Category: eBook Readers

The machines.

Apple iPad Available April 3, 2010

Get the full story about the iPad’s release at CNN.com. Pre-Ordering starts March 12, and the devices will be available in the U.S. on April 3. It will be interesting to see how big an impact this machine has on the eBook Revolution. I still think it’s a greater threat to laptops and netbooks. The …

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Penguin Shows off Mega-Apps for iPad

Obviously, this video speaks volumes. Check out Penguin’s “Digital Books” for iPad below. It’s the kind of eBook Reader that Mr. Spock might carry around with him. It’s like having Encarta/Atlas/Video Game/iPhone App/Facebook Reading Circle/Email all in one touch-screen device. (Can anyone say Netbook?) Great for many, and it’s easy to see there will be a big …

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Moving the Look from Book to eBook.

Jorgen dropped off a link to a Publishers Weekly post with highlights from a second discussion panel: From Book to E- Book: Aesthetics, Design and the Digital in their Think Future series. Panel guests included Matteo Bologna, founder and creative director of Mucca Design, a branding agency responsible for delivering “many, many book jackets” to clients like Penguin …

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Looks like a March 3rd eBook Revolution Grab Bag

As the eBook Revolution continues its charge into 2010, we find ourselves with a varied but unexciting news day. So I’ve got a grab bag of links. First of all, thanks to Jorgen for a link to this Reuters story that has Rupert Murdoch seriously insulting the Mexican people and predicting the demise of the Kindle …

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A Word from the Penguin Boss on the eBook Revolution…

Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post at IT.TMCNET.COM where Penguin Publishing boss John Makinson  waxes poetic about the coming digital age. An interesting read, if it does continue to have the paternalistic tone that we so often hear from fat cats of the ‘bricks and mortar’ days. (You know the fat cats who are …

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Infibeam Pi Calculates that there is E Ink life after iPad

And I thought we’d have to worry about them cloning people. Infibeam Pi is a new eBook Reader  with a familiar look for the burgeoning eBook Marketplace. (Come on, it’s a Kindle right down to the smile…) Announced in January, as India’s first eBook Reader it has a familiar list of functions as well.  (Not …

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Popular Wattpad Titles Now Available on Sony’s Reader™ Store

Toronto, Canada, February 22, 2010 –(PR.com)– Wattpad, the world’s most popular ebook community, today announces an ebook distribution agreement with Sony Electronics. A selection of top unique Wattpad titles will be available on Sony’s Reader Store starting today. “We are very excited to bring popular Wattpad titles to new audiences,” said Allen Lau, CEO and …

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So much for ‘open’ format…

Our friend Jorgen dropped this link off to a story at Computerworld describing the ongoing attempt by eBook retailers to control how and where we read the eBooks they sell us. The article exposes industry leaders tinkering with the once universal and open EPUB format so that it requires a password to access, in some …

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The Struggle for Market Dominance Begins…

Thanks Jorgen for dropping off this link to a Business Week story that predicts the shape of things to come for Amazon.com. According to the article analysts from Credit Suisse Group AG see Amazon’s market share of eBook sales slide from 90 percent in 2009 to 72 percent in the coming year. While you read …

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eBook Readers (and Buyers) have a say…

Readers at Geeksugar.com were asked if eBooks should cost the same as traditional books. 94% of those who responded agreed that eBooks should cost less. (They’re not just being contrary either, they’ve thought it through.) Take the link to read a few of the responses. So publishers try to gouge loyal readers who obviously love books and are eager …

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