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Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
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 06
South Korean Schools to go Digital!
A very exciting story over at Technology Review where we’re told that the South Korean government plans to have all elementary-level educational materials digitized by 2014, ready for the delivery of computers, smart phones and tablets the following year. It sounds like Samsung may have a foot in the door in terms of supplying the …
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.
Jul 01
The HP TouchPad tablet – iPad killer?
Time Online reports on the HP TouchPad tablet pitched by its designer as the answer to Apple’s iPad. Time will have to decide. Oh, and Happy Canada Day, to my fellow Canucks!
Jun 30
GoodeReader Reviews Aluratek Libre Color eReader
GoodeReader offers up a comprehensive review on the Aluratek Libre Color eReader. Specifications and photos at the link.
Jun 29
Update on library eBook lending.
GoodeReader posted on the restrictions that face libraries that are joining the eBook Revolution. Some months ago, HarperCollins fired the first shot by arbitrarily deciding that 26 was the magic number of loans (downloads) allowed on a title before libraries had to renew the eBook license. It looked like a crock then, and it looks …
Jun 27
eBooks gaining market share.
One News Now’s Culture section updates us on the explosive growth of the eBook Revolution with eBooks gaining market share at an incredible pace–showing a 25% adoption rate in the US.
Jun 26
Finding your focus…
Many thanks to Jorgen for a link to a thought-provoking piece at The Independent on surviving (and reading) in the age of distraction.
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