Many thanks to Jorgen for this link to a story at phillyBlurbs about the ongoing discontent surrounding HarperCollins’ arbitrary decision to limit eBook checkouts to 26 before the library has to repurchase it. Here a Philadelphia library activist protests this blatant cash grab with a petition bearing over 69,115 signatures.
Category: eBook Software
Jul 05
Is there a future for paper books?
Technorati posted on the eBook Revolution, and wonders whether this is truly the end for the paper-based book. I believe there will always be room for both. All publishers need to do is get behind the whole print-while-you-wait technology. They’re really dragging their feet on that.
Jul 01
The HP TouchPad tablet – iPad killer?
Time Online reports on the HP TouchPad tablet pitched by its designer as the answer to Apple’s iPad. Time will have to decide. Oh, and Happy Canada Day, to my fellow Canucks!
Jun 29
Update on library eBook lending.
GoodeReader posted on the restrictions that face libraries that are joining the eBook Revolution. Some months ago, HarperCollins fired the first shot by arbitrarily deciding that 26 was the magic number of loans (downloads) allowed on a title before libraries had to renew the eBook license. It looked like a crock then, and it looks …
Jun 17
Google eBooks continues to roll out…
Internet search giant Google continues to quietly develop its eBook sales and search capabilities. I say ‘quietly’ because for a giant, Google is relatively hushed as it rolls out its Google eBooks program compared to chief rivals Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, etc. (All known for fighting over the limelight.) GalleyCat posted on Google’s recent …
Jun 14
B&N NookColor is a tablet to reckon with…
ITProPortal updates us on the eBook Reader that dreamed of being a tablet. The Barnes and Noble NookColor has had some software upgrades and now easily fills a gap in the marketplace created by a long list of no-nonsense E Ink eReaders and the full color, multifunction Apple iPad. At $249 the NookColor is easily …
Jun 08
Sony S2 Dual Screen Tablet Coming Soon!
GoodeReader offers a post on the Sony S2 Dual Screen Tablet that is inching closer to its release. It’s a sweet looking machine that sports two 5.5-inch, 1024 x 480 pixel displays that can function in tandem or display two different apps at the same time. Is it this a good thing for the eBook …
Jun 05
Some adjustments to perfect eBooks
John C. Abell of Wired.com offers a handful of improvements that might bring eBooks up to speed. I like the idea of your unfinished eBook sending notes, reminding you of where you’ve left off.
May 19
Traditional Paper Book Publishing on the Rise
The Bookseller.com offers a story that breathes a little life into the belief that eBooks and traditional paper books might have a shared future. Despite the massive shift to digital publishing, and the record-breaking explosion in eBook sales, publishers have reported a 5% increase in the number of ‘physical’ paper books published. Perhaps “either/or” thinking …
May 18
eBooks at home in bricks and mortar stores
PaidContent has a story about an entertainment company’s attempt to move eBook sales into bricks and mortar stores. Enthrill plans to unite the old and new by simply using a system that is already well-entrenched in the consumer imagination. That is: book lovers enjoy shopping at book stores… even for eBooks. It will be interesting …
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