Wired.com’s GeekDad questions whether it’s time to include an eBook Reader in your children’s back to school supplies. It’s just a matter of time… The article and suggestions at the link.
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Sep 04
The Sony WiFi PRS-T1 Reader Reviewed
TechRadar has a hands-on review of Sony’s new WiFi PRS-T1 Reader. You’ll find specifications and pictures after the leap. It looks like Sony’s finally going to mark some territory in the wireless eReader market.
Aug 31
Sony launches its tablets in bid for iPad market.
Sony has launched its new tablets making good on its claim to challenge the Apple iPad for market supremacy. Check out the guardian story here.
Aug 31
No eReader? You can still read eBooks…
Friends at Broadband Service Providers stopped by with a list of 10 different ways to read an eBook without an eReader. There are more options than might expect.
Aug 30
Amazon could sell 3-5 million tablets this year.
eBookNewser posted on a prediction by Forrester Research that Amazon could sell as many as 3 to 5-million tablets in 2011. The device is rumored to hit the market for the holiday buying season with a price in the $250-$300 range.
Aug 29
Books with soundtracks arrive on the market…
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for a link to a Telegraph post on the new enhanced eBooks that are starting to appear on the market. Can you imagine reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” with “rain, thunderclaps and blood-curdling screams” supplied. It will be interesting to see if this is …
Aug 27
Stephen King releasing a digital-only novella.
Stephen King will soon release his novella Mile 81 in eBook form only. As this GoodeReader story points out, he’s already done this with his Kindle short story UR, but the fact that he’s testing the waters once again is bound to be giving his publisher Simon & Schuster some sleepless nights. They’re involved with …
Aug 26
Who is buying the eBook Readers?
Time wonders who is buying all the eBook Readers in a Techland section post. I agree with some of their findings, but think the writer is showing a gigabyte of tech-savvy self-interest by suggesting even lightly that eBook Readers are “yesterday’s news.” Good God. Barely 20% of the North American population knows what an eBook …
Aug 23
Simon & Schuster offers Indie author John Locke a sales and distribution deal.
It was just a matter of time before this happened. New York Observer says that publisher Simon & Shuster has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Indie author John Locke after his titles’ stellar performance at Amazon’s Kindle store. It’s kind of a no brainer, since he’s sold over a million copies, but I’m …
Aug 22
Amazon Publishing a monopoly in the making?
Bigthink has an interesting post on the publishing industry. The traditional publishers are watching with trepidation as Amazon begins releasing titles under its own imprint. They are wary of Amazon’s power, and fear a monopoly if the Internet bookseller moves onto their turf. After all, it was a game they’d always enjoyed keeping to themselves.
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