Category: Tablet

eBook Revolution Update

BBC has a story about Yota’s new phone that boasts two screens. On one side the Android device offers the traditional full color screen, while on the other you’ll find an E Ink screen. The designers have incorporated the low-energy E Ink for static displays, but one wonders if you can read eBooks on it. There …

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Low eBook best-seller prices are on the way!

Digital Book World says that Amazon’s “12 Days of Deals in Books” will usher in similar low best-seller prices and sales across the eBook marketplace as the industry gears up for the 2013 Holiday Season.

HP launches four new Android tablets

GoodeReader has posted on HP’s launch of  four new Android tablets with the multi-function eReading devices starting at $149.99.

Paperwhite and Glowlight compared.

Laptop Mag compares the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2013 to the Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight.

Digital Publishing Headlines

GoodeReader posted on the Ad-based eBook reading service Readfy. Digital Book World reports on making the most of digital publishing’s middle ground. Digital Trends gives us a list of the 100 Best Free eBooks for Kindle. Computerworld tells you how to add PDFs to your iBooks. and GoodeReader also offers a story on NewsHunt’s move …

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Barnes and Noble Nook App for Kids to rule Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids

Digital Book World posted on Barnes and Noble and Samsung working an exclusive deal to make the NOOK App for Kids the proprietary reading app on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids. While I’m not a fan of proprietary software, I am pleased to see Barnes and Noble is still in the eBook game, …

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Random House releases Hindi eBook title

As the eBook Revolution continues its inexorable expansion we have a link to this Booktrade report on Random House India’s release of its first Hindi eBook title.

Penguin to sell eBooks through Readmill Social Reading platform

GoodeReader reports on Penguin’s move to sell their eBook titles directly via their Readmill Social Reading platform. It’s an idea that will take time, patience and money, three things that big corporations have in short supply when doing up their quarterly reports.

HarperCollins will sell C.S. Lewis eBooks direct.

The Business Journal’s Tech Flash has an interesting post that says HarperCollins will start to sell digital editions of C.S. Lewis titles directly through narnia.com and cslewis.com using Digital River Inc.’s eCommerce tech. It’s an interesting development, and a logical one for the connected marketplace.

eBook consumption on the rise with parents and kids.

GoodeReader offers a report on the consumption of eBooks by parents, teens and children.