Category: eBook Readers

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What’s the Best Price for an eBook?

We’ve been recommending lower prices for eBooks for years now. Here’s a detailed EvilGeniusChronicles post that provides some sensible numbers. I have to say that the market will indeed have its say on the graphs and figures cited, but a price range of $2.99-5.99 is what we’ve been thinking for a full year now. Despite …

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Books-A-Million Joins the eBook Revolution with BlueFire

Third largest U.S. book retailer Books-A-Million, Inc. has joined forces with Bluefire Productions to offer their growing eBook catalog to a wide range of mobile devices. The Books-A-Million (BAM) Reader is based on the Bluefire Reader App. The Bluefire Reader was the touchstone App for reading eBooks on iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads. GoodeReader has …

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For New eBook Readers!

New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. An excellent weekend browse. Bookmark these pages. Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats. GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says.  A …

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eBook Prices Dropping?

Galleycat offers an interesting post on eBook pricing. Apparently, the $5.00 eBook is starting to show up in special offers and on back-listed titles. We’ve been waiting for prices to drop since the eBook Revolution began. A $5.00 price tag will move a lot of E Ink.

Some Top Picks from CES 2011

ChipChicks offer us their Top Picks from the Consumer Electronics Show 2011. It’s of vital interest to eBook Rumors because you can read eBooks on three of the five gadgets listed. Also nice to see the Hanvon Color E Ink eBook Reader among them. I think that device will give full-color tablets a run for …

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Is Google getting into the eBook Reader Business?

Remember not that long ago when Google finally launched its massive online catalogue of eBooks, Google Editions and then changed it to a store and called it Google Books? Well, Google launched this massive online eBook store to compete directly with eBook (and book) giant Amazon.com and others… and then things got really quiet. Until …

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eBook Piracy in 2011

As the eBook Revolution settles into its first year in the mainstream, it makes sense that we’d find the focus shifting back to those nasty eBook Pirates again. Here we’ve got a couple of posts that indicate a subtle shift away from outright panic to something more reasonable where the powers that be may be …

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Barnes and Noble Nook eBook Reader Giveaway!

The Barnes and Noble NOOKcolor won the People’s Choice Award at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. To celebrate they’re giving away a FREE Nook WiFi every day until January 30. To be eligible sign up at the B&N Facebook page here.

PlayBook at Engadget.com

From CES 2011, Engadget.com has a couple of posts on the BlackBerry PlayBook that are worth checking out. (Especially for all you BlackBerry users.) At this link you’ll find Engadget’s PlayBook Preview with pictures and video. And here you’ll find an updated post with new pics, specs and video. We’re still waiting to see how …

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More CES updates and eBook news…

Liliputing got its hands on Pandigital’s Novel 9-inch Android tablet. Story and pictures of the $279 full-color device at the link. Also jumping on the Android bandwagon, PCMag says social eBook software firm Copia announced an Android version of its App. Already available on desk or laptop, this development makes the social e-Reading platform, Copia, …

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