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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Nov 17
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.
Nov 16
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 …
Nov 15
$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?
Nov 12
Pre-Order Hanvon E Ink “Triton†Color e-Reader
If you want to get into line early you can pre-order the E Ink Triton ePaper display, Hanvon 9.7-inch color eBook reader. The WiFi only model will retail for $528 while the 3G version will cost a tidy $574. Electronista says the new device will ship February 2011.
Nov 11
The New York Times to Offer eBook Elitism
Excuse my cynicism, but what has The New York Times ‘Best-Seller’ list done for the vast majority of writers out there but create a false elitist, New York-centered view of publishing? Anyway, MarketWatch reports The New York Times will publish eBook fiction and nonfiction Best-Seller Lists beginning early 2011. This after a decade of the …
Nov 07
Readers Go After Amazon Writers!
Thanks Jorgen for a link to this Guardian.co.uk post that follows the struggle over eBook pricing. This adds to a previous story where Amazon’s UK Kindle store caved to publishers’ demands to take control of their own over-pricing. Now the readers are fighting back.
Nov 05
The Novel from Pandigital
Here’s another new Color eBook Reader coming to the market. The Pandigital Novel has a familiar 7-inch color LCD screen, access to Barnes and Noble’s eBook store and runs on the Internet-ready Android. Check out Wireless Goodness’ post on the Novel here. It’s going to be one wild Christmas for the eBook Revolution.
Nov 02
Publishers Impressed by new NookColor eReader
Publisher’s Weekly reports that publishers attending the New York launch of Barnes and Noble’s $249 NookColor eBook reader were impressed by the new full-color device. Among its admirers, Susan Katz, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Book Group felt the NookColor would be the perfect vehicle to boost picture book sales.
Nov 01
Agency Pricing Hits Amazon UK Kindle Store
Thanks Jorgen for a link to this story at ebookmagazine.co.uk that describes the agency model ‘invading’ Amazon’s UK branch, despite Amazon’s vow to fight the encroachment. The agency model allows publishers to set their own prices and has already shown an increase in Kindle eBook pricing elsewhere. It’s expected to do the same at Amazon’s …
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