Time Techland has a review of the new Apple iPad.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Mar 16
eBook News Grab Bag.
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy. BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal. Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language Edition …
Mar 15
eBook Reading and Memory
Time has a story entitled: “Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?” that ends up leaning more toward the problem occurring with learning and eTextbooks, than with fiction reading on  E Ink Readers such as Kindle, Kobo or Nook. I know from personal experience that E Ink reading did require some …
Mar 14
eBook Revolution Headlines – March 14, 2012
CNNMoney posted on Encyclopedia Britannica’s decision to stop printing their once ubiquitous tomes in favor of going digital. TechCrunch updates us on PayPal’s recent foray in censorship. They’ve chosen a slightly less draconian approach. The Telegraph.co.uk says eBooks have made reading sexy again. (Did it used to be sexy?) The CorporateCounsel reports that publishers are …
Mar 13
Is Amazon the big winner in anti-trust suit against Apple and publishers?
The Christian Science Monitor reports on an open letter by Authors Guild President Scott Turow on the continuing drama surrounding  Apple and the gang of 5 New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins) who are the subject of a potential anti-trust lawsuit, in which Turow wonders if the …
Mar 12
Apple postures for a fight, while co-conspirators jump ship.
PaidContent reports on an Apple court filing where the iPad maker fights back against a pending US Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit by downplaying the Amazon Kindle threat. Instead they’re claiming their newbie status in an Amazon-dominated eBook industry is proof against any conspiracy. All of this while some of the ‘co-conspirators’ (5 Major New York Publishers) are …
Mar 11
Anti-trust Suit looms for Apple and price-fixing co-conspirators.
With the US Justice Department preparing an anti-trust suit against Apple and five A-list New York-based publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan, and HarperCollins, the Atlantic continues the discussion on fair eBook pricing and wonders who will win when this all goes to court. Will the eBook Revolution find the way to democratized …
Mar 09
eBook Piracy from the inside.
I don’t include this post at Step2 Success Models from the Insight Community as an endorsement of file-sharing or encouragement to pirate eBooks, but it does give a rather frank look into the mind of an individual who has the technical know-how to bypass all of the locks and DRM (digital rights management) that business throws …
Mar 08
Apple lands 5 publishers in hot water, and more.
BBC News updates a story that’s been running for over a year concerning a U.S. Department of Justice investigation in which five US publishers and Apple are now being threatened with legal action because of the way they ‘conspired to raise the price of eBooks.’ Â Apple and the publishers pushed for the Agency Model of …
Mar 07
New Apple iPad Rolls Out.
Read about the Retina Display on Apple’s new iPad (Hi-Def) here at CNN.
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