Nov 10

More about Color E Ink from its MAKER!

Hanlon announced the release of its Color E Ink device here. Now E Ink Holdings has just officially launched its ‘Triton,’ the first color electronic paper display. (The very technology used in Hanlon’s eBook reader.) Check out the Engadget story. Watch the video too. Flashy and it tells you how E Ink works.

E Ink Triton Imaging Film from E Ink Corporation on Vimeo.

Nov 09

Color E Ink has Arrived!

CNN and just about everyone else is talking about the release of a color E Ink eBook Reader from Chinese eReader manufacturer Hanvon. This device will make quite a splash with publishers of illustrated books and magazines but it remains to be seen whether it’s essential to reading John Grisham–especially with its $440 price tag.

Of course, every eBook Revolution watcher knows it might be worth waiting. Recent price wars among black and white E Ink eReaders suggest high prices have a short shelf life. Read the full story here.

Nov 08

A Slippery Slope at Barnes and Noble

Barnes & Noble has announced their latest scheme to increase sales (and PROFIT) and offset the (sometimes) high price of eBooks. Knowelty.com reports that B&N is set to release a Danielle Steele novel FREE to download but there’s a catch. Advertising will be built into the pages.

They assure the readership that the advertisements will be unobtrusive and tasteful; but honestly, how long is that going to last? The minute publishers understand that they can add to their revenue streams by advertising between the digital covers of say, Stephen King’s latest, then there will be a great temptation to build in more and more ads.

It’s a slippery slope.

Nov 07

Readers Go After Amazon Writers!

Thanks Jorgen for a link to this Guardian.co.uk post that follows the struggle over eBook pricing. This adds to a previous story where Amazon’s UK Kindle store caved to publishers’ demands to take control of their own over-pricing.

Now the readers are fighting back.

Nov 06

Energy Multimedia Color Book eReader by Energy Sistem

Softpedia reports on yet another color eBook reader entering the explosive pre-holiday eBook Revolution.

The Energy Multimedia Color Book eReader by Energy Sistem comes with a 5-inch color display that swaps a touch screen for price with the 2GB version of the device hitting the market at about $156 (USD). Check out the specifics here.

Nov 05

The Novel from Pandigital

Here’s another new Color eBook Reader coming to the market. The Pandigital Novel has a familiar 7-inch color LCD screen, access to Barnes and Noble’s eBook store and runs on the Internet-ready Android.

Check out Wireless Goodness’ post on the Novel here.  It’s going to be one wild Christmas for the eBook Revolution.

Nov 04

Samsung Galaxy Tab Reviewed

ITPro reviews the Samsung Galaxy Tab here. This tablet has a 7-inch screen with overall physical dimensions slightly smaller than the Apple iPad it was designed to compete against. It’s expensive like iPad too coming in at £529.99 ($863 USD).

There are a ton of similarities between the products but the Samsung Galaxy Tab pulls into the lead by running on Android 2.2, Google’s mobile operating system that allows Flash playback.

That opens the device to the entire Internet, where iPad’s exclusion of the Flash playback seriously hampers Apple’s ability to deliver the world.

Nov 03

Amazon Kindle 3 and You…

Ars technica offers an in-depth look at the Amazon Kindle 3 that focuses on the machine’s human interface. Author Nate Anderson intentionally avoids the technical in favor of answering questions like: “is it user-friendly,” and “does it deliver the goods in a way that does not detract from the reading experience?”

Nov 02

Publishers Impressed by new NookColor eReader

Publisher’s Weekly reports that publishers attending the New York launch of Barnes and Noble’s $249 NookColor eBook reader were impressed by the new full-color device.

Among its admirers, Susan Katz, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Book Group felt the NookColor would be the perfect vehicle to boost picture book sales.

Nov 01

Agency Pricing Hits Amazon UK Kindle Store

Thanks Jorgen for a link to this story at ebookmagazine.co.uk that describes the agency model ‘invading’ Amazon’s UK branch, despite Amazon’s vow to fight the encroachment.

The agency model allows publishers to set their own prices and has already shown an increase in Kindle eBook pricing elsewhere. It’s expected to do the same at Amazon’s UK Kindle store.

To show how contentious things are getting between publishers and the eBook retailer Kindle Books sold through Amazon’s UK Kindle store using the agency pricing model are labeled: “This price was set by the publisher.”