Okay, you tell me? Is the VOOK a new idea? The New York Times is talking about it here. Seems to me I saw Gil Gerard reading one of these in old episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25TH Century. Spock had one too. An electronic book with video and audio components has been a …
Category: Rumors
Apr 04
Rupert Murdoch’s Mystery Machine
I’ll say this much. For a guy who once owned a steam-driven car, Rupert Murdoch is an elder statesman of publishing who ain’t afraid of no newfangled gadgets. Go Rupert! He likes the look of Kindle but thinks he can do better, so he’s investing in a company that will build him a device with …
Apr 01
Simba Says: Read eBooks!
Simba Information a publishing and media market research firm (take a breath) has released some figures that say 8% of the adult U.S. population has purchased an eBook in the past 12 months and 15% read one. (The 7% discrepancy must have visited Project Gutenberg or another of the growing number of Free eBook Outlets.) …
Mar 31
Tuesday Grab Bag
In The Trailing Edge of the Envelope department, we’ve got a story at CNNMoney entitled “Amazon: thinking beyond the Kindle” in which the reporter really doesn’t say anything new, or refer to anything beyond what many of us have been thinking about for years. Still worth a look since there are interesting links, yah. Click …
Mar 29
From the Wunderkind at Fictionwise!
Fictionwise.com exec, Steven Pendergrast declared in a Computerworld article that there will be a huge surge in eBook sales in 2010. Read the wise words here. Now besides questioning the value of Computerworld interviewing someone who has everything to gain by making such an obvious statement, is it really noteworthy? Anybody who has not been …
Mar 23
A Monday Grab Bag…
For the first time in a couple weeks, we’re not seeing the Monday morning release of some new device or big business merger of old world Publisher and eBook upstart… So, the Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts Online is offering 200 Islamic manuscripts for scholars to consult and study. Looks like straight scans, and I’m …
Mar 16
FREE SONY eBOOK READER
I received this press release late, but there’s still time to get your name into the running. The full release containing contest rules is here. For the chance to win a FREE SONY eBOOK READER: “Interested persons can go to The Wild Rose Press website and purchase any of the books listed by participating authors, …
Mar 08
Okay Q, I can read on it, but will it light my ciggies?
Sony is offering the Ian Fleming Limited Edition Reader Digital Book. Check it out here. Model Number: PRS-505SC/007 this bad boy is built to enjoy more than it’s intended to break any boundaries. I’m just pleased the technology is already being co-opted by Hollywood… or advertisers… (What’s the difference, yah?) Next up: Something from Hogwart’s.
Mar 04
First iPhone, now this rumored challenge to AMAZON’s attempt at eBOOK EMPIRE!
Over at the theiphoneblog.com you can hear rumbling that is being felt deep inside the Amazon, and might be the reason the tribe there is getting ready to launch a new touch-screen Kindle 3 in the fall. The growing phenomena of iPhone & iTouch eBook reading has the people at Apple watching with great interest, …
Mar 03
And They’re OFF!
Ok… I’m just going to put up a couple links to new eBook Readers. Why two at a time? They’re coming that quickly. It’s like everyone in the tech industry has been waiting for the release of Kindle 2, because it’s been one after the other ever since. The latest development in the evolution of …
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