The Financial Post has a story about eReading platform Kobo announcing their services now extend to any Android-enabled smartphone. On top of a desire to share their eReading experience anywhere on any machine, their open standards allow customers to access and read their selections on any device. When linked to their $150 eBook Reader, Kobo …
June 2010 archive
Jun 18
Rupert Murdoch Makes Some Moves
Thanks again to Jorgen for links to a digital news story that he’s been monitoring. The developments involve Rupert Murdoch making some moves to get a firm toehold in the growing digital newspaper industry and mark a casualty in the eBook Revolution. Click here for a story at TabletPCReview that details Murdoch’s purchase of Skiff, LLC, and the …
Jun 17
Barnes and Noble eBook Market Share Rises
Authorlink News is carrying a story touting Barnes and Noble’s new CEO William Lynch as the main reason B&N is making huge gains in the eBook Market. I’ve got to agree, whoever is calling the shots is sure making up for ground the company lost after briefly shutting down its eBook Store in 2008. Since …
Jun 16
Has Google Editions Won the eBook War?
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen who provided a link to an interesting discussion over at FUTUReBOOK.com about the future of eBooks on the web and the trouble with DRM. The post by Tom Williams ponders whether Google Editions has already won the eBook war with their cloud-based eBooks versus the proprietary formats offered by Amazon, …
Jun 15
Paper Books to Go Extinct?
The Huffington Post offers a thoughtful piece by Steve Leveen about the past and future of reading entitled: “Will Paper Books Go the Way of the Silent Film? Change in the Air at BookExpo America” inspired by remarks from an industry insider speaking at the recent BookExpo in New York. It’s a well-written piece worth the click.
Jun 14
Consumer Report on eBook Readers
Bright Side of News has a summary of a Consumer Report review of eBook Readers. Not a lot of surprises, but it’s nice to see that eBook Readers are mainstream enough to rate some ink from the non-profit, independent, subscription supported, rating organization.
Jun 13
Low-Priced books Lead in iBookstore sales.
Okay. I know what you’re thinking. “Well, that ain’t news…” Check out the Bookseller.com story: “Discounted books rule on iBookstore.” They can spin this around the word “discount” all they want but the real story is that lower-priced eBooks outsell higher priced. It’s not rocket science. Publishers have to stop “discounting” titles and just start …
Jun 11
Dark Valentine Magazine – Volume 1, Issue 1 – NOW AVAILABLE!
Volume 1, Issue 1 of Dark Valentine Magazine, a new on-line quarterly devoted to dark fiction, is now available for free download at DarkValentine.net The joint venture of Katherine Tomlinson (publisher), Joy Sillesen (Editor/Design Director); and Joanne Renaud (art director), the collaboration was born when the three women met while working on John Donald Carlucci’s …
Jun 10
The BeBook Neo eBook Reader
Pocket-lint.com reviews the BeBook Neo eBook Reader at the jump. At $329 Neo is no Kobo eReader, but it might represent some of the choice that is slowly forming in the eBook Marketplace. In my estimation, I think Borders is right on the money with their planned Good, Better, Best selection of eBook Readers. People who …
Jun 09
A Couple Recommendations for Amazon’s Kindle
Thanks Jorgen for this link to a post at Seth’s Blog entitled: Paperback Kindle. The article includes some excellent recommendations for Amazon to consider if it wants to be top dog in the eBook Reader marketplace, especially as the flashy iPad eats up ground the internet book giant has held since the start of the …
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