The Wall Street Journal is reporting: Despite its early lead in the fast-growing e-book market, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) faces growing competition from tech giants Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), according to one analyst. Marianne Wolk of Susquehanna downgraded Amazon to a neutral rating on Monday. In a note to clients, the analyst cited [...]
Entries from June 29th, 2010
Hall of Shame Nominees 2
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Below are the second round Hall of Shame nominees received from readers. If you want to participate, send your nominations to hallofshame[at]anamericaneditor.com and be sure to follow the format shown in these entries.1. Star Trek (movie tie-in) by Alan Dean Foster Format: print Problem: poor editing Samples of errors: Captain Kirk’s father, under attack, discovers he’s [...]
Hall of Shame Nominees 1
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Below are the first Hall of Shame nominees received from readers. Remember that if you want to participate, send your nominations to hallofshame[at]anamericaneditor.com and be sure to follow the format shown in these entries. 1. Permed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mystery 1) by Nancy J. Cohen. Format: ebook Publisher: E-Reads. Problem: Poor editing Samples of [...]
Symtio’s buyer is revealed
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news
Austin Business Journal is reporting that LibreDigital have bought hybrid digital content distributor Symtio from Zondervan, a HarperCollins sub. You might remember that I reported last week that NewsCorp bought this company; I was wrong, NewsCorp own HarperCollins, so they were the corporate parent. (I corrected my post a few hours after writing it.) FYI: [...]
Morning Links 29 June 2010
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · links post
A collection of interesting stories for Tuesday, 29 June.
B&N has a bigger ebook market share than they do in paper
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · bn, press release
Barnes & Noble released their FY2010 financial reports today. Income is up (good), they posted a small loss (not so good), and here’s the kicker: “In fact, in just a brief 12 months since we launched the Barnes and Noble ebookstore, our share of the digital market already exceeds our share of the retail book [...]
Where Are All the iOS Magazine Subscription Apps?
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Sports Illustrated is the latest big-name magazine publisher to offer an iPad edition. It’s a nice looking product, btw. The app itself is free and it includes a sample of what’s to come. It joins the likes of Time, Wired and Newsweek…but they all currently have the same limitation: You can only buy individual issues, [...]
Tags:apps·ios·magazine·subscription
Review: Kindle for Android
June 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Amazon just released the app today. It’s only available in the Android Market, so here is a copy for those who need it. Kindle for Android (requires v1.6) Please excuse the lack of pictures. I only have a large screen Android tablet working right now, and it wouldn’t really convey the experience you would have. [...]
Kindle for Android out now
June 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Amazon, Android, software news
From the press release: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that its suite of free Kindle reading apps now includes Kindle for Android. Customers around the world can now download this free application from Android Market and enjoy Amazon’s vast selection of Kindle books on their Android-powered devices. … Customers can learn more about Kindle for [...]
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