We didn’t have all the facts back then, but we reasoned this bit of mathematics out after discovering in February that Amazon will replace a broken Kindle for $180. So, that pretty much exposed their bottom line. When you look at the $359 purchase price, well you figure out the grotesque profit from there. Read the proof …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Apr 20
END PIRACY NOW: Stop ripping off the consumer!
These same old arguments and worries always tick me off, yah? They talk about how great the new technology is and then start telling horror stories about piracy and content control. Read the full story at The National here. Peter Cox, an author and literary agent who founded the online writers’ community Litopia is quoted …
Apr 17
More Consumer Control from Amazon
Someone please tell me how the behavior of this ‘legitimate’ corporate entity is more benevolent, more creator and consumer sensitive than the torrent services offered at Pirate Bay? Interesting story follows exposing Amazon’s ulterior motives for Digital Rights Management and their Whispernet. I think we’ve all dated a control-freak like this. The story follows an individual …
Apr 16
Reid Minion Release for iPhone
Reid Minion 1.0, the iPhone application offering enhanced document and book reading for the iPhone and iPod is now available from Minion Software. prMac has the full story and specifications here. Reid Minion 1.0 includes a wide array of interesting adaptations including special font settings for speed readers and the visually impaired. (Minion. I like the name, …
Apr 15
eBook 101 – For New Recruits
Okay, I don’t want those in the know to be offended, but there is a HUGE and CURIOUS group of people out there searching the Internet with a lot of questions. (The mainstream?) And they’re coming to eBook Rumors for answers. (The smart ones anyway…yah?) It is still so very early in the technology. Word travels far …
Apr 14
Another Good Reason to Join the Revolution…
I really enjoyed this article at xkcd The blag of the webcomic. An intrepid eBook Reader and Kindle owner hangs a low-tech solution on a hi-tech revolution. You have to love the camera work. I hope it’s not too technical, yah!
Apr 10
Happy Holidays
We’re pretty sure the eBook Battles will continue through the Easter weekend, but eBook Rumors wishes you a peaceful holiday just the same. Got to take one day off, yah? p.s. Oh what the hell: there’s a rumor at Slashgear that Foxconn (The ODM for Kindle 2) is charging into the eBook Revolution with an …
Apr 09
You gotta love Barnes and Noble
In the “It’s Never too Late to Copy Someone’s Success Department” Barnes and Noble is rumored to have its own eBook Reader in development. Read the whole story at Engadget here. I guess they’ve got to do something to make up for the time they lost closing and dismantling their eBook Store. Read about that …
Mar 26
Samsung’s Papyrus
This article makes a good point about the media focus on the big names: Kindle, iPhone, Sony Reader and now Blackberry. The ‘front runners’ better have learned from Amazon’s blunder and keep their eyes open for upstarts like Samsung’s Papyrus eBook Reader. It’s supposed to retail for under $300 (hopefully lower) and feature all the basics …
Mar 25
HOO BOY! This is getting interesting…
I don’t think I have to say more than Fictionwise released an eBook Reader for Blackberry. You can read the story at Mediabistro.com here. With the 50 millionth Blackberry sold in February, that’s one hell of a lot of potential eBook Readers… (and eyeglasses, says one IT wiseguy…) Get the Blackberry Reader here. It’s an early …
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