mar 25
Kobo eBook Reader $150 – The Game Changer
To people who would be happy simply reading an eBook, we introduce the Kobo eBook Reader for $150.00. Kobo announced the device at the MobileFocus event in Las Vegas with what eBook Revolution historians will call PERFECT TIMING. Instead of going head-to-head with iPad, here they’ve given us a basic eBook reader at an extremely affordable …
Mar 24
The Same Old Song and Dance at Amazon–er, from APPLE this time!
Remember when almost a year ago Amazon started fooling around with pricing, allowing publishers to raise their prices until there was a massive consumer backlash? (The $9.99 Boycott by Kindle owners, where they refused to buy eBook titles that were priced over $9.99) Anyway, get ready for the Apple iPad iBook Boycott. Having already signed on six …
Mar 21
A few words on the future of eBooks…
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet entitled “The iPad will kill ebooks as we know them.” Rather a gloomy piece, but it makes some good points while ignoring the vast market of readers who just want to read on a device. They’re happy with the eBook’s (book’s) special …
Mar 20
More Amazon eBook Action…
In an effort to hang onto its 90 percent share of the American e-book market, Amazon is starting to talk tough with publishers in the weeks leading up to the iPad’s arrival. If you’ll remember, Amazon already got into a dustup with publishers that resulted in the eBook retailer removing the ‘buy’ buttons from resistant …
Mar 19
Free Amazon Kindle eBook Reader for Mac
Okay. I guess all this talk about Apple iPad has either got Amazon missing the limelight or reminded the online eBook retailer that their Kindle is not the only eBook Reading device on the market. Read the post about the Free Kindle Reader for Mac here at DigitalBeat. Get the FREE Kindle Reader for Mac here. …
Mar 18
More about John Grisham’s Digital Dive
Deadline New York gives an expanded description of the process that brought John Grisham’s titles to the eBook Revolution, and hints at the wider-ranging impact. The inclusion of this publishing heavyweight certainly adds legitimacy to an exploding literary form.
Mar 17
John Grisham Gets With the Program
The New York Times “Arts Beat” has a post about bestselling author John Grisham getting over his fear of eBook pirates and diving into the eBook Revolution with his publisher Random House’s announcement that they will release his 23 backlist titles, including his recent short story collection Ford County, as eBooks. According to Random House, Grisham’s books have sold 250 million …
Mar 15
Delayed Release for Que Reader from Plastic Logic
We’ve mentioned the beautiful Plastic Logic Que Reader before here. Well, it looks like we’ll have to wait until summer for the release of this gorgeous piece of technology if this post at Seven-Sided Cube is correct. This sleek eReader’s bigger touch-screen (8.5″x11″) and futuristic profile is designed for the business sector, and will give other large-format machines …
Mar 14
Text-to-speech does not an audio book make…
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a story at the geek.com that expands on the debate about the text-to-speech function that we mentioned in yesterday’s post about Apple iPad features. Apparently some authors and publishers are making the case that such an auditory expression of eBooks can be considered as “derivative work” and should entitle …
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