Mar 19
The Ectaco Jetbook (E Ink) Color eReader is reviewed at GoodeReader and receives a high grade as a device prepared to bring us a whole new eReading experience (and challenge tablet dominance in full color eReading).
They’ve also included a video comparison of the Ectaco Jetbook Color eReader and the Kyobo Mirasol eReader (competitors in the non-tablet color eReader market).
Mar 16
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy.
BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal.
Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language Edition of his popular When Graveyards Yawn eBook .
CNN has a story and video on the new iPad hitting the stores Friday.
and eBookNewser offers the Top 20 Free eBook Apps of the week.
Mar 15
Time has a story entitled: “Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?” that ends up leaning more toward the problem occurring with learning and eTextbooks, than with fiction reading on  E Ink Readers such as Kindle, Kobo or Nook.
I know from personal experience that E Ink reading did require some adjustment and orientation, but that was accomplished by me either taking the time to remember where I left off in the narrative (as opposed to looking for dog-eared pages, or other mode of physical measurement) and it encouraged me to set the eReader aside when I became too tired to remember where I was in the story.
All of it, is just part of the learning curve on the way into the eBook Revolution.
Mar 14
CNNMoney posted on Encyclopedia Britannica’s decision to stop printing their once ubiquitous tomes in favor of going digital.
TechCrunch updates us on PayPal’s recent foray in censorship. They’ve chosen a slightly less draconian approach.
The Telegraph.co.uk says eBooks have made reading sexy again. (Did it used to be sexy?)
The CorporateCounsel reports that publishers are preparing strategies to confront eBook Pirates. (Lower prices? I doubt it…)
The BroadcastNewsRoom has a story on eBookIt.com’s launch of Audiobook distribution through Audible.com.
Mar 13
The Christian Science Monitor reports on an open letter by Authors Guild President Scott Turow on the continuing drama surrounding  Apple and the gang of 5 New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins) who are the subject of a potential anti-trust lawsuit, in which Turow wonders if the government is inadvertently tipping the scales in Amazon’s favor.
Mar 12
PaidContent reports on an Apple court filing where the iPad maker fights back against a pending US Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit by downplaying the Amazon Kindle threat. Instead they’re claiming their newbie status in an Amazon-dominated eBook industry is proof against any conspiracy.
All of this while some of the ‘co-conspirators’ (5 Major New York Publishers) are in settlement talks with the government.
Mar 11
With the US Justice Department preparing an anti-trust suit against Apple and five A-list New York-based publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan, and HarperCollins, the Atlantic continues the discussion on fair eBook pricing and wonders who will win when this all goes to court.
Will the eBook Revolution find the way to democratized publishing?
Mar 09
I don’t include this post at Step2 Success Models from the Insight Community as an endorsement of file-sharing or encouragement to pirate eBooks, but it does give a rather frank look into the mind of an individual who has the technical know-how to bypass all of the locks and DRM (digital rights management) that business throws up to protect digital content.
The article entitled “Why I Pirate – An Open Letter To Content Creators” is an enlightening read to say the least.
Mar 08
BBC News updates a story that’s been running for over a year concerning a U.S. Department of Justice investigation in which five US publishers and Apple are now being threatened with legal action because of the way they ‘conspired to raise the price of eBooks.’ Â Apple and the publishers pushed for the Agency Model of pricing in which publishers could set the price of their eBooks and stop distributors and resellers from discounting it.
The end product was an artificially high price for digital versions of popular books. (Often priced higher than their paper counterparts.)
The publishers:Â Simon and Schuster, Hachette, the US arm of Penguin, Macmillan and HarperCollins Inc., are still trying to convince the investigators that they are not making anything extra by reselling ‘digital copies’ of their titles because they claim printing the actual books was a small part of the cost of the publishing.
So does that sound like an outright lie, or is traditional bricks and mortar publishing the most screwed up business model going?
And…
GoodeReader reports on Scholastic Publishing and Books’ contribution to the eBook Revolution: a reading platform called Storia.
The National Post has a story on Margaret Atwood’s release of a $2.99 short story.
