Category: Affordable eBooks

Online book sellers and authors offering affordable options for eBook readers.

Gardners to launch color tablet in the UK.

According to GoodeReader Gardners Books will launch its own affordable (£59) color eReading tablet in the UK. Look for it in October.

It will be 2013 before eBook settlement reaches your pocket.

PaidContent updates us on the eBook settlement between states and offending publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster) but says the personal payback will be delayed until 2013 when a February hearing  concludes.

Kobo moves into Brazil eBook market

PaidContent reports on Kobo’s deal with Brazilian bookstore chain Livraria Cultura that will bring Kobo eBook Readers and eBooks to the Brazilian eBook market this fall.

Digital Publishing Update

PublishersWeekly reports that the majority of young adult books are purchased by 30-44 year olds. GoodeReader says that print-on-demand technology is now available in retail locations. TheIrishTimes posted on the publishing challenges in the eBook Revolution. Macleans.ca has a story on the coming eBook Boom to be precipitated by lower prices for eBook titles and …

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$99 Bebook Pure eReader Review

GoodeReader gives us a hands-on review of the $99 Bebook Pure eReader designed and priced for early adopters and mainstream readers. Pics, stats and video at the link.

eBook Revolution Update

PCWorld says eBook publishers Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster have agreed to pay $69-million to 54 US state, (correction: districts and territories) as part of their settlement and penalty for being co-conspirators in the Apple Agency Model price-fixing scheme that put them, and others in the crosshairs of a US Department …

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Amazon Kindle Fire tablet makes room for Kindle Fire 2.

CNET News says that the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has sold out, coincidentally enough, exactly one week before a Sept. 6 Amazon media event that is rumored to center on the launch of the Kindle Fire 2.

Libraries and publishers debate eBook DRM, access and piracy.

GoodeReader reports that the debate over digital rights management, access, piracy and price still rages between libraries, publishers and readers.

Publishers try to control libraries.

Computerworld (New Zealand) has more on the struggle between libraries and publishers.  It’s almost like publishers see libraries as an enemy and not the gateway to reading that they’ve represented since their inception.

eBook Revolution Update.

GoodeReader says Indie publisher Smashwords is unveiling their “Library Direct” catalog to give libraries affordable and convenient access to Indie titles. Expert Reviews offers a review of TrekStore’s Pyrus eBook Reader. RegHardware reviews the Amazon Kindle Touch Wi-Fi eBook Reader. For those late adopters in the crowd, TheDroidGuy lists the best eReaders on the market. …

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