Here is a link to Engadget.com (again, great job covering the launch!) where they get their hands on the Apple iPad and give it their ‘first look.’ Sounds like they are both impressed and disappointed. They’ve got a full video walkthrough too… The eBooks with the ‘flipping’ pages looks very cool, but it’s got to …
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Jan 26
Is the Apple Tablet coming Wednesday, or the Messiah?
Talk about living up to your hype. The Apple Tablet (pad, slate, take your pick) certainly has a high bar waiting for it. After months and months of rumor, the ‘rumors’ have it that we’ll finally meet the device January 27th. For some reason, I suppose it’s iPhone’s amazing capabilities and growing ubiquity, everyone is predicting drastic change once …
Jan 22
Publishing Piracy Cabal Revealed!
This is so well written I’m just going to pass the link along. For your enjoyment read Go To Hellman: Offline Book “Lending” Costs U.S. Publishers Nearly $1 Trillion.
Jan 21
Amazon exhibiting Apple-phobia?
In a move that many will see as an attempt by Amazon to keep its market-share of eBook sales while soothing tensions between itself and the authors and publishers it ‘serves,’ the Internet eBook giant is going to offer them a bigger piece of the action. June 30 will see authors’ and publishers’ percentage (royalty, share) of …
Jan 18
Way to GO Spain!
BarcelonaReporter.com reports at this link that 2009 saw the sale of eBooks in Spain increase by 500%. The exciting number results from a wide acceptance of the eBook Revolution by Spanish publishers and consumers. That’s a most exciting development, yah?
Jan 17
eBook buyer statistics…
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an article at Resourceshelf.com that features highlights from a survey conducted by the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) addressing how “print book buyers access, purchase and use e-books and e-readers.” Two things stood out. Apparently 30% of print book buyers will wait up to three months to purchase …
Jan 16
NaSPA interviews eBook Rumor’s Cypher
Bill Elder was kind enough to interview me for NaSPA’s (Networks and Systems Professional Association) latest issue of Technical Support Magazine. You can check out their site here or download the magazine directly here or read eBook Rumor’s copy at this link. Don’t miss my interview (starts page 16) but be sure to check out …
Jan 15
Will Amazon’s Kindle win or lose? Too many variables to call.
Thanks Jorgen for an article at ITWorld that suggests eBook Reader Kindle will die a slow death in a competition with the various tablets coming on the market, while parent company Amazon will gradually win the monopoly on actual eBook sales (the books/content). This, the article predicts, will be the result of a new world …
Jan 11
Experiment in DRM-Free eBooks
Thanks Jorgen for this link to a story at boingboing.net about author David Pogue’s experiment where he released a DRM-free eBook to see if the unlocked eBook would have an impact on overall sales of that title. The results were what we’ve been saying all along. A locked eBook only punishes paying customers, yah?
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