BetaNews reports Apple’s recent changes to the way they allow third-party eBook Apps to operate on the iPad is creating an unfair business environment for publishers that will stifle the burgeoning eBook market. BusinessWeek says Indie authors might be held liable if eBook distributors go bankrupt and delete their customers’ accounts. (Tempest in a teapot …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Feb 03
10 Reasons eBooks are Better than Books. (According to Shadowlocked.com)
Shadowlocked.com offers a somewhat tongue-in-cheek list of reasons why eBooks are better than their paper equivalents. While I may not agree with all the points, the list does contain some amusing truths about books.
Feb 02
eBook Unit Sales to hit $2.7 Billion in 2013
Online Media Daily at Media Post News reports US eBook unit sales will leap from the estimated $313 million tallied in 2009 to an whopping $2.7-billion in 2013. This Yankee Group prediction also suggest eBook downloads will surpass paid mobile Apps for the same period. And why do they suggest this change is coming? Lower …
Jan 31
Amazon Kindle Book sales beat Paperbacks!
PCWorld has a post on Amazon’s report that its eBook sales are outpacing paperbacks. (115 eBooks for every 100 paperbacks sold.) While they don’t divulge the actual number of Kindles they’ve sold, the figures are unlikely to correlate anyway. As the article points out, Amazon’s Free Kindle App is available for purchasing and reading eBooks …
Jan 30
Sunday eBook Revolution News
ReviewsofElectronics reviews the popular NookCOLOR eReader. Lots of information about the full-color, $249 iPad threat. PortClintonNewsHerald has a detailed update on the eBook Revolution. Examiner.com wonders whether eBooks and Apps represent a golden age for publishing. OnlineAthens offers more on the move among Public Libraries toward eBooks.
Jan 29
The Notion Ink Adam Reviewed
GoodeReader offers a hands-on review of the Notion Ink Adam. This much anticipated Tablet PC has joined the ranks of devices in the expanding eBook Reader market. Lots of specs and pictures at the link.
Jan 28
eBook Readers and the Man Booker Prize
You know that the eBook Revolution has gone mainstream when judges for the esteemed Man Booker prize literary competition have been sent eBook Readers to streamline the process of wading through the more than 100 novels that are in the running. The BBC has a post on this earth-shaking development, as the prize organizers offered the …
Jan 27
Budget eBook Readers – Price and Function
CNetNews has an interesting update on ‘budget’ eBook Readers that uses the $139 Amazon Wifi Kindle as the watermark for price and function. It goes on to list several devices on the market priced as low as $99. (Please remember Kobo’s eReader was the first to sell at $150 and, I think, the one that …
Jan 26
B&N Nook 3G Discontinued
Androidcommunity reports Barnes and Noble making moves to discontinue their Nook 3G eBook Reader after market forces drive eBook adopters to the E Ink Nook WiFi and NookColor (tablet). An unfortunate turn for the Nook 3G, but you can’t argue with consumer demand. Just some growing pains in the eBook Revolution.
Jan 25
Digital Book World Conference 2011 Begins and the eBook Revolution Trundles on Regardless…
The Digital Book World Conference & Expo 2011 opened Monday and runs until January 26th. The Los Angeles Times has a post on it. I’ve looked around the DBW site but see no mention of Indie authors. I guess they will have no impact on the Digital Book World. Actually, it isn’t surprising that they’ve …
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