Transmedia? This has been in the works for years now, with eBook trailers, images and audio appearing online to promote titles as far back as 2000. But, this BBC video suggests that the diverse promotional media options are coming of age at the same time that eBooks are.
Category: eBook Stores
A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Jan 27
Digital Book World ends. Indie Author success stories continue!
PublishersWeekly offers this wrap-up of the Digital Book World conference held this week in New York. And PublishersWeekly gives us this story from Digital Book World that makes no secret of the fact that the best time to be a writer is NOW. (We’ve been saying that for a while!) The Verge posted on Toshiba’s …
Jan 26
What motivates an eBook Pirate?
GoodeReader speculates on the types of people who take part in eBook Piracy, and offers some solutions to the underground movement of digital editions. I still think the price of eBooks is the biggest motivation for eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing. It’s too easy to justify downloading pirated content when the easily copied, stored …
Jan 25
The eBook Revolution Continues
GoodeReader is on hand for the opening of the major publishing conference Digital Book World 2012 in New York. Business Standard warns students to prepare for the eBook Revolution after Apple’s recent leap into the eText business. The Columbia Tribune Daily has more on the battle for eReader supremacy, and the dangerous adoption of proprietary formats. …
Jan 20
Friday eBook Revolution Headlines
According to Reuters the American Congress has postponed the Monday vote on flawed anti-piracy legislation (SOPA & PIPA) that provoked the Internet to strike. (Us too…) The shelved legislation could have seriously hampered the Internet’s architecture and freedoms, and started a shift of power back to the old status quo. (It would have impacted the …
Jan 18
The Internet Goes on Strike!
eBookRumors.com was proud to join thousands of other web sites today in a global strike to protest the flawed American legislation: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). It is an obvious power grab facilitated by connected politicos buckling under pressure from industries that have tried to control digital content since …
Jan 16
Libraries struggle with eBook success…
The Washington Post reports that the eBook Revolution is having a major impact on the public library system. It’s a case of being too successful for your own good. With limited digital editions to loan, the library waiting lists are growing insanely long for readers willing to wait. And could any wait feel justified if …
Jan 13
Publishers less optimistic about eBooks in 2012
PaidContent has a post about a recent poll suggesting publishers are not as optimistic about digital publishing as they were a year ago. That’s a blast from the past. Remember when publishers vocally denounced eBooks? Well, they’re feeling a little bit nostalgic now that the writing is on the wall. They’re going to have to …
Jan 12
eBook Revolution developments, news and updates.
FierceMobileContent has a post on Amazon’s tricky browser-based bypass of Apple’s restrictive in-App buying policies. Bookseller.com reports on the rise in book sales over the holiday buying season despite the explosive growth in eBook purchases. Engadget offers some video on the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol screen that combines the best in E Ink and full …
Jan 10
eBooks sales surge after holidays.
USAToday offers this sidebar to the gift giving season reporting a surge in eBook sales after the holidays. Millions of eBook Readers and tablets were given away this year, and the weeks following are heady moments for new adopters as they head out onto the web to make their first eBook purchases.
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