Oct 16
Liliputing says tech company Epesitec is releasing a 7-inch, full color tablet priced to sell at $189.
This price is clearly intended as a shot across the bow of Amazon’s new $199 Kindle Fire tablet.
It remains to be seen if Epesitec’s android device can compete.
Oct 15
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen who dropped in with a link to a New York Times feature on the evolution of the eBook Revolution.
Here the writer Alexandra Horowitz laments the questionable future of the old standard: the footnote.
Oct 14
The guardian.co.uk reports on the WH Smith announcement that it will join the eBook Revolution by signing a distribution deal with Kobo.
The book retailer will sell two versions of the popular Kobo eReader in an effort to support its list of traditional book titles.
The move will expose WH Smith patrons who adopt the technology to 2.2 million titles and 1 million free eBooks.
Oct 12
Techdirt has a post on a recent spat between Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com regarding the sale of DC comic books that ended with B&N removing 100 DC comic titles.
This over a deal DC signed to give Amazon exclusive ePublishing rights to the digital versions of those comics.
Sounds like the pressure is getting to Barnes and Noble. They should focus on getting the next nook onto the market.
Oct 11
ars technica offers this step by step (hands on) review/how-to on checking out a library book using the Amazon Kindle. The service is still relatively new so it may not be available in your area, but it is rather exciting just the same.
Oct 10
The BookSeller says that Google has launched its long-awaited UK eBook Store and will open storefronts in Canada and Australia… soon.
Read more at the link.
Oct 07
Amazon Kindle books are now available through a new online presence in France.
Added to the already wildly successful U.S., UK and German sites, GoodeReader says this development is a win-win situation for readers and writers that speaks directly to a global marketplace hungry for content.
Oct 06
We’ve mentioned this story a couple of times, where Apple is accused of conspiring with publishers to fix the price of eBooks by way of adopting the agency pricing model.
A lawsuit charges the publishers and booksellers with manipulating the market in an effort to keep eBook prices high enough to cool off the otherwise explosive eBook market and force pricing parity with their paper and ink counterparts.
Mobiledia has updates on the story that now shows Amazon and Barnes and Noble named in the lawsuit.
Oct 05
Slashgear reports that Amazon sold 250,000 Kindle Fire tablets in five days. At 50,000 units a day, Amazon is showing that with a few adjustments (camera addition, etc.) the Fire could turn into the Apple iPad killer everyone anticipates.
Good to remember also that 50,000 units a day is a very respectable performance.
