The National Post has an excellent feature on eBook retailer and distributor Kobo that shows the Toronto start-up and offspring of Indigo Books & Music Inc. is more than capable of going blow for blow with Internet giants Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble and Sony. It all comes down to keeping it simple. After launching …
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Oct 05
The eBook Revolution Continues.
Our intrepid friend Jorgen has dropped off yet another link, this time to an excellent Daily Finance post by Sarah Weinman that lists the results of eBook related surveys. You’ll be surprised by some of the numbers and encouraged that all the evidence points to an eBook Revolution shifting into high gear.
Oct 04
Brave New Digital World for Libraries
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a MetroWest Daily News story about the impact of the eBook Revolution on the future of libraries. Borrowing rates are increasing with traditional paper and audio books, but with new numbers showing eBook usage spiking at 949%, it is clear that the new media is going to have a …
Oct 03
Toshiba’s Book Place offers Digital Reading for Laptop and PC.
The Inquirer has a story announcing Toshiba’s leap into the eBook Revolution with its own store and program that focus on PC and laptop reading. The Japanese electronics giant’s Toshiba Book Place is available for PC or Mac. The program interfaces with Toshiba’s own bookstore and offers a million public domain and thousands of commercial …
Oct 02
Kobo and Kindle – Yes, but Kobo first.
An interesting addition to the story about Research in Motion’s (RIM) full-color BlackBerry PlayBook tablet due out in 2011. We mentioned here that both Kindle and Kobo were ready to provide eBooks for the iPad competitor. This story at the Register tells us that in fact Kobo will come preloaded on the device. While we …
Oct 01
An Article that Kills the Lies that want to Kill the eBook Revolution.
Many, many thanks to Jorgen for a link to an excellent piece by Marion Maneker at BNET.com called “Are E-Books Killing the Literary Novel? Nonsense.” Read this article because it cuts right through publishing industry lies against digital publishing, and shows us the essential truth of the eBook Revolution. If you’re a writer, small publisher …
Sep 30
Kobo Releases Wireless eReader – Border Sells it for $140.00
Read this ZDNet story about eBook partners Kobo and Borders releasing the $140 Kobo E Ink WiFi eReader. Available November 1st the $139.99 device will build on Kobo’s first eReader version that ran with USB connection and $150 price tag (it started the eBook Reader price-war). With the new untethered device ready to compete in the ever evolving eBook Marketplace, one …
Sep 29
The Future of eBooks Now.
A great link here from Jorgen to a FutureBook.net post called: “We’ll all lose money. And then we’ll learn.” An informative piece that updates the constantly updating eBook marketplace as it relates to pricing, author profits and piracy. I think the goal is clear when dealing with piracy and file-sharing: “Affordable pricing is the key.” …
Sep 28
Research In Motion offers the PlayBook Tablet
Research in Motion broadens BlackBerry horizons by offering the PlayBook tablet computer. The Monday announcement came at a developer’s conference where the new full-color tablet is positioning to compete directly with Apple’s popular iPad. Proof of this confrontation comes in RIM co-chief executive, Mike Lazaridis’ comment that the PlayBook would “offer an uncompromised Web experience.” That’s …
Sep 27
Adapt or Die in the eBook Revolution
In any revolution, the old guard must adapt to the new order or risk becoming irrelevant. Here we’ve got a link to a Winston-Salem Journal post on book giant Border’s shrewd moves to stay in the game. As digital publishing suggests an end to bricks and mortar locations, we see property owners and book sellers like …
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