Galleycat has a story about online bookseller Kobo getting into the book publishing business, all as it preps for the launch of its $199 Vox color tablet. The international book seller will act like a traditional publishing house and do book editing, design, marketing, and sell the books. It’s the Amazon model. Now let’s see …
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Oct 27
Pirate women of the digital age.
Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting Pocket-lint story that says a survey found one in eight women 35-years and older (up into their 80s) admit to pirating eBooks. This follows a growing trend as eBook Readers and tablets make their way into the mainstream market with an accompanying increase in piracy across …
Oct 24
Dell Latitude ST tablet coming soon.
GoodeReader has a post and leaked video of the Dell Latitude ST tablet. The Latitude ST runs Windows and from the video appears to be positioned for entrepreneurial, professional and institutional work. It’s got all of the expected tablet bells and whistles including integrated cameras front and back. Since they haven’t released the price, it’s …
Oct 21
The future of Literature in the digital age.
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a Lapham’s Quarterly Roundtable feature by Curtis White on the future of Literature in the digital age. It’s well-written and certainly worth your time. It might be a nice read to start your weekend.
Oct 18
Amazon leaves agents and publishers out of the loop.
The New York Times has this story about Amazon.com skipping past agents and publishers and approaching authors directly with offers of lucrative publishing deals. This is something that the publishing status quo has long feared, and the rest of us know is overdue. While the old power brokers lament this development, one wonders what they …
Oct 16
A $189 tablet from Epesitec.
Liliputing says tech company Epesitec is releasing a 7-inch, full color tablet priced to sell at $189. This price is clearly intended as a shot across the bow of Amazon’s new $199 Kindle Fire tablet. It remains to be seen if Epesitec’s android device can compete.
Oct 15
The Evolution of the eBook Revolution
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen who dropped in with a link to a New York Times feature on the evolution of the eBook Revolution. Here the writer Alexandra Horowitz laments the questionable future of the old standard: the footnote.
Oct 14
WH Smith adopts the Kobo eReader
The guardian.co.uk reports on the WH Smith announcement that it will join the eBook Revolution by signing a distribution deal with Kobo. The book retailer will sell two versions of the popular Kobo eReader in an effort to support its list of traditional book titles. The move will expose WH Smith patrons who adopt the …
Oct 12
Barnes and Noble scraps with DC over Amazon deal.
Techdirt has a post on a recent spat between Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com regarding the sale of DC comic books that ended with B&N removing 100 DC comic titles. This over a deal DC signed to give Amazon exclusive ePublishing rights to the digital versions of those comics. Sounds like the pressure is getting …
Oct 11
Download a library book to your Kindle.
ars technica offers this step by step (hands on) review/how-to on checking out a library book using the Amazon Kindle. The service is still relatively new so it may not be available in your area, but it is rather exciting just the same.
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