Sep 28
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
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 …
Sep 25
The Western Front Online offers some words of wisdom here about the future of eBooks and gives some compelling reasons why textbook publishers should get into the game.
Sep 23
Thanks to Jorgen for this link to FutureBook.com and a story that explains the negative impact of the agency model for pricing eBooks, and how it’s set to help publishers and nobody else. Hey, that just leaves readers and writers out in the cold, which is a setup that dragged traditional publishing into the sewer. …
Sep 22
Back in July we mentioned Borders selling the Aluratek eBook Reader Pro for $120. Well, they’ve now dropped the price of the Aluratek Reader to just $99. Check out the specifics at Borders here. Its exclusive Reflective Light LCD Screen Technology is not the E Ink display used by industry leaders Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Sony, but …
Sep 21
There’s a great Vancouver Sun article about the price of Kindles for our Canadian friends. Looks like they’re not going to enjoy the recent Amazon Kindle 3 price drop to $139 WiFi and $189 3G versions in the same way that their American cousins can. Because they have to order direct from Amazon.com rather than …
Sep 19
We talked about the Blio eReader platform way back in January when it was announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics show. Now Singularity Hub says Blio creator K-NFB announced the September 28 release of the long-awaited Free eReading program that they’re calling a game changer. The full color Windows software allows you to read books …
Sep 17
PCMag.com introduces us to the Sharper Image Literati, a full color eBook Reader that will be out in December at more than 7,000 locations including Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohl’s and many, many more for a rumored price of $159. PCMag writer David Pierce reports on his time with the 7-inch LCD Literati here. More fantastic …
Sep 16
Misty Harris of PostMedia News has a story at the Montreal Gazette that makes some suggestions about the future of the eBook Revolution, nails down some interesting motivations for the move to digital publishing and gives solid reasons for the resurgence of reading in a time when 3-D movies and television stand poised to spoon feed us art, entertainment and …
Sep 15
Nice to see some friendly competition. Check out the video below. The eBook Revolution is coming of age.
