Feb 27

PayPal goes to the dark side.

TechCrunch reports on PayPal’s outrageous bullying of eBook distributor and publisher Smashwords. It seems PayPal is getting into the censorship business.

They have demanded that Smashwords and other eBook distributors remove all works that contain references to bestiality, rape and incest or suffer the punishment of having all PayPal services removed. (Something that Smashwords’ president, Mark Coker says equates to shutting the business down.)

Smashwords is complying with this order’s deadline of Feb. 28 and I fear will live to regret rolling over on this. Just as PayPal will pay for this outrageous overreach into dictatorship.

Feb 26

eBook Pricing comes under fire.

CBSNews reports on the debate over the high price of eBooks. First adopters who climbed aboard the eBook Revolution are now wondering why the price of digital books remains high or higher than their paper equivalents.

Are they getting tired of the publisher cash grab?

Feb 24

eBook Rumors update for Feb. 24, 2012

The New York Times reports on Amazon’s recent decision to pull thousands of eBook titles in a bid to change profit sharing contracts with publishers.

GottaBeMobile has posted on the upcoming function and price wars between the Amazon Kindle Fire and the now evenly price Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet.

The MacObserver says BookReader 3.8 for Macintosh OS X is a full-featured eBook Reader with an iBooks-like bookshelf  that supports .epub, .doc, .iBooks and many more.

The Sacramento Bee talks about Free eBooks Revolutionizing the publishing industry.

Feb 23

10 eReaders Reviewed by PC&Tech Authority

PC&Tech Authority has reviewed 10 market-leading eReaders and offers us an excellent chart for comparison. Check it out.

Feb 22

Amazon Kindle Full Color E Ink Touch-Screen eReader Coming Soon!

GizmoCrave has more on the soon-to-be-released Amazon Kindle Full Color E Ink Touch-Screen eReader.

Now, that’s exciting!

Feb 22

Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet hits $199

It looks like a Tablet price war might be about to break out according to this Time Techland story about Barnes and Noble releasing their popular Nook Tablet at the Amazon Kindle Fire price point of $199.

That’s a $50 price drop paid for with some minor modifications that put the superior B&N tablet on par with the Kindle Fire’s specifications.

Feb 21

Full Color E Ink Kindle on the way?

BGR.com reports on Amazon’s ambitious plans for 2012 with a Full Color E Ink Kindle coming next month and a 10″ Kindle Fire tablet expected mid-year.

That’s an exciting rumor about Kindle’s adoption of the full color E Ink and flies in the face of multi-tasking tablet fans who had hoped to push E Ink into extinction. You can’t beat the E Ink for reading.

Feb 20

eBook Revolution is key to the future of publishing.

Vermont Public Radio reports on the Tools of Change digital publishing conference in New York and suggests that at least part of the traditional publishing world is finally beginning to see the eBook Revolution as a good thing.

Feb 19

Nook Color and Nook Tablet Security Kit

Here is proof that the eBook Revolution is here to stay–and it’s a low-tech guarantee that your hi-tech is going to stay safe.

New PCGadgets has a Security Kit for the Barnes and Noble Nook Color or Nook Tablet.

Feb 17

February 17 – eBook Revolution Updates

PCWorld gives us this comprehensive list and reviews of the best eBook Readers on the market. (Worth checking out.)

BusinesstoCommunity.com gives instruction on reading EPUB books on Android devices.

CBCNews says that Canadians are reading more books and eBooks. (10% of all titles sold in Canada are digital.)

DigitalJournal reports on eBook publisher BookBaby adding three more eBook stores to its distribution network.