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.
Feb 16
eBooks Headed to the Classroom.
The Lantern wonders whether the eBook Revolution will win out over hard copy textbooks in schools and learning institutions, or if there will be a place for both.
The answer to this one rests in the quarterly profits of publishers and the balance sheets of educational institutions. It is cheaper to produce the eTexts and the profits are higher.
Publishers like profits, and schools are already making students carry the weight as far as tuition and supplies…why not add an eBook Reader or tablet to the pile?
Feb 15
Some eBook Revolution headlines for February 15/12
MocoNews reports on an interactive eBook publishing platform coming FREE from Inkling.
DigitalJournal says eBook sales in Britain are beginning to offset the decline in print title sales.
The Bookseller posted on U.K. bookseller Foyles getting into the eBook Revolution by launching its own FREE eReading apps with access to 200,000 titles.
And GoodeReader has a story about initiatives taken by Overdrive to encourage eBook lending. This comes in response to recent friction between the library eBook supplier and publishers.
Feb 14
Library eBook lending too easy.
Okay, this is getting weird. PCWorld has a story about Penguin (and other publishers) contemplating going ahead with the library lending of eBooks as long as libraries make it difficult to do. Â Frightened publishers want to increase the friction on library users.
Feb 13
Kobo stops eBook lending before it starts.
GoodeReader has a report on eBook retailer Kobo halting plans to allow its customers to lend one another eBooks for up to two weeks at a time. They were in the process of developing a system similar to the one used by Amazon and Barnes and Noble when they put on the brakes.
Feb 12
Penguin drops out of digital library lending…
The Los Angeles Times tells us that publisher Penguin has withdrawn its titles from OverDrive, a company that supplies eBooks for loan at libraries, because the distributor’s relationship with Amazon represented a breach of contract.
Take the link to read the whole tangled web.
Feb 10
eBook Revolution News and Reviews
From the ‘apples and oranges’ department PlanetPDF asks the question “Is EPUB format better than PDF?”
PhysOrg.com reviews the new Kindle Touch. (Can’t touch my Kobo Touch, I’ll bet…)
AppCraver reports that Barnes and Noble Nook App for iOS devices offers more eBook options.
PDFDevices reviews the Sony PRS-T1 Reader.
And our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to an E-Commerce story on how eBooks are changing the publishing business.
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