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 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.
Dec 28
eBook Revolution Holiday Headlines
There are so many eBook headlines this holiday season, I’ll just list a bunch of links. Lots of interesting developments on the eBook Revolution’s first mainstream Christmas.
ReviewsofElectronics reports that the Barnes and Noble NookColor eBook Reader has garnered Cnet Editor’s Choice Award.
Suite101.com says the Amazon Kindle outsold the popular Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.
eBookMagazine.co.uk posted on the new iFlow eBook reader for iPad launching earlier this month and making its way into the Apple iUniverse of devices.
And FocusTaiwan reports on China’s biggest eBook Reader producer Havon unveiling a eBook Store offering multi-language titles in Taiwan.
Dec 27
The eBook Revolution Continues to Grow
This Los Angeles Times feature on the future of reading starts to describe the shifting ground in the publishing world. Now that technology allows writers to bypass the old publishing paradigm and basically cut traditional publishers out of the loop, more and more established authors are seeing this as an opportunity to increase their profits and take greater control of their careers.
It’s an excellent development, but it’s also important to recognize the contribution of the many thousands of independent authors who built the groundwork for this development. Shut out of the old publishing platform, these indie pioneers were first to explore the digital publishing possibilities, and they usually did so on their own dime, with the open derision of the bricks and mortar publishing world.
Market leverage and connections will always matter, but the end result of these digital developments is a more level playing field where the reader can pick the great writers and the good, and publishers will have to scramble to remain relevant.
Maybe they’ll need agents…
Dec 25
The eBook Revolution’s first Mainstream Christmas!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! I can hear the wrapping paper tearing and all those new eBook Readers and Tablets searching for an Internet connection.
Enjoy your new devices. To get started, here are a few websites that offer free eBooks.
Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats.
Project Gutenberg – Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. Too many titles to count…
Google Books. A huge selection of free eBooks in the Internet search giant’s eBook store.
Smashwords offers a long list of free eBook titles in formats to suit your new eBook reader.
G. Wells Taylor has free and/or affordable titles that are receiving great reviews at GWellsTaylor.com, SkinEaters.com and via his blog. Multiple formats available.
Jennifer L. Armstrong hosts Free Online Novels where she’s posted an impressive list of free online novels along with her own. Various formats. Huge Selection!
Author Susan Crealock has several hundred FREE eBooks available at her blog: Online Novels. We’re talking about some 500 titles in a wide selection of genres written by both traditionally published and Indie authors. Check it out.
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