I tell you this much. If I sold newsprint for a living I’d be thinking of changing careers. Check this out. Here we’ve got 24-inch eReader, displaying with e-ink, one in black and white, one in color. I’m blown away by this one. This is absolutely incredible! Forget video books! This is the kind of …
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Feb 06
Worst Idea Ever!
Look okay. I’m usually the first person to get excited about future tech and robots and viewscreens and stuff. But this is just, well see for yourself. Read the story here. Honestly. Maybe it’s because I’m already embarrassed for writers at those author readings. You’ve got to really be jonesing for your favorite scribe to drop …
Feb 04
Profit in Silence
Well, love em or hate em, you’ve got to admire Amazon’s handling of the Kindle. They’ve been notorious for their sphinx-like response to questions about the actual numbers of Kindles sold. They don’t say anything! Anyone ever curious about Kindle has by now visited the Amazon Kindle page to see that it’s been listed as …
Feb 04
eBooks Just Published for Readers and Writers
Here’s a site for readers and writers alike.  Okay, Readers!  Mark Gladding of Tumbywood Software, an avid eBook reader, created eBooks Just Published as a meeting place where readers like him could find DRM-free eBooks. And Writers! If you’re planning to release Author Direct eBook versions of your work, you can do it here. Now Everybody! Mark Gladding …
Feb 03
Mobipocket or Amazon?
We’re all going to have to learn about Mobipocket sooner or later, and since I’ve referenced them a couple times, I’ll provide a link to the whole backstory here. Amazon bought Mobipocket in March 2005. The company produces a catchall reader for PDA’s called Mobipocket Reader software. The package is free and provides digital publishing …
Feb 02
Printing Costs Driving the Move to Digital
Read this story from the Silicon Alley Insider. They’re claiming that it would be more cost effective for the New York Times to just send everyone a new Kindle. It wouldn’t surprise me. Haven’t traditional print media been printing their own money for years? This story is something else. You can read the discussion over …
Feb 01
Feedbooks.com for Free Books
Wow. This is a cool site. Interesting for readers and writers alike. Feedbooks.com allows you to select free eBooks in various formats for download. Of course that means you’re getting public domain material, but there’s a growing list of Author Direct eBooks. It also offers free online publishing for writers. The process takes a few …
Jan 31
Baen Free Library
The people in charge at Baen Publishing know what they’re doing, yah? And they know their audience. You can already hear the pocket protectors rustling… Just kidding. I saw some of my favorite authors there too: Larry Niven, Fred Saberhagen, etc. My point is, could there be a more receptive group of readers for free eBooks …
Jan 30
And the Fight is On!
So the fancy footwork before they get up in each other’s grills… In May 2008 Mobipocket president and CEO Martin Gorner said Mobipocket would release updated readers for the various platforms, as well as release a new reader for the Apple iPhone by the end of the year. iPhone and iPod Touch owners cannot read …
Jan 29
Amazon’s Kindle 2 February 9!
I almost feel like a newspaper reporter. I mean, did anybody see that, I mentioned this two days ago! Anyway, Kindle 2 is coming. The complete New York Times article is here. And Amazon’s got the lowdown here. As mentioned in the New York Times story, the Boy Genius Report has spy photos of it …
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