Mar 23
Some forward-thinking entrepreneurs (aka good-guessers) are hoping to make millions from the sale of iPad web names. CNNMoney has the story here. To get you started, one chap listed the web addresses: ipaddownload.com, ipaddownloads.com and ipaddownloads.net at eBay for a cool million each. In case anyone was wondering why the iPad’s a little pricey.
Mar 22
Joe Wilcox at BetaNews is stirring the pot in his post: “Be smart, don’t buy into the iPad hype.” Any time you want to stir the pot, say something negative about new Apple products. You’ll always get burned by hardcore fans and early adopters. I don’t think this article is an attack on the iPad–just …
Mar 21
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet entitled “The iPad will kill ebooks as we know them.” Rather a gloomy piece, but it makes some good points while ignoring the vast market of readers who just want to read on a device. They’re happy with the eBook’s (book’s) special …
Mar 20
In an effort to hang onto its 90 percent share of the American e-book market, Amazon is starting to talk tough with publishers in the weeks leading up to the iPad’s arrival. If you’ll remember, Amazon already got into a dustup with publishers that resulted in the eBook retailer removing the ‘buy’ buttons from resistant …
Mar 19
Okay. I guess all this talk about Apple iPad has either got Amazon missing the limelight or reminded the online eBook retailer that their Kindle is not the only eBook Reading device on the market. Read the post about the Free Kindle Reader for Mac here at DigitalBeat. Get the FREE Kindle Reader for Mac here. …
Mar 18
Deadline New York gives an expanded description of the process that brought John Grisham’s titles to the eBook Revolution, and hints at the wider-ranging impact. The inclusion of this publishing heavyweight certainly adds legitimacy to an exploding literary form.
Mar 17
The New York Times “Arts Beat” has a post about bestselling author John Grisham getting over his fear of eBook pirates and diving into the eBook Revolution with his publisher Random House’s announcement that they will release his 23 backlist titles, including his recent short story collection Ford County, as eBooks. According to Random House, Grisham’s books have sold 250 million …
Mar 16
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an update on Apple iPad sales. The post at CNNMoney.com cites trackers that show a sharp decline in the pre-orders that started with estimates of 25,000 per hour before dropping off over the weekend to just over 1,000 per hour. Read the full story for the rest of the stats. …
Mar 15
We’ve mentioned the beautiful Plastic Logic Que Reader before here. Well, it looks like we’ll have to wait until summer for the release of this gorgeous piece of technology if this post at Seven-Sided Cube is correct. This sleek eReader’s bigger touch-screen (8.5″x11″) and futuristic profile is designed for the business sector, and will give other large-format machines …
Mar 14
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a story at the geek.com that expands on the debate about the text-to-speech function that we mentioned in yesterday’s post about Apple iPad features. Apparently some authors and publishers are making the case that such an auditory expression of eBooks can be considered as “derivative work” and should entitle …
