Jun 20
Planning to read on your summer vacation? Whether you do it on a Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader or iPad it pays to put some thought into their protection and care.
With that in mind, GoodeReader has posted some suggestions to help you avoid destroying your device, and to minimize the damage if it occurs.
Jun 19
Techdirt offers a post where Indie author J.A. Konrath has a few words regarding the Mystery Writers of America’s outdated thinking, and draws a parallel with some of the mindsets seen among traditional publishers who seem reluctant to embrace the eBook Revolution in its entirety.
The truth is the new open digital publishing market has created many doorways for good to great authors to find their own readers. And the traditional publishing world is losing its opportunity to be a part of the process. (If it’s not too late already.)
Jun 17
Internet search giant Google continues to quietly develop its eBook sales and search capabilities. I say ‘quietly’ because for a giant, Google is relatively hushed as it rolls out its Google eBooks program compared to chief rivals Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, etc. (All known for fighting over the limelight.)
GalleyCat posted on Google’s recent launch of the Google Affiliate Network for U.S. retailers, bloggersĂ‚Â and book publishers that are open to selling Google eBooks online.
Jun 16
XbitLaboratories reports on the persistent rumor that Amazon.com is developing a tablet bearing the codename “Hollywood” that will expand the online retailer’s digital content delivery system beyond its industry leading Kindle E Ink eReader.
I’ve got a feeling they’ll announce this device in the lead-up to the 2011 holiday season.
Jun 15
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. We’ve long grumbled about the big eBook retailer’s insistence on proprietary formats, registration, memberships, etc. that force the consumer to read their eBook purchases on specific ‘tethered’ devices or platforms. One could buy an eBook, but had to read it where and how the retailer dictated.
Well, this geek.com post and video shows in no uncertain terms how old that concept has suddenly become.
Because the new Barnes and Noble E Ink Nook Simple Touch Reader runs on Android, a minor hack can root the drive, thus opening the door for you to read Amazon Kindle books on the device.
It’s really quite amazing, and about time. Doesn’t that also make it the first E Ink Tablet?
Jun 14
ITProPortal updates us on the eBook Reader that dreamed of being a tablet.
The Barnes and Noble NookColor has had some software upgrades and now easily fills a gap in the marketplace created by a long list of no-nonsense E Ink eReaders and the full color, multifunction Apple iPad.
At $249 the NookColor is easily winning the hearts of newbie readers and web browsers alike by coming in at under half the price of the iPad, but with the ability to support Flash.
With 3-million NookColors shipping last year, it might be time for Apple to rethink its Flash-feud.
Jun 13
As the eBook Revolution stands poised to deliver more surprises in the continuing struggle for digital publishing supremacy, we offer you a link to GoodeReader where they’ve listed their picks for the Top 5 eBook eReaders for June 2011.
Jun 12
GoodeReader has a post on Kobo’s plan to launch an eBook Lending and Indie author portal later this year.
Jun 10
I predicted a $79 E Ink eBook Reader by Christmas 2011 and this is just another sign that my wishful thinking may come true. Techland predicts the Amazon Kindle price will drop below $100. They cite the recent release of the $114 Kindle with Special Offers as proof that the lower pricing trend will continue.
And the existence of a $99 Kobo Wireless E Ink eReader should already be incentive enough to push the price war below the $100 barrier.
Jun 09
Liliputing got their hands on the new Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader and found a couple of interesting things you might not expect to find in an E Ink machine. Video and pictures at the link.
