Jan 07

eBook Rumors Weekend Assortment

Lots of developments in the eBook Revolution at the following links.

WalletPop tells you how to get the biggest bang for your buck when adding titles to your new eBook Reader.

ReadWriteWeb says eBook checkouts from libraries rose 200% last year.

ReviewsofElectronics has a post on Kindle’s coming competition with almost 100 new tablets expected to be introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.

Ubergizmo says the Aluratek Libre Air eBook Reader should be hitting the market in February priced to sell at $129.

Suite101.com offers a posting on OverDrive’s eReader Guide. It’s designed to help libraries walk through the eBook checkout process.

Jan 06

2011 International CES, January 6-9

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas opened with tablet PCs (think iPad) headlining one of the events. In fact, as you read or hear around the net, tablet PCs are expected to dominate this year’s show.

This is good for the eBook Revolution, and does not represent the harbinger of doom for single purpose E Ink (or other) eBook Readers like Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, etc. In fact, the technology solidifies their single purpose niche in the market and promises to drive their prices down as the more expensive full-color multi-tasking tablets command the higher price-tag.

Even though the 24-hour news cycle promotes conflict in order to drive stories, this is no either/or scenario. Tablet PC’s and E Ink Readers both read eBooks, and that’s a win-win scenario for eBook and book lovers. The choice of device comes down to personal preference.

Wired.com is at the CES. Words and lots of video at the link.

Jan 05

FREE Dark Horse Digital Comics for 2011

Dark Horse Digital Publishing is giving you a chance to win their entire 2011 digital library.

All you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter. Find more information at the link.

(Slow eBook news day, but this qualifies. Especially, for tablet users.)

Jan 04

Digital Newsstand for Android

Trouble lurks on the horizon as Google continues development on a digital newsstand for the Android operating system and the suite of devices that run it. Mobiputing has a post about the war that is soon to be waged when Android outfitted machines and the Apple iPad compete over digital magazines and periodicals.

Jan 03

More Rumors about Apple iPad 2

The AppleInsider has more information for us about Apple’s next generation iPad.

A lower price might be nice!

Jan 02

Kindle Offers eBook Sharing…Kind of…

Amazon had a Kindle book ‘gifting’ feature installed in time for Christmas, and now they’ve made good on a promise to allow Kindle owners to ‘share’ eBooks from their personal Kindle book collections. ReviewsofElectronics has a post on the topic here.

There are some strings attached like not all Kindle books are eligible, and the sharing only lasts for 14 days, and the shared Kindle book’s owner cannot read the book while it is on loan; but it’s a slow, hesitant step in the right direction.

Oh, and each title can be ‘shared’ only once…so, you can see that while it is an easing of restrictions on Kindle owners, it should not be mistaken for liberty.

Jan 01

2011 – the eBook Revolution Continues

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

eBook Rumors’ prediction for 2011:
A $50 E Ink eBook Reader will be on the market by next Christmas.

Dec 31

eBook Revolution Goes Mainstream in 2011!

ReviewsofElectronics reports Amazon estimating Kindle eBook Reader sales for 2010 at 8 million!

Cnet News says there’s a hack available that will turn your B&N NookColor into a Kindle.

TrustedReviews posted that Sharp’s Galapagos eReader is on its way to America for an early 2011 release.

Electronista says eBook sales outpaced (paper) book sales at Barnes and Noble. The book giant also bragged about the Nook becoming the best selling product in B&N history.

The eBook Revolution charges into 2011!

Dec 30

Did someone give you an eBook this Christmas?

Here’s a CNN post where writer Amy Gahran laments the absence of eBook gifting for machines other than the Amazon Kindle this Christmas .

Actually, Kobo beat the industry leaders to the punch by being the first to allow eBook gifting! Check out the Nov. 18 article at ReadWriteWeb here.

Dec 29

More eBook Revolution Action

If you received an eBook Reader for Christmas then the Gadgeteer will help you get started using it here. Practice on free eBooks, get a feel for your machine…

Over at PublishersWeekly we’ve got Random House reporting record eBook sales.

Tech-On claims that Sony aims to master 40% of the eBook market. (Interesting interview with Fujio Noguchi, deputy president of Digital Reading Business Division, Sony Electronics Inc.)

A Vancouver Sun report says several Kobo eBooks have been downloading every second since Christmas with hundreds of thousands of new eReaders activating every day. A record breaker.