Dec 13
We’ve all heard of the Kindle 4 with Special Offers that Amazon has been selling at a lovely low price of $79. The only catch for that low-cost entertainment was that ‘special offers’ or advertisements were displayed on the device’s E Ink screen.
Well, now GadgetReview has a post claiming two digital dodges that turn the advertisements off.
Dec 12
CNN has a story on the new Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet that has been receiving some unfavorable reviews since it started shipping in November. Now Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener says an update is on the way that will increase speed and augment touch-screen controls among other things.
We’re all pretty sure that these are just some growing pains for the tablet that is destined to take a huge chunk of the market away from rival Apple iPad.
Dec 11
PCWorld posted a detailed review of the Sony Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T1.
MySteinbach.ca reports on the Canadian government propping up Canadian book publishers yet again. (One wonders how many Canadian Indie authors are already selling books via Amazon Kindle, etc. without help from the government…probably most.)
Dec 09
ConsumerReports has a story on the U.S. Department of Justice investigating eBook pricing citing possible “anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.” (I think everyone’s catching onto the inflated pricing, and price fixing.)
The Winnipeg Free Press wonders whether eBook readers still judge books by their covers.
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Amazon has made an appeal to its many indie Kindle authors to take part in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. According to Geekwire, this can be attributed to the big publishers’ reluctance to climb aboard the KDP Select service that allows Amazon Prime members the ability to borrow the eBooks in the program free of charge without a due date. While it appears some Indie authors are taking the plunge there is a clause in the contract demanding Amazon exclusivity of participating titles for 90 days. (True, the participant profit sharing looks good on paper, but ‘free’ is an awfully low price to sell your digital rights–even temporarily.)
Dec 08
We’ll take advantage of a slow news day in the eBook Revolution to give you a link to a GoodeReader video tutorial on borrowing Overdrive library books with your Nook Tablet.
Dec 07
The Atlantic offers a feature updating us on the latest twist and turns of the ongoing debate between publishers, libraries and eBook sellers. For some reason since the start of the eBook Revolution publishers have begun to doubt their relationships with libraries (and others) citing security concerns.
Again, we can see an opportunity for these companies to be daring and embrace what is surely the new status quo: however, they will resist it and in the process slow the digital publishing age while promoting eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing.
Dec 06
GoodeReader speculates about eBooks receiving mainstream acceptance in the post “eBooks Finally Getting the Love they Deserve?”
The Register reports on the probe into Apple helping 5 publishers breach competition rules.
SecondAct offers a guide for shoppers on the hunt for the best eBook Reader.
Dec 05
TechnoBuffalo gives us an update on the eBook Revolution’s impact on the publishing status quo. The publishers cite concerns over retailers selling eBooks to readers without the publisher as part of the deal. This wouldn’t have been the same concern if the publishers had embraced the revolution at its start.
Instead, they fought the flow in an attempt to hang onto their monopolies. Now they’re trying to take control of it, even as they should be making themselves relevant. It certainly signals interesting times ahead.
Dec 04
The Mother Nature Network posts their list of best eBook Readers on the market. (For holiday giving, no doubt.)
Productopia supplies their suggestions for protective  eReader and tablet cases.
InternetRetailer reports on the impact of eBooks on Barnes and Noble’s bottom line.
Dec 02
Amazon.com has opened its Spanish and Italian Kindle Stores according to the AFP.
FierceMobileContent cites a Juniper Research forecast that says by 2016 eBook sales to mobile devices will reach $9.7-billion.
Lilliputing reports that the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet is breaking records as the fastest selling Nook so far.
