Thanks Jorgen for a Cnet story about Barnes and Noble Nook and Amazon Kindle owners protesting the high prices of eBooks by making their feelings known in the user reviews. It happened in the early days of the eBook Revolution with Kindle owners protesting any eBook over $9.99. The publishers have got to stop trying …
April 2011 archive
Apr 08
eBook Revolution favors the Indie Author
You know the eBook Revolution is going mainstream when ABC News admits there’s something to it. Here is a fascinating article that should put traditional publishers on guard. Digital Publishing has changed the world for Indie authors, and gives a new weight to the term ‘self-published.’
Apr 07
Barnes and Noble sells Nook WiFi for $79 at eBay.
Mediabistro’s eBookNewser has pointed out that Barnes and Noble is handling the overstock of the Nook Wifi eBook Reader (refurbished) by selling the device on ebay for $79.00 – roughly half of the regular price. Check it out. Might be the perfect opportunity to get into the eBook Revolution.
Apr 06
Amazon and Google Building a Super-Tablet?
Okay, all eBook Revolution news links aside, this is the first really exciting RUMOR we’ve had here in a long time! VideoGamingPros ramps up the discussion around the rumored Android-Kindle Tablet, by suggesting its development could be a joint-venture between Amazon and Google. All this from Amazon’s mysterious Lab 126 posting a notice “looking to …
Apr 05
J.K. Rowling considering a move to digital.
The Hollywood Reporter says Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling is getting ready to sign onto the eBook Revolution. She has giving lots of reasons in the past for dragging her feet, and now eBooks have given her about 100,000,000 reasons to get aboard. Now that post suggests Rowling’s involvement will change the eBook Revolution as …
Apr 04
Uphill Battle for eBooks in Public Libraries
Jorgen dropped in with a link to an Information Today Inc. story about the hurdles public libraries face at the dawn of the eBook Revolution. It looks like an uphill battle with restrictions on lending, device compatibility problems, proprietary systems, interface and privacy issues to name a few.
Apr 02
eBook Revolution continues in Canada
The Vancouver Sun offers us a post on the BookNet Canada Tech Forum 2011 in Toronto where the publishing industry is embracing digital after years of fending it off with both hands. I get a kick out of that. A decade of resistance, and suddenly it’s an embrace.
Apr 01
More eBook Headlines
ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s announcement that Kindle books will soon have page numbers. Smashwords Founder, Mark Coker, shows us where eBook buyers live in a story at HuffingtonPost. BlogCritics reports on an Expert Panel discussion of eBooks, Digital Books and Apps. GalleyCat talks about a new eBook App that will let you incorporate Twitter conversations …
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