Sep 27

Amazon Kindle Launch Update

Techland offers an update on Amazon’s news conference tomorrow that is now rumored to offer not 2 but 3 Kindle eBook readers. Included in the clutch will be the Kindle full-color tablet (Kindle Fire codenamed Hollywood) that is designed and priced to compete head to head with Apple’s iPad. The article calls it “aggressively priced” so that might put the Kindle tablet inside our $250-$299 prediction.

After that comes a pair of black and white, dedicated E Ink Kindles for their dedicated readers: the low priced “Tequila” $99 and “Whitney” (bells and whistles/higher price undisclosed).

If Tequila hits the market at $99, can the $79 E Ink eBook Reader be here in time for Christmas?

Sep 27

Amazon Tablet hits tomorrow?

Digital Home offers more on the much-anticipated launch of Amazon’s ‘rumored’ tablet version of its Kindle eBook Reader.

This news should be confirmed tomorrow, the 28th from a news conference in New York. Let’s hope they keep the machine between $250 and $299. If the device is designed to be an Apple iPad killer, an affordable price for the mainstream is a must.

Sep 26

It’s looking like a tablet Christmas!

PCMag reports that Barnes and Noble is getting ready to launch another Nook Color tablet. The machine will be added to their existing line of E Ink and full color devices.

This holiday season is going to be explosive if B&N’s tablet hits the market at the same time as Amazon and Kobo’s.

Get ready for a price war!

Sep 25

Kobo to release Vox tablet.

With Amazon soon to announce the release of its rumored eBook reading tablet, it isn’t surprising to see that Kobo is getting its tablet Vox ready for market. Read the full story at GoodeReader.

Sep 24

Amazon Tablet to launch Sept. 28?

Amazon is rumored to have picked a Sept. 28 press conference in New York to reveal the new Kindle Tablet(s). Read more on the Android device, and Apple iPad competitor at Bloomberg Businessweek.

Sep 23

Profits shifting with digital publishing.

An Aptara study shows 20% of publishers generate 10% of their income via digital titles. More on the study at eBooknewser.

Sep 22

Some Free titles for new eBook Readers

New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, Indie fiction, contemporary fiction and non-fiction. An excellent browse. Bookmark these pages!

Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats.

GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says. A huge selection.

Project Gutenberg – Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. Too many titles to count…

Google eBooks. A huge selection of free eBooks in the Internet search giant’s eBook store.

Smashwords offers a long list of free eBook titles in formats to suit your new eBook reader.

G. Wells Taylor has free and/or affordable titles that are receiving great reviews at GWellsTaylor.com, Multiple formats available.

Jennifer L. Armstrong hosts Free Online Novels. Various formats. Huge Selection!

Sep 21

Amazon Kindle Library Lending available in select locations.

The Washington Post reports on the Amazon Kindle Library Lending Program going live in select locations. The eBook market leader is playing catch-up to such competitors as the Barnes and Noble Nook that has been offering the service for some time.

Sep 20

Video review of Sony Tablet S

MobileTechReview offers a video review of the Sony Tablet S. With updated Android operating system this machine is already surpassing early reviews when it reached stores without a full complement of Apps.

Sep 18

DC Comics starts shift to digital.

WhatCulture has a post on DC Comics preparing to launch a new line of print comics that will be available the same day their digital equivalents go on sale. This will put the heat on Marvel comics that has been resisting the digital trend.