Digitaltrends has an encouraging story for authors and readers that should send publishing industry executives (and agents) scrambling back to the drawing board. Contrary to what they’ve been trying to get us to believe, the eBook Revolution has changed things and the old business model cannot be grafted or forced onto digital publishing. Apparently, Indie …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Feb 28
Rupert Murdoch = Draconian Overlord of Publishing…
Ok. Maybe I overstated the case, but the publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch’s empire has declared war on public libraries. A Harper Collins eBook can be loaned out by a library only 26 times! TWENTY-SIX! Murdoch says that number is based on a several factors “including the average lifespan of a print book, and wear …
Feb 26
French Publishers Pass on Adobe DRM
Jorgen dropped off a link to a TeleRead story about 100 French publishers deciding to pass on the Adobe Digital Rights Management (DRM) that many publishers have adopted to control the sale and distribution of eBooks. (It also regulates the options of consumers who buy the eBooks legally.) Worth the read. (The Google translation of …
Feb 25
E Ink: History and possible future.
ITBusiness.ca has an interesting post called “E Ink pushing boundaries of display technology” that chronicles some of the history of E Ink and speculates on its future. Well worth the read.
Feb 24
Publishing Logs Growth in the eBook Revolution
The Bookseller.com has an interesting post on the impact of digital publishing on the status quo and it looks good so far with statistics showing 3,151 new publishers registering for ISBNs in 2010. (The highest in 10 years.) The story credits print-on-demand technology (POD), eBooks and self-publishing with the change. One can see that the …
Feb 23
Watch out iPad. Here comes the HPad…
PDFDevices.com reports on Hanvon Technology Co. Ltd. of China planning to announce a new line of products that includes the HPAD A112 eReader. This news will come at CeBIT2011 in Hanover, Germany in March. The Android 2.2 driven tablet with a 7-inch color touchscreen is rumored to hit the market at $545 (US) which puts …
Feb 22
The Digital Bookstore of the Future
The Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles offers us his idea of how a 21st century digital bookstore is going to look and how the bricks and mortar stores we’ve got can remain relevant in the future.
Feb 21
More on eBook Piracy
Personal Finance Bulletin posted on the apparent explosion in eBook Piracy. It seems that Kindle Books, Nookbooks and iPad books are turning up on torrent sites in FREE bundles. eBook Pirates cannot be stopped by outrage; but, honest eReaders can be encouraged away from the black market by lowering the price of eBooks, removing the …
Feb 19
NoteSlate Tablet
Ubergizmo posted on the NoteSlate tablet, a 13″ E Ink like device that can be used for writing, drawing and reading. Check out the NoteSlate website here. The device is expected to ship in June for a low price of $99, so if you can read on it, this is one intriguing development for the …
Feb 18
Five Reasons eBooks are here to stay.
MinnPost.com offers a list of the Five signs that eBooks are here to stay. I would add a sixth reason… Any time I tell people over 40 that eBook Readers allow you to adjust font size (e.g. MAKE IT BIGGER), their eyes light up.
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