Remember when almost a year ago Amazon started fooling around with pricing, allowing publishers to raise their prices until there was a massive consumer backlash? (The $9.99 Boycott by Kindle owners, where they refused to buy eBook titles that were priced over $9.99) Anyway, get ready for the Apple iPad iBook Boycott. Having already signed on six …
Category: iPad
Mar 23
iPad Web Addresses for Sale…
Some forward-thinking entrepreneurs (aka good-guessers) are hoping to make millions from the sale of iPad web names. CNNMoney has the story here. To get you started, one chap listed the web addresses: ipaddownload.com, ipaddownloads.com and ipaddownloads.net at eBay for a cool million each. In case anyone was wondering why the iPad’s a little pricey.
Mar 22
Apple iPad More than Hype?
Joe Wilcox at BetaNews is stirring the pot in his post: “Be smart, don’t buy into the iPad hype.” Any time you want to stir the pot, say something negative about new Apple products. You’ll always get burned by hardcore fans and early adopters. I don’t think this article is an attack on the iPad–just …
Mar 21
A few words on the future of eBooks…
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet entitled “The iPad will kill ebooks as we know them.” Rather a gloomy piece, but it makes some good points while ignoring the vast market of readers who just want to read on a device. They’re happy with the eBook’s (book’s) special …
Mar 20
More Amazon eBook Action…
In an effort to hang onto its 90 percent share of the American e-book market, Amazon is starting to talk tough with publishers in the weeks leading up to the iPad’s arrival. If you’ll remember, Amazon already got into a dustup with publishers that resulted in the eBook retailer removing the ‘buy’ buttons from resistant …
Mar 19
Free Amazon Kindle eBook Reader for Mac
Okay. I guess all this talk about Apple iPad has either got Amazon missing the limelight or reminded the online eBook retailer that their Kindle is not the only eBook Reading device on the market. Read the post about the Free Kindle Reader for Mac here at DigitalBeat. Get the FREE Kindle Reader for Mac here. …
Mar 18
More about John Grisham’s Digital Dive
Deadline New York gives an expanded description of the process that brought John Grisham’s titles to the eBook Revolution, and hints at the wider-ranging impact. The inclusion of this publishing heavyweight certainly adds legitimacy to an exploding literary form.
Mar 16
iPad Orders Fall Sharply
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an update on Apple iPad sales. The post at CNNMoney.com cites trackers that show a sharp decline in the pre-orders that started with estimates of 25,000 per hour before dropping off over the weekend to just over 1,000 per hour. Read the full story for the rest of the stats. …
Mar 14
Text-to-speech does not an audio book make…
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a story at the geek.com that expands on the debate about the text-to-speech function that we mentioned in yesterday’s post about Apple iPad features. Apparently some authors and publishers are making the case that such an auditory expression of eBooks can be considered as “derivative work” and should entitle …
Mar 12
Barnes and Nobles continues to adapt…
Thanks to Jorgen for a link to another example of Barnes and Noble thinking ‘beyond the box.’ This story at zdnet says the venerable bookseller is planning to have a Barnes and Noble App in place and ready in time for the Apple iPad’s release. This App would allow iPad users to access B&N’s large …
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