Category: Publishers

eBook Trend Survey at Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly offers a new survey on eBook trends here. These surveys are going to become more meaningful, the longer the eBook Revolution has been rolling. It is so explosive right now that it’s hard to bank on any particular trend in eBook title or format, let alone the ever-changing landscape of eBook reading technology.

Was Reading Always a Social Experience?

Thanks Jorgen for this link to a Booksquare feature that questions whether digital publishing is really changing the way we read. A thought-provoking piece for a Sunday afternoon.

Google Editions set to Rock the eBook Revolution!

And Google Editions is bound to cause some major waves in the eBook Revolution when it arrives later this month as it’s described in TechCrunch’s post. The actual ‘shape’ of this new net-wide eBook Store is still nebulous but we’re told it will decentralize eBook sales and make any eBook-related site an eBook store. We’re …

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Pandigital’s Novel eReader Launches!

GoodeReader updates us on the release of the Pandigital Novel eReader, now available for $213 at QVC. This after a shaky start that involved a recall of units as problems with firmware cast the future of the 9″ full-color Android tablet in doubt.

iPad Newspaper on the Way!

Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting story at the Guardian.co.uk that announces the upcoming release of the Daily, a digital newspaper designed specifically for iPad and similar devices. A brainchild of Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch, the Daily breaks new ground in several ways, most significantly in its adoption of …

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Amazon Allows Kindle eBook Giving for the Holidays

Digital Trends has the story about Amazon loosening up its rules on Kindle Book usage and allowing consumers to give them for Christmas and the holidays. And you don’t have to own a Kindle to give or receive. The service isn’t available yet, but it’s slated to be in place for the holiday buying season.

Consumer Backlash Against Publisher Agency Pricing Model

Thanks Jorgen for a link to a FutureBook update about the ongoing battle between publishers, retailers and consumers regarding the adoption of the agency pricing model in the UK. The publishers are trying to manipulate the market by over-pricing eBooks (often tagged over the price of hard covers) in an effort to maintain control of …

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Kobo eReader and B&N NookColor Reviewed

Tyler Laing contributor to the Phoenix News reviews the Kobo eReader here. Laing sounds like he’s sold on the device. And Matthew Miller at ZDNet offers a hands-on review of the more expensive but full color NookColor eBook Reader. Seems the new device from Barnes and Noble made the grade.

A Record-Breaking eBook Shopping Season in Your Future

The New York Times offers an update on the shape of holiday buying to come, and it’s starting to look like an eBook Christmas. With the 2009 holiday shopping season focused on Kindle, Nook and Sony, shoppers this year can look forward to a wide selection of new eBook Readers and accompanying spectrum of prices …

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$1-billion in eBook Sales by Year End.

The Financial Post reports industry insiders projecting $1-billion in eBook sales by year end before growing to $3-billion by 2015 as the eBook Revolution brings in the new standard in reading. As much as we knew it was going to happen, did anybody think it would happen this quickly?