Galleycat has a story about online bookseller Kobo getting into the book publishing business, all as it preps for the launch of its $199 Vox color tablet. The international book seller will act like a traditional publishing house and do book editing, design, marketing, and sell the books. It’s the Amazon model. Now let’s see …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Oct 27
Pirate women of the digital age.
Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting Pocket-lint story that says a survey found one in eight women 35-years and older (up into their 80s) admit to pirating eBooks. This follows a growing trend as eBook Readers and tablets make their way into the mainstream market with an accompanying increase in piracy across …
Oct 26
Shop e-Readers offers the full list for the holidays.
A PRWeb press release from Shop e-Readers promises that the online retailer will be offering all the brand name eReaders by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony, etc. to markets in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
Oct 25
Sony Reader runs android apps.
Liliputing has a story about a hack that turns Sony’s $150 PRS-T1 E Ink Reader into an android ‘tablet.’ Â The details and video at the link.
Oct 24
Dell Latitude ST tablet coming soon.
GoodeReader has a post and leaked video of the Dell Latitude ST tablet. The Latitude ST runs Windows and from the video appears to be positioned for entrepreneurial, professional and institutional work. It’s got all of the expected tablet bells and whistles including integrated cameras front and back. Since they haven’t released the price, it’s …
Oct 23
Is there a good side to ads in eBooks?
GoodeReader’s Michael Kozlowski digs into the notion of advertisements in eBooks. Amazon.com’s recent release of its $79 Kindle with special offers (subsidized by ads on the Kindle) suggests there might be compromises in the future that could make digital publishing affordable for everyone in the mainstream marketplace. It will be a question of balance. And …
Oct 21
The future of Literature in the digital age.
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a Lapham’s Quarterly Roundtable feature by Curtis White on the future of Literature in the digital age. It’s well-written and certainly worth your time. It might be a nice read to start your weekend.
Oct 20
The eBook Revolution’s newest reviewed.
The HuffingtonPost has a detailed feature by Robert J. Elisberg that looks at the newest crop of competitors in the eBook Revolution. He talks Amazon Kindle(s), Barnes and Noble Nook(s) and the Pandigital Nova.
Oct 19
The Kobo Vox for $199
eBookNewser has the story on the Kobo Vox Tablet now on sale for $199. (The same price as Kindle Fire. Can anybody say tablet war? Or Price War?) The Vox has a 7-inch color touch screen with Android and is ready to play eBooks, apps, video games, music and just about everything other than movies. …
Oct 18
Amazon leaves agents and publishers out of the loop.
The New York Times has this story about Amazon.com skipping past agents and publishers and approaching authors directly with offers of lucrative publishing deals. This is something that the publishing status quo has long feared, and the rest of us know is overdue. While the old power brokers lament this development, one wonders what they …
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