Thanks Jorgen for this link to a Notebooks.com story about Barnes & Noble introducing new software called NOOKstudy. This attempt to expand the nook and eBook market provides an alternative to traditional textbooks. The NOOKstudy software will be released for PC and Mac and will expand the reach of B&N’s eReader applications already available for iPad, …
July 2010 archive
Jul 12
Digital Textbooks: The Affordable Future
The Daytona Beach News-Journal has an excellent story about the eBook Revolution’s impact on post-secondary education, suggesting students in the near future will be paying one-fifth the current text book costs. This welcome digital development comes at a time when traditional ‘paper’ textbook costs are soaring to as much as $1,000 per student per year.
Jul 11
Jame Patterson’s Sells Over a Million!
The ChronicleHerald.ca has a report from James Patterson’s publisher, Hachette Book Group, claiming 1.14 million units of the author’s titles have downloaded. Read the story here.
Jul 10
FoxNews Reviews the Kindle DX
Amazon’s rebooted Kindle DX doesn’t just come with a $100 drop in price to $379. (That was the price for the original Kindle…) They’ve also added some improvements. This FoxNews review takes a look at Amazon’s biggest eBook Reader. There’s video too!
Jul 09
Microsoft Seeks Patent on Page Turning Animation
We’ve all seen the neat little animation that mimics the physical turning of a page. Well, looks like Microsoft has filed papers to patent it for themselves. Not sure of the ramifications for iBooks and Stanza, but the story at The Register has pics and hints at a cool virtual multi-page flip that’s part of the patent. …
Jul 08
Borders Goes for Device Neutral eBook Dominance
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a story at The Tech Herald that also has the whole Internet buzzing. American Book retailing giant Borders is banking on a multi-platform approach with their new Borders eBook store that will be supported by its Kobo eReader, PC and Mac computers, Apple’s iPad (iEtc.), BlackBerry, Android smartphones and …
Jul 07
Sony Reader Pocket Edition Price Drops to $150!
We knew it would happen soon. Sony has entered the pricing war with Barnes and Noble’s nook and the Kobo eReader pricing their smaller format eBook Reader (the Pocket Edition) to match the low $150 price tag. Additionally, the larger Sony Reader Touch Edition has dropped to $170 from $200 and the 3G Daily Edition Sony Reader …
Jul 06
Maturity (or Wisdom?) Driving the eBook Revolution
Here’s a Philadelphia Inquirer story where digital publishing industry analysts suggest the majority of eBook Reader owners (up to 66 percent) are older than 40 with a ‘sweet spot’ group of consumers aged 35-54 developing into a powerful market force. A full set of statistics has yet to be produced, but these early predictions make a lot …
Jul 05
Another ‘Gleeful Apocalypse’
A special thanks to Jorgen for dropping by with this link to a most excellent article by Nathan Schneider at Open Letters Monthly entitled In Defense of Memory Theatre. Read it because it’s a fond farewell to the publishing world that was. Read it because it’s a warm embrace of the publishing world to come. Read it because …
Jul 04
eBook Reader Review
Top Ten Reviews has a list of the eBook Readers leading the pack halfway through 2010. They’ve got it pretty well laid out for quick comparison, and while I notice Kobo eReader is conspicuously absent, it’s still worth a glance if you’re planning to enter the eBook Revolution.
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