It’s not surprising that one of the book giants suffered a major (if not fatal) blow as DailyFinance illustrates with a detailed account of Borders‘ recent declaration of bankruptcy. It’s really a mess with millions owed and publisher and authors left swinging in the breeze. This while competitors Barnes and Noble, and Amazon register increased …
Category: Publishers
Mar 08
eBook pricing expectations governed by eBook Reader ownership?
Bookseller.com has more on readers in the eBook Revolution. It seems that while half of book buyers polled expect lower prices for eBooks, those who already own eBook Readers are more realistic with their eBook pricing expectations. Could the same be true when lower-priced eBook Readers are made available? Perception shifts noticeably, when one owns …
Mar 04
Librarians Challenge HarperCollins eBook Loan Life
Galleycat offers some video of librarians challenging HarperCollins recent decision to allow libraries a maximum of only 26 eBook loans before HarperCollins titles have to be re-purchased. This is based on HarperCollins estimate that 26 represents the number of times a print book can be loaned before it is worn out. We talked about it …
Jan 20
Libraries join the eBook Revolution
Our friend Jorgen stopped by with a link to a post by Mary Rakoczy for the Triblocal (Bolingbroke) featuring the Plainfield Public Library in Illinois. The article details many of the challenges facing bricks and mortar libraries in this eBook reading age. Lots of information, but well worth a read. I like the idea of …
Jan 19
What’s the Best Price for an eBook?
We’ve been recommending lower prices for eBooks for years now. Here’s a detailed EvilGeniusChronicles post that provides some sensible numbers. I have to say that the market will indeed have its say on the graphs and figures cited, but a price range of $2.99-5.99 is what we’ve been thinking for a full year now. Despite …
Jan 16
For New eBook Readers!
New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. An excellent weekend browse. Bookmark these pages. Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats. GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says. A …
Jan 12
eBook Piracy in 2011
As the eBook Revolution settles into its first year in the mainstream, it makes sense that we’d find the focus shifting back to those nasty eBook Pirates again. Here we’ve got a couple of posts that indicate a subtle shift away from outright panic to something more reasonable where the powers that be may be …
Jan 10
PlayBook at Engadget.com
From CES 2011, Engadget.com has a couple of posts on the BlackBerry PlayBook that are worth checking out. (Especially for all you BlackBerry users.) At this link you’ll find Engadget’s PlayBook Preview with pictures and video. And here you’ll find an updated post with new pics, specs and video. We’re still waiting to see how …
Jan 06
2011 International CES, January 6-9
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas opened with tablet PCs (think iPad) headlining one of the events. In fact, as you read or hear around the net, tablet PCs are expected to dominate this year’s show. This is good for the eBook Revolution, and does not represent the harbinger of doom for single purpose …
Dec 27
The eBook Revolution Continues to Grow
This Los Angeles Times feature on the future of reading starts to describe the shifting ground in the publishing world. Now that technology allows writers to bypass the old publishing paradigm and basically cut traditional publishers out of the loop, more and more established authors are seeing this as an opportunity to increase their profits …
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