A BusinessWire survey at MarketWatch reports that quality will drive the eBook Revolution in 2012. This after the big publishers jammed their work into the online eBook stores with little in the way of editing and formatting. That oversight stood out when they then turned around and asked the public to pay hard cover prices. …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Dec 26
The Variant Effect Sequel Begins.
(Free stuff for the holidays from our friend G. Wells!) DAWN OF A NEW DAY IN THE VARIANT EFFECT: GREENMOURNING Captain Joe Borland and the squad return to action in The Variant Effect: GREENMOURNING by G. Wells Taylor. Download the first 10-chapter installment of the Variant Effect sequel FREE at GreenMourning.com and SkinEaters.com. “Borland grumbled …
Dec 25
Happy Holidays from eBook Rumors
You’re probably all out there getting the hang of your new Kindles, Nooks, Kobos, iPads, Sony eReaders and tablets. (The list goes on…) Well, it seems the first rite of passage is the eager exploration of the ever-expanding library of FREE eBooks. Here are some web sites where you’ll find a wide selection of FREE …
Dec 23
E Ink beats the tablet for simple readability.
EFYTimes News offers us a post that compares the Kindle E Ink eReading experience to the Kindle Fire Tablet, and tells us why the E Ink eReading devices are here to stay. Some good reasoning here, and I agree on all fronts though I cite the readability factor as making my E Ink eReader (Kobo) …
Dec 22
eBook Revolution news for the holidays…
Auctionbytes posted that Amazon is pitching its Kindle eReaders to the last minute shopper with a 2-day shipping deal. Mobiledia has an update on the investigation into Apple’s pricing policies. Forbes reports that eBooks are putting the public back in library. And WebProNews says Google is finally offering offline support for its Google eBooks for Chrome and Chrome OS.
Dec 21
Are eBooks too cheap? Not by a long stretch…
The Huffington Post gets into the eBook pricing discussion with this feature on whether eBook prices are too cheap. In a marketplace where the big publishers routinely overprice their titles, this headline only makes sense when put into context with the .99 discount price often set by Indie authors desperate to build a following. That …
Dec 20
Apple iPad3 rumored to be smaller…
The Christian Science Monitor has posted on a rumor about the Apple iPad3 thought to be slated for a 2012 release. It’s going to be smaller (Like the Amazon Kindle Fire?) with a 7-inch screen. Apple has not confirmed the story.
Dec 19
Investigation continues into eBook price gouging.
The Guardian offers an in-depth feature on the investigation by European and American authorities into possible criminal market and price manipulation committed by Apple and 5 of the biggest publishers in the game: Hachette Livre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan. It will be interesting to see how this impacts the eBook Revolution.
Dec 18
eReader sales up 208% in 2011
GoodeReader has posted on the eBook Revolution’s banner year where 2011 sales of E Ink reading devices topped 27.1 million sold. That’s an explosive development after 2010’s 13 million sold.
Dec 16
B&N Nook to cross the pond.
The Bookseller reports that US book giant Barnes & Noble’s Nook eBook Reader will soon be available in the UK. Details have to be worked out so it remains to be seen whether the devices will sell through an existing UK partnership or if B&N intends to set down roots across the pond.
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