Thanks Jorgen for a link to The New Republic where writer Nicole Krauss takes a nostalgic look at the history of the bookstore, and makes some predictions about its future.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Mar 11
Industry eReading Leaders Kindle, Nook and iPad Compared.
PhBeta.com offers a detailed comparison of Kindle, Nook and iPad. It’s an excellent look at the three most-wanted eBook Readers on the market. Good time to take a look too, with hundreds of new devices entering the market over the next 18 months.
Mar 07
Will Amazon Kindle eBook Reader be FREE by Christmas 2011?
PCWorld posted on a rumor that Amazon.com will soon be giving its Kindle eBook Reader away FREE. While many feel this is a given regarding Amazon Prime customers, there is a trend in Kindle sales that predicts its relative pricing free fall will end at a FREE eBook Reader by November of 2011. CNN offers …
Mar 06
eBook Consumers ready to spend, but want a fair price.
Many thanks to Jorgen for the link to a FutureBook story that updates us on eBook pricing and reports on how much tech-savvy consumers are willing to pay.
Mar 03
EU Officials Raid Publishers
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post at eBookMagazine regarding European Union Officials raiding several publishers because “the Commission has reason to believe that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive business practices.” These raids follow news of the UK Office of Fair Trading’s investigating the …
Mar 01
Indie Author Makes Millions in the Kindle Store
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 …
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 …
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