PCMAG goes face to face with the new Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader and I think it’s love. Sounds like the new E Ink device from B&N is ready to tear Amazon’s Kindle a new one.
Jun 01
Good technology. Bad idea.
eBookNewser has a story about new technology that allows authors to digitally ‘sign’ their eBooks. Customers can order a ‘personalized’ signature or purchase a prepared file that can be added to the eBook at checkout.
While I think it’s an interesting development, that certainly has merit–especially, if they can make it ‘real time’ for authors at eBook signings–I cannot imagine paying extra for it.
May 30
Amazon Tablet Rumors Grow…
Amazon.com will not confirm the rumor about its Android tablet, but that’s not holding anyone back. eWeek has a post where an analyst predicts the device could sell in the 2.4 million range over 2012 with a late 2011 holiday season launch. The analyst in charge of the numbers modeled sales on chief tablet competitor Apple iPad.
With PCMag reporting the tablet’s code names ‘Coyote’ and ‘Hollywood’ could official confirmation be far behind?
May 29
Amazon has visions of total market domination…
TechFlash has a story about Amazon diving into publishing in a big way. This one is bound to heat up the discussion.
Not too sure how happy anyone is going to be with the world’s biggest eBook seller publishing its own book imprints. (Conflict of Interest?) Unless it’s payback time. Most of the big publishers are getting into direct eSales themselves.
May 27
Barnes and Noble scraps with Amazon over battery life.
eBookNewser reports on wrangling between Barnes and Noble and Amazon over claims of extended battery life. It’s an interesting read, and one that shows how the strain of competition can manifest in an industry that is breaking records and delivering massive profits.
May 26
Amazon Kindle 3G with Special Offers $164
Somewhat predictably, Amazon has answered the challenge from Barnes and Noble’s Nook Simple Touch Reader ($139 USD) and Kobo’s eReader Touch Edition ($129.99 USD) with the release of their Amazon Kindle 3G with Special Offers for only $164 USD.
Basically, Amazon’s offering their Kindle 3G (usually priced at $189 USD) for $25 less, but subsidized by on-screen ads. Engadget has more on the story.
Now, what’s Apple iPad got to say about all of this competition?
May 25
The new Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader
Ubergizmo has a post with pictures on the release of the new Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader. What I like about this device is it’s hitting the market with a $139 price tag, a realistic start that hits the price mark of Amazon’s lowest priced ad-free Kindle.
It boasts a sleek new look, bearing a 6-inch improved E Ink touch-screen display. With a 2-month battery, it’s a bold statement to the other eBook market leaders. With the Monday launch of the new $129 Kobo eReader Touch Edition, I think we’re seeing another escalation in the battle for supremacy.
Can anyone say “Price War?”
May 24
$129.99 Kobo eReader Touch Edition
Marketwatch posted on Kobo’s announcement at the Bookexpo America concerning the launch of their new Kobo eReader Touch Edition. Priced at $129.99 USD and $139.99 CAD the device touted as the first International eReader is sure to shake up the eBook Reader market with its touch-screen, wireless features and access to Kobo’s massive catalog of eBook titles.
Of note in the post: the arrival of this new Kobo eReader will lower the price of the first generation Kobo WiFi eReader to $99.99 USD and $109 CAD. That marks the first time one of the big competitors in the E Ink eReader market has broken the $100 mark (without conditions or coupons on the sale!).
That’s going to cause some ripples.
May 23
Game-changing Indie Publishing
The Kansas City Star’s Noah Homola offers a detailed report on the game-changing shift to Indie publishing brought on by the eBook Revolution’s accessible technology, and the strategy of democratization embraced by the big eBook vendors.
May 21
Social future for eBooks?
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