GoodeReader compares the new Sony PRS-T3 and the well-received Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 E Ink eReaders. Specifics and video at the link.
Oct 13
Abuse-themed eBooks pulled from shelves
A BBC News story shows how the rush to publish eBooks has caught online retailers off guard as “abuse-themed” material is found on the eShelves alongside regular reading fare.
Looks like they’ll have to start previewing and categorizing this stuff.
Oct 11
Digital Publishing Headlines
Digital Journal says that three Calvin and Hobbes collections will soon be available as eBook editions.
Digital Book World has a post on Scholastic streamlining book selection for kids by digitizing its Book Fairs in a free app.
GoodeReader reports Kobo is taking its eBooks and popular eReaders to Spain.
Forbes offers a story that seems to firmly fix eBooks in the mainstream culture. Fast food giant McDonald’s will be adding a free eBook giveaway to their Happy Meals.
Oct 10
Kobo partners with 3M for library eBook sales
Digital Book World posted on Kobo’s recent partnering with 3M to make eBooks available for sale through libraries.
Oct 09
eBook Best-seller prices on the rise
Digital Book World says that eBook Best-seller prices have risen to their highest level since summer. It is no wonder with the holiday season approaching.
Oct 08
Tablo aims to streamline eBook publishing
TechCrunch has a story on the Tablo BookMaker start-up that claims to take the complexity out of eBook publishing.
Oct 07
Hachette to distribute English titles worldwide.
Digital Book World reports that Hachette Book Group is getting prepped to distribute all of its English eBook titles worldwide.
Oct 06
Kindle PaperWhite review.
Read the Kindle PaperWhite review at TechHive. Apparently Amazon’s doing something right with this upgrade.
Oct 04
Digital Publishing Update
The Wall Street Journal posted Barnes and Noble’s announcement of the most exciting book and eBook buying season ever. (Have to hand it to B&N. Still, performing well in a highly competitive marketplace.)
GoodeReader reports on a law in France that is bound to handicap Amazon’s paper book business with new restrictions on free shipping.
A story at the Android Police says the Readmill eBook Reader App is on its way to Android devices.
Gigaom has a post that shows what having too much money is all about. Apple has officially appealed its conviction in the eBook price-fixing suit levered against it by the U.S. Department of Justice. More millions will be spent to drag this up again, and more doubts will be raised about eBooks, the devices we use to read them and the companies that sell them. Rather than admit an error born of ambition and getting down to selling fair-priced products in a fair market, Apple will drag a still nascent industry through the mud because it can’t control it…
Oct 03
Pricing, availability and publisher greed create divide.
Wired offers a slightly shrill (or is it just the headline?) piece by Art Brodsky on the problems of inflated prices, availability and publisher greed in the eBook Revolution with warnings that the current trends could fuel a “reads” and “reads not” scenario of disparity for the future.
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