Category: eBook Stores
A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Oct 07
Amazon opens Kindle store in France.
Amazon Kindle books are now available through a new online presence in France. Added to the already wildly successful U.S., UK and German sites, GoodeReader says this development is a win-win situation for readers and writers that speaks directly to a global marketplace hungry for content.
Oct 06
Amazon joins Apple and others named in price-fixing lawsuit.
We’ve mentioned this story a couple of times, where Apple is accused of conspiring with publishers to fix the price of eBooks by way of adopting the agency pricing model. A lawsuit charges the publishers and booksellers with manipulating the market in an effort to keep eBook prices high enough to cool off the otherwise …
Oct 05
Amazon sells 250,000 Kindle Fire tablets in 5 days!
Slashgear reports that Amazon sold 250,000 Kindle Fire tablets in five days. At 50,000 units a day, Amazon is showing that with a few adjustments (camera addition, etc.) the Fire could turn into the Apple iPad killer everyone anticipates. Good to remember also that 50,000 units a day is a very respectable performance.
Oct 04
Print while you wait, too little, too late?
FierceContentManagement offers a post on recent developments in digital publishing as it applies to the bricks and mortar world. It seems that some of the old standards like Harper Collins are inking deals to make their backlists available using the Espresso Book Machine’s print-while-you-wait technology. We’ve mentioned this before, but the idea is a customer …
Oct 03
Tablet War Brewing…
Gadget.ca hints at the predicted tablet and eReader war that looms on the horizon in a post that details Kobo ‘accidentally’ revealing its Kobo Vox Android Tablet (with details including the MSRP of $250). This development comes hot on the heels of Amazon’s release of its ‘Fire‘ full color tablet and trio of aggressively priced …
Oct 01
Engadget gets hands on with Kindle Fire.
Engadget offers its first impressions and some cool video of the new Amazon Kindle Fire. Take the leap for pics and more.
Sep 28
Amazon Launches $199 Color Tablet. Starts price war with $79 Kindle!
Engadget was at the event in New York where Jeff Bezos of Amazon made this announcement. You can find the play-by-play and product descriptions at the link. Fire (color tablet) for $199, Touch 3G for $149, Touch for $99, and Kindle for $79. Kindles compared here. Here is an open letter and product description at …
Sep 26
It’s looking like a tablet Christmas!
PCMag reports that Barnes and Noble is getting ready to launch another Nook Color tablet. The machine will be added to their existing line of E Ink and full color devices. This holiday season is going to be explosive if B&N’s tablet hits the market at the same time as Amazon and Kobo’s. Get ready …
Sep 24
Amazon Tablet to launch Sept. 28?
Amazon is rumored to have picked a Sept. 28 press conference in New York to reveal the new Kindle Tablet(s). Read more on the Android device, and Apple iPad competitor at Bloomberg Businessweek.
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