The Vancouver Sun compares the Kobo eReader Touch Edition with the Amazon Kindle. Images and lots of information in a story that reminds me of the PC versus Mac debates that still rage throughout the digital landscape.
Category: eBook Stores
A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Jul 19
Borders bookstores are closing
DigitalTrends reports on the announcement that Borders will be closing its remaining bookstores after it was unable to reach a buyout deal with Book of the Month Club. Industry insiders whisper about Barnes and Noble or Books-A-Million’s interest in picking up some of the remaining Borders’ locations. Borders entered the eBook Revolution in monetary trouble, …
Jul 18
The Best Places to get eBooks
Lifehacker offers a list of its five best for eBook download or purchase. I’m going to add one myself because I don’t believe any eBook download list is complete without mentioning the FREE ManyBooks.net.
Jul 13
More on the Google eBook Reader
ABC has a post and video on Google’s new $139 eBook Reader that comes fully integrated with Google eBooks’ massive online library. The device goes on sale this Sunday. ITProPortal also offers a post on the Google Story eBook Reader. GMANewsOnline has more on the new Google device.
Jul 12
Google Launches eBook Reader
Google will launch its own E Ink eBook Reader called the Story HD that will be the first device fully-integrated with the online giant’s vast Google eBookstore. More on the Story at MailOnline.com.
Jul 11
eBook Revolution more about Evolution…
The Guardian.co.uk’s Robert McCrum takes a sane and sober look at the state of the eBook Revolution and suggests that the sky is not falling after all. There will always be books.
Jul 09
Selecting a device to suit your needs.
Click over to TechNewsDaily where they offer a how-to list on choosing the best eBook Reader for you.
Jul 08
Genre fiction fuels explosive eBook industry.
Straight.com posted on the interesting trend among converts to the eBook Revolution toward purchasing genre fiction. Long relegated to the back of the book store, it now looks like fantasy, science fiction, horror and romance are fueling the explosion in eBook sales. Despite the fact that genre fiction is responsible for blockbuster movies, television and …
Jul 07
Storm continues over HarperCollins Library Loan Limit
Many thanks to Jorgen for this link to a story at phillyBlurbs about the ongoing discontent surrounding HarperCollins’ arbitrary decision to limit eBook checkouts to 26 before the library has to repurchase it. Here a Philadelphia library activist protests this blatant cash grab with a petition bearing over 69,115 signatures.
Jul 05
Is there a future for paper books?
Technorati posted on the eBook Revolution, and wonders whether this is truly the end for the paper-based book. I believe there will always be room for both. All publishers need to do is get behind the whole print-while-you-wait technology. They’re really dragging their feet on that.
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