I knew this would happen. With Sony’s announcement of a new 3-G wireless eBook Reader (the Daily Edition) set for a Christmas release, the rumor mill started up about Apple’s Tablet. Read a story about how the fabled machine might measure up to the competition at Computerworld. Most of us are wondering whether the Tablet actually exists, and …
Category: Rumors
Aug 18
More Bytes about the Apple Tablet
Daniweb.com is offering five reasons you need the rumored Apple Tablet here. This much-touted, near-mythical device is going to have to be magical to live up to the hype. That’s something that Apple usually delivers on in the hand-held section of life. They’ve taken their time too, allowing front-runners Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader to take the awkward first …
Aug 01
An actual RUMOR at eBook Rumors
This is fantastic! It seems that the service manuals for two new Sony Reading Devices have ‘accidentally’ found their way onto the net. Read the full article about the leak at ChannelWeb here. Apparently the new devices, the PRS-300 and PRS-600, have made it off the drawing board and are on their way to the …
Jul 29
Barnes and Noble Shifting into High Gear.
Barnes and Noble is charging into the fray and looks ready to do some serious damage. The book retail giant that abandoned eBook sales in 2003 started making up for lost time by opening its own eBook Store to challenge Amazon.com, produce its own eBook reader through Plastic Logic to take on Kindle and Sony, and …
Jul 21
Free Content continued…
Here at KansasCity.com the theme of free content is developed to include the realities of business. In an excellent article by Scott Canon, The Kansas City Star digs deeper, looks for precedents and talks about Freemium (barebones content) versus Premium (content you pay for with all the bells and whistles). You need to make money …
Jul 15
Apple’s Noticeable Absence
All the developments in eBooks and eBook Reading Devices and things are quiet in the Apple orchard. Not even a whisper. We’ve heard rumors about an Apple eBook Reading Tablet before. Now we’ve got links to articles here at PCWorld and here at Macsimum MacOSG Forum where the ‘rumored’ tablet is mentioned again. It’s driving everyone …
Jul 14
Does this surprise anyone?
Techshout.com has a story about a Chinese-made eBook reader that bears a striking resemblance to Amazon’s Kindle. Read the story here. What’s surprising, when we look at the rumored $210 price tag and year-end release, is that the North American companies insist on leaving this price gap in their defenses. After its release in China, …
Jul 11
Rupert Murdoch’s About-face
Bajillionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced plans to invest in his own mysterious full-color eReader back in April of this year. Read about that here. Now Slashgear is reporting that Murdoch’s publishing empire will be focusing on subscriptions to existing eReaders. Murdoch said: “We’re very happy to have our products distributed over any device provided …
Jul 05
Rumble in Googletown
In case anyone wondered if there was a future in eBooks, look at how much money and time Google’s putting into their Google Book Search. And it gives you an idea of the kind of MEGACOMPANY Google has become. (And the kind of position they want in the eBook Revolution.) Their book scanning plan was …
Jun 30
Anderson and Gladwell justify themselves…
Are these guys stoking the fires of their own celebrity by overcomplicating this? Read more of the Anderson vs. Gladwell debate about paying for content here at PaidContent.org. We’ve been saying it over and over here at eBook Rumors. People only want free content and free access if the alternative is paying unjustifiable ‘real world’ …
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