Author Patrick Carman (wow…mental gap there…at first I thought Eric Carmen…) is flogging a new multimedia book, Skeleton Creek. See the full story here. The children’s ghost mystery is a hybrid that takes the form of an ‘actual’ book that is also an online movie. Both elements depend on the other for the complete experience. …
Category: Rumors
Feb 27
Newspaper Extinction? Not likely…
You can read it and see it all over the place. But that doesn’t make it true.  This morning CNN had a story about the loss of newspaper jobs and the approaching demise of the newspaper industry. Watch it below. The powers that be blame the Internet for a decline in profitability due to the loss …
Feb 22
More Kindle 2 talk but…
Kindle 2 talks and apparently it exhibits this controversial text-to-speech function in a voice similar to Tom Cruise’s. A rumor over at Engadget.com suggests it’s based on or was voiced by Cruise. You can find an analysis of Kindle 2’s voice here at KindleBoards. Give it a listen. What do you think? Is Amazon.com hoping the Top Gun will make Kindle …
Feb 21
Kindle 2 versus iPhone
WOW! This is happening way faster than I imagined. All of it… Amazon’s already being challenged. I’d say “that will teach them” but it won’t. Even eBook prices are starting to drop! This is the most detailed Kindle 2 review I’ve read so far. Read it here. For good measure, David Berlind of Informationweek.com, throws …
Feb 19
NEW WORLD – OLD CONTROL
When you’re trying to convince consumers to buy new products, why throw a hassle into using those new products? It’s been proven that DRM is a drag on new markets when it impeded the growth of the digital music and movie industries, generating more piracy and hostility than sales. Why do they think it will …
Feb 17
An Imperfect Reader for an Imperfect World
Here’s a link to a very interesting discussion at Gizmodo.com attempting to explain what is seen as the slow adoption of eBook readers. Their reasons are many and well thought out, but the question remains: Why are the masses not grabbing these things up?
Feb 16
Freedom for millions…
Happy President’s Day or Family Day or happy what-have-you…depending where you make your home. China’s authors and readers are taking full advantage of online and digital publishing. The full story’s here. Let’s hope the follow-up headline isn’t about their fun-free government putting more restrictions on Internet access. So the net’s opening doors to expression for …
Feb 13
Stretch your head around this…
So, Kindle 2 is available. The overpricing and specs are here. I wanted to mention the debate that has cropped up since its release. You should know that it is a debate that we could only be having in the FUTURE, in some sort of spacey metropolis with robots. Sorry, I love saying things like that. It goes like …
Feb 08
OH THE HUMANITY!
I tell you this much. If I sold newsprint for a living I’d be thinking of changing careers. Check this out. Here we’ve got 24-inch eReader, displaying with e-ink, one in black and white, one in color. I’m blown away by this one. This is absolutely incredible! Forget video books! This is the kind of …
Feb 07
Early Adopters: Start Your Credit Cards!
Ok. You’ve all noticed my undertone of skepticism about old Amazon, but even I’m getting caught up in the promotional campaign that never was. They’re letting geekdom do it for them, yah? Ok. Amazon Kindle 2 is coming this Monday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. EST. At least that’s the rumor and scuttlebutt. Get more …
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