Many thanks to Jorgen for a link to a Guardian.co.uk story about the developing war on eBook Piracy. Again, one has to wonder how much it’s hurting business, since business is booming… The powers-that-be (or the powers-that-were) have to realize that similar to the case of digital music some eBook Piracy and file sharing might …
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Apr 23
Is there any hope for the paper book?
More doom and gloom for traditional publishing over at PCMag in a story called “The End of the Printed Book?” by John C. Dvorak. It must be the Easter holiday…has everyone wanting to pull the plug.
Apr 22
The Book in Death or Transformation?
Thanks Jorgen for a link to the Los Angeles Review of Books and a provocative article by Ben Ehrenreich entitled “The Death of the Book.” An excellent Good Friday read.
Apr 21
Kindle Library Lending Coming Soon.
DailyTech says Amazon will begin offering a new feature called Kindle Library Lending. (2011 Launch Date Pending.) The service will allow you to visit a participating library and check out an eBook that you can then read at home. The ‘borrowed’ titles will eventually expire but for their duration will allow you to read all …
Apr 20
Writers Charge into the Indie fray…
A GoodeReader story updates us on the explosion of Indie authors taking advantage of the accessibility offered them by the eBook Revolution. There are so many ways for Indie authors to self-publish, that they’ve left the traditional publishers, agents and authors reeling. There’s a new game in town–not so exclusive–and the readers and writers are …
Apr 19
More rumors of an Amazon Kindle Tablet
The rumors continue about a possible Amazon Tablet device designed to take on the Apple iPad head-to-head. Here is a GottaBeMobile.com post that suggests that if Amazon is working toward such a eBook Revolution confrontation, then they’re the only ones capable of taking on the formidable teaming of iPad and iTunes.
Apr 18
More about eBook Piracy
Thanks Jorgen for a link to this Futurebook story that calls into question some of the industry claims about eBook Piracy. In fact, if eBook sales are showing explosive, record growth, how is the rumored “rampant” eBook Piracy impacting it adversely?
Apr 17
Time to embrace the eBook Revolution
The Montgomery Advertiser expands on some of the pros and cons of the eBook Revolution as it enjoys its first year of moving into mainstream dominance.
Apr 15
eBook Sales continue to climb. Hardcovers continue to plunge.
Publishers Weekly reports on eBook sales figures continuing their skyward climb in February posting a 203% increase ($90.3 million) over AAP’s monthly estimate. The reverse side of the coin shows a 43% decrease in hardcover sales. And the eBook Revolution is just starting…
Apr 14
eBook Reader Preferences…
GoodeReader.com posted the results of several polls conducted on eBook reader preferences. Some interesting statistics for a slow eBook Revolution news day.
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