Kobo is offering eBook bundles for the holidays to sweeten the pot for potential Kobo Wireless eReader buyers. The eBook bundles cater to a range of tastes: Nora Roberts, Vampire Diaries, Millennium Trilogy, to name a few. An excellent idea for holiday gifting, the bundles let you personalize a present and make the device ready to read with pre-loaded favorites. Read the full press release and all the details at BusinessWire.
Nov 25
WOW! Talk about Best Buy! Sony Reader Pocket Edition for $99!
Best Buy is offering the Sony – Reader Pocket Edition Digital Book for an incredible price of $99. With a 5-inch screen, it’s slightly smaller than the industry standard for E Ink devices like Kindle, Nook and Kobo, but the Sony Reader Pocket Edition is a solid, no frills machine that will perform far beyond that entry level price. Have you ever handled one of Sony’s eReaders. They ‘feel’ like something you could leave in your will.
I don’t know how long the sale lasts, so jump on it, if you want to grab an excellent holiday deal!
Nov 24
Mobile TechReview Reviews the Barnes & Noble Nook Color
Mobile Tech Review has a very detailed video review of the Barnes and Noble Nook Color eBook Reader. It also includes a side by side comparison of Nook Color with Sony E Ink Reader Daily Edition, Samsung Galaxy Tab, iPad and Next2 eBook reader. Worth checking out.
Nov 23
Put a familiar face on your Kindle.
Check out DODOcase’s covers and interiors for Kindle 3. It was just a matter of time before the accessories started appearing for the holiday season. I like it because the arrival of accessories like the DODOcase indicates the eBook Revolution is coming of age.
Nov 22
Pandigital’s Novel eReader Launches!
GoodeReader updates us on the release of the Pandigital Novel eReader, now available for $213 at QVC. This after a shaky start that involved a recall of units as problems with firmware cast the future of the 9″ full-color Android tablet in doubt.
Nov 21
iPad Newspaper on the Way!
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting story at the Guardian.co.uk that announces the upcoming release of the Daily, a digital newspaper designed specifically for iPad and similar devices.
A brainchild of Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch, the Daily breaks new ground in several ways, most significantly in its adoption of a digital-only format. Up until now, newspaper publishers have used the business model that depends on a printed version to justify advertisers coming aboard.
Nov 20
Amazon Allows Kindle eBook Giving for the Holidays
Digital Trends has the story about Amazon loosening up its rules on Kindle Book usage and allowing consumers to give them for Christmas and the holidays. And you don’t have to own a Kindle to give or receive.
The service isn’t available yet, but it’s slated to be in place for the holiday buying season.
Nov 19
View Quest BookBox $110 Color eBook Reader
IndyPosted has a report on the View Quest BookBox making it the market in time for Christmas at the staggeringly low price of $110 for a full color device. Check it out here. Just some more options available this holiday season. Might be a perfect first eBook Reader for the curious who must have color!
Nov 18
Consumer Backlash Against Publisher Agency Pricing Model
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a FutureBook update about the ongoing battle between publishers, retailers and consumers regarding the adoption of the agency pricing model in the UK. The publishers are trying to manipulate the market by over-pricing eBooks (often tagged over the price of hard covers) in an effort to maintain control of the market and cool down the growth of the eBook Revolution. Amazon’s trying to play it somewhere in the middle, but publishers have long distrusted the online eBook retailer.
This manipulation will only ‘justify’ a sharp rise in eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing.
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