eBook formats listed and discussed.
Feb 11
Uclick.com has an app that turns your iPhone into a perfect platform for frame by frame comic book viewing. And offering the comics at .99 per download will assure that this idea is going to make a SPLASH! With all the digitizing going on, this is one of those moments where anyone can see the …
Feb 10
Kindle 2 is here. You know I think it’s too expensive. And Stephen King signed on for the pillaging tour with an “original” story of a POSSESSED KINDLE! (Can you imagine a machine with special powers? Honestly, Stephen, can you? This is like the umpteenth time…) I always say there’s nothing that will capture the imagination of the average …
Feb 09
All the eBook news today will be about the rumored launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2. The word at Engadget.com here is that Stephen King is sending a horror story with a Kindle-twist along for the ride. The world will be watching!
Feb 06
Look okay. I’m usually the first person to get excited about future tech and robots and viewscreens and stuff. But this is just, well see for yourself. Read the story here. Honestly. Maybe it’s because I’m already embarrassed for writers at those author readings. You’ve got to really be jonesing for your favorite scribe to drop …
Feb 04
Here’s a site for readers and writers alike.  Okay, Readers!  Mark Gladding of Tumbywood Software, an avid eBook reader, created eBooks Just Published as a meeting place where readers like him could find DRM-free eBooks. And Writers! If you’re planning to release Author Direct eBook versions of your work, you can do it here. Now Everybody! Mark Gladding …
Jan 29
I almost feel like a newspaper reporter. I mean, did anybody see that, I mentioned this two days ago! Anyway, Kindle 2 is coming. The complete New York Times article is here. And Amazon’s got the lowdown here. As mentioned in the New York Times story, the Boy Genius Report has spy photos of it …
Jan 10
I visited CyberRead.com to do a bit of pricing. Is it just me or is whole “cyber” thing getting old. When’s the last time you told someone you’d look for them in cyberspace. If you ever did. Anyway, not to get picky (I just don’t want to imagine cyberbooks!) but I strolled through the cyberstore looking …
Jan 08
Diesel eBooks – Sounds like they’re selling truck manuals, but not so. They’ve got quite a collection over there: how-to, literature, mainstream and new releases. Google around a bit and you’ll see that the number of online eBook retailers is growing daily. Diesel’s just one of them. I did a price check. Now you’ll notice I keep going back to …
Jan 07
As in the case of most relatively new technologies, I’ve found those people who’ve made the leap and purchased an eReader now either love or hate the device. And like most new tech, the companies developing them are trying to corner their part of the marketplace with dreams of capturing the entire world. And from …
Jan 06
Fictionwise is on the money here offering various formats. Older titles at very affordable prices. In an attempt to maintain some sense of order I priced New Moon at Fictionwise. Regular Price: $10.99 Your Price including Buywise Club and Micropay Rebate is $8.41. The Kindle Store Beats that at $6.04, but both beat the Sony …
