Category: eBook Stores

A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...

Quality will drive eBook Revolution in 2012

A BusinessWire survey at MarketWatch reports that quality will drive the eBook Revolution in 2012. This after the big publishers jammed their work into the online eBook stores with little in the way of editing and formatting. That oversight stood out when they then turned around and asked the public to pay hard cover prices. …

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The Variant Effect Sequel Begins.

(Free stuff for the holidays from our friend G. Wells!) DAWN OF A NEW DAY IN THE VARIANT EFFECT: GREENMOURNING Captain Joe Borland and the squad return to action in The Variant Effect: GREENMOURNING by G. Wells Taylor. Download the first 10-chapter installment of the Variant Effect sequel FREE at GreenMourning.com and SkinEaters.com. “Borland grumbled …

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Happy Holidays from eBook Rumors

You’re probably all out there getting the hang of your new Kindles, Nooks, Kobos, iPads, Sony eReaders and tablets. (The list goes on…) Well, it seems the first rite of passage is the eager exploration of the ever-expanding library of FREE eBooks. Here are some web sites where you’ll find a wide selection of FREE …

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eBook Revolution news for the holidays…

Auctionbytes posted that Amazon is pitching its Kindle eReaders to the last minute shopper with a 2-day shipping deal. Mobiledia has an update on the investigation into Apple’s pricing policies. Forbes reports that eBooks are putting the public back in library. And WebProNews says Google is finally offering offline support for its Google eBooks for Chrome and Chrome OS.

Are eBooks too cheap? Not by a long stretch…

The Huffington Post gets into the eBook pricing discussion with this feature on whether eBook prices are too cheap. In a marketplace where the big publishers routinely overprice their titles, this headline only makes sense when put into context with the .99 discount price often set by Indie authors desperate to build a following. That …

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Apple iPad3 rumored to be smaller…

The Christian Science Monitor has posted on a rumor about the Apple iPad3 thought to be slated for a 2012 release. It’s going to be smaller (Like the Amazon Kindle Fire?) with a 7-inch screen. Apple has not confirmed the story.

eReader sales up 208% in 2011

GoodeReader has posted on the eBook Revolution’s banner year where 2011 sales of E Ink reading devices topped 27.1 million sold. That’s an explosive development after 2010’s 13 million sold.

Illuminate an eBook reader’s Holidays.

Slashgear posted on Flex Lighting’s integrated light for E Ink eBook Readers. One of the charms of the E Ink eBook Reader is its near perfect reproduction of the printed page. Unlike other computer screens there is no ‘back lighting,’ so the devices need external light to read. That makes them perfect for reading by …

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eBook Revolution at “embryonic” stage

The Sun Daily has an interesting story by Oon Yeoh called “eBooks: The Slow Wave” in which a digital media analyst is quoted saying digital publishing is not in its infancy, it is at the “embryonic stage.” I have to agree with this viewpoint. Over the last year we’ve heard bloggers and techies say things …

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Switch off Kindle 4’s ‘Special Offers’…

We’ve all heard of the Kindle 4 with Special Offers that Amazon has been selling at a lovely low price of $79. The only catch for that low-cost entertainment was that ‘special offers’ or advertisements were displayed on the device’s E Ink screen. Well, now GadgetReview has a post claiming two digital dodges that turn …

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