Category: eReaders

Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.

Mini-Novels coming to an eReader near you?

GoodeReader posted on fledgling digital publisher One Bite Reads’ plan to launch mini-novels. (Aren’t those novellas?) I guess as long as they have a “mini” price.

eBook Revolution update.

PaidContent reports that Apple and co-conspirator publishers have subpoenaed Amazon in the ongoing Department of Justice price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit. GoodeReader celebrates new children’s digital reading apps. TheLethbridgeHerald updates us with this week’s story where Wal-Mart dumps Amazon Kindle eReader sales. GoodeReader continues with a breakdown of an Aptara and Publisher’sWeekly survey on the status of …

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Agency Model dismantling in Europe.

GoodeReader reports on a story from overseas that says the European Commission is dissolving the Agency Model of pricing instituted some years ago by Apple, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette Livre because it was a “concerted practice” to raise eBook prices and stop lower prices from being available across Europe. This is similar …

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An affordable future for the eBook Revolution

Technocrati speculates on the future of the eBook Revolution and ponders the past in a post looking forward to an eBook marketplace unfettered by the restrictive (and illegal) agency model of price fixing. With cheaper eBooks comes a great future for readers, writers and publishers alike.

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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Newspapers struggle to adapt. Did they delay too long?

GoodeReader offers us a post on the struggling newspaper industry in the days of digital publishing. While they seem shocked that print ad revenues are down, they should not be disheartened that digital ad revenues fell short of expectations, too. Like the book publishing industry, the newspaper industry has to rethink its bottom line and …

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Time reviews Amazon Kindle Fire HD

Time reviews the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and while the hands-on experience was positive, changes are predicted before the affordable tablet ships.