For those of you who are ready to take the plunge, TechNewsDaily offers its five best eBook Readers of 2011 to choose from. Interesting list, though I think it’s optimistic to call them the ‘best’ of 2011 since this year is going to prove a record breaker with a landslide of new eBook reading devices …
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The machines.
Mar 14
iPad 2 Sells Out!
CNNMoney has this report on Apple iPad 2 tablet’s record-breaking first-weekend performance where it outsold the first iPad version, and sold out with 400,000-500,000 iPad 2’s compared to iPad’s 300,000-unit first-weekend sale in 2010.
Mar 13
Will eBooks doom the bookstore?
Thanks Jorgen for a link to The New Republic where writer Nicole Krauss takes a nostalgic look at the history of the bookstore, and makes some predictions about its future.
Mar 11
Industry eReading Leaders Kindle, Nook and iPad Compared.
PhBeta.com offers a detailed comparison of Kindle, Nook and iPad. It’s an excellent look at the three most-wanted eBook Readers on the market. Good time to take a look too, with hundreds of new devices entering the market over the next 18 months.
Mar 09
Borders Goes Bankrupt while Amazon and Barnes and Noble chart increases in sales…
It’s not surprising that one of the book giants suffered a major (if not fatal) blow as DailyFinance illustrates with a detailed account of Borders‘ recent declaration of bankruptcy. It’s really a mess with millions owed and publisher and authors left swinging in the breeze. This while competitors Barnes and Noble, and Amazon register increased …
Mar 08
eBook pricing expectations governed by eBook Reader ownership?
Bookseller.com has more on readers in the eBook Revolution. It seems that while half of book buyers polled expect lower prices for eBooks, those who already own eBook Readers are more realistic with their eBook pricing expectations. Could the same be true when lower-priced eBook Readers are made available? Perception shifts noticeably, when one owns …
Mar 07
Will Amazon Kindle eBook Reader be FREE by Christmas 2011?
PCWorld posted on a rumor that Amazon.com will soon be giving its Kindle eBook Reader away FREE. While many feel this is a given regarding Amazon Prime customers, there is a trend in Kindle sales that predicts its relative pricing free fall will end at a FREE eBook Reader by November of 2011. CNN offers …
Mar 06
eBook Consumers ready to spend, but want a fair price.
Many thanks to Jorgen for the link to a FutureBook story that updates us on eBook pricing and reports on how much tech-savvy consumers are willing to pay.
Mar 04
Librarians Challenge HarperCollins eBook Loan Life
Galleycat offers some video of librarians challenging HarperCollins recent decision to allow libraries a maximum of only 26 eBook loans before HarperCollins titles have to be re-purchased. This is based on HarperCollins estimate that 26 represents the number of times a print book can be loaned before it is worn out. We talked about it …
Mar 03
EU Officials Raid Publishers
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post at eBookMagazine regarding European Union Officials raiding several publishers because “the Commission has reason to believe that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive business practices.” These raids follow news of the UK Office of Fair Trading’s investigating the …
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