Apr 02
The Vancouver Sun offers us a post on the BookNet Canada Tech Forum 2011 in Toronto where the publishing industry is embracing digital after years of fending it off with both hands.
I get a kick out of that. A decade of resistance, and suddenly it’s an embrace.
Apr 01
ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s announcement that Kindle books will soon have page numbers.
Smashwords Founder, Mark Coker, shows us where eBook buyers live in a story at HuffingtonPost.
BlogCritics reports on an Expert Panel discussion of eBooks, Digital Books and Apps.
GalleyCat talks about a new eBook App that will let you incorporate Twitter conversations into your reading experience.
Mar 31
Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for dropping off a link to The Digital Reader where a feature by Eric Landes takes a look at eBook prices and continues the search for digital publishing’s elusive pricing ‘sweet spot.’
An excellent read that many traditional publishers could learn from. (The eBook Revolution demands adaptation. Old business models must be abandoned.)
Mar 30
Publishers Weekly posts on publisher Other Press raising its author royalty on eBook sales from the industry 25% to a full 50% because they’re “an author-driven house.”
In other words, this publisher is scrambling to remain relevant in a marketplace that is rapidly removing middlemen from the exchange between author and reader. With Amazon.com offering authors a 70% royalty for direct eBook sales, well the writing is on the wall for publishers who want a cut…
Mar 29
We’ve talked before about this year being HUGE for eBook reading tablets like iPad, ColorNOOK, PlayBook etc. as an army of competing devices begin landing in a heated eBook marketplace.
Kevin Tofel at Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting take on the approaching full-color, multifunction mayhem.
Mar 28
I’m not sure what to think of this. The video speaks for itself. Some students at Osaka University are trying to enhance the eBook reading experience and came up with Paranga.
Mar 27
Thanks Jorgen for this FutureBook story about the much-touted enhanced or interactive eBooks and their inability to gain ground against more traditional text on ePaper competitors.
I think it’s too early to judge the long-term viability of these hybrids since the eBook Market is really only in its infancy, and the machinery is just coming into place for designers to build for.
Mar 26
Liliputing reports on an update coming next month to Barnes and Noble’s popular NookColor eBook Reader that will include Flash support and downloadable Apps.
I guess B&N has decided to see their full color eBook Reader in the same way it is viewed in the marketplace: as a very affordable tablet computer.
Mar 25
The Bookseller.com offers statistics that describe the trends driving eBook sales, and consumers are calling FREE titles an important factor in the deal.
Mar 24
Gigaom.com offers this post on Marc Parrish, VP of Retention and Loyalty Management for Barnes & Noble when he spoke at the Structure Big Data conference in New York. The article’s an excellent update as the publishing world goes digital, readers continue to adopt the technology and the eBook Revolution evolves.
