Publishing giant Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. has launched an ePublishing-only division called Carina Press. Unlike the parent company that offers traditional hardcover, paperback and eBooks, Carina’s opening up to new and established authors as an option for publication that will distribute and sell eBooks only. We’re going to see more and more of this, yah? As the …
November 2009 archive
Nov 09
More about the Nook
Thanks to Jorgen for this link to a story at the Wall Street Journal about the Nook‘s sudden popularity. Apparently, people are so excited about Barnes and Noble’s new eBook Reader that the demand is forcing the Nook’s ship date back to December 11. Anxious consumers will have to pre-order and wait… Looks like B&N played it …
Nov 07
The Nook’s Selling Points
Jorgen dropped in with a link to PCWorld and an early review of Barnes and Noble’s answer to Kindle, the Nook . Read the article here. The B&N bricks and mortar locations are definitely going to give this eBook Reader an edge, yah?
Nov 06
Publishers + Writers + Internet = Retailer Troubles.
It’s easy to focus on the eBook Readers and eReading Devices. Their development is obviously going to have the biggest impact on how the eBook Revolution evolves, but this article at E-Reads illuminates another level to the struggle that promises to be more cutthroat and financially destructive to the traditional publishing industry. Simply put: Until recently, …
Nov 05
The Nook Draws fire for Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble’s new eBook Reader “The Nook” is attracting headlines and now litigation. California-based company Spring Design claims the eBook retailer copied unique features and functions from their Alex dual-screen eBook reader (check it out at the link… Sweet looking ride.) and included them in the Nook. The link to the full story at The Telegraph.co.uk was …
Nov 04
The future of eReaders is under $100…
If you can wait that long. I know I’m gearing up to buy something now. But patience is old-fashioned, like virtue, yah? Chip maker Marvell is doing two things. They have developed a new ARM-based processor designed specifically for the eBook market. They plan to use it with their other components in low-priced, multi-functional eReaders with …
Nov 03
When you’re finished that page I’ve got a call to make.
PocketGamer.biz reports on a recent survey that September sales of eBooks and reading applications at the Apple App Store beat game sales for the first time. Read the story here. You know as the eBook Revolution goes into high gear, I’m hearing from more and more eBook readers who have been reading the classics on their …
Nov 02
COOL GADGET! But will it help with gas mileage?
I won’t go on too much about this, check it out on Crave at Cnetnews. I just love the scifi lines on this ride. Bridgestone, the tire maker (surprised?), is developing a flexible eReading device. We talked about a reader from Bridgestone before, but this one looks quite different from the eReader in that article. I …
Nov 01
Will eBooks hurt ‘bricks and mortar’ bookstores?
TopNews.net thinks they will… Read the article, here. It can’t be any more doom and gloom than what these bookstores have been going through already, as traditional publishing collapses around them, destroyed by short-term corporate thinking: as publishing giants abandoned selection for bestsellers. It’s just the evolution part of the eBook Revolution. Bricks and mortar …
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