Borders Mimics Canadian Partner’s Pilates Gear to Spur Sales The concept for Indigo was simple: Millions of people love bookstores so much they would buy almost everything there if they could. In the company’s founding documents, Reisman coined the “cultural department store” phrase to describe her booklover’s paradise. And:
Entries from September 21st, 2010
VitalSource Bookshelf now available for iOS
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · iPhone app
An email came into my inbox this morning, and I have to admit I was a little surprised. VitalSource are one of the 2 big textbook platforms (along with CafeScribe). I would have thought that they already had an iOS app. CafeScribe released their app last September. With this new app you will be able [...]
Tags:bookshelf·ios·vitalsource
Take the Agency Ebook Pledge
September 21st, 2010 · 9 Comments · opinion
I was thinking this morning about Hachette introducing Agency pricing in the UK, and I’ve decided it’s time that I wrote down what I’ve been doing with Agency ebooks. Here is the Agency Ebook Pledge: So long as some publishers chose to artificially raise the price of ebooks, and artificially reduce price competition (aka “the [...]
Macmillan, Ingram announce POD partnership
September 21st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Ingram Content Group Inc. and Macmillan today announced a new distribution services model that will integrate Ingram’s print on demand (POD) and fulfillment capability with Macmillan’s publishing program.
Hachette respond to the UK Agency
September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news, opinion
The Bookseller have posted the follow up justification that Hachette are using for justify their switch to the agency model: “While the process of their introduction may seem a bit bossy, the point of agency terms is to create a level playing field for large and small booksellers alike and we believe most people will [...]
Review: PageOne e-reader by Next Papyrus
September 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware reviews
The PageOne was developed by a Korean company, Next Papyrus. It’s currently being sold in Korea (and elsewhere in Asia). They had worked out a deal for Foxit to sell this e-reader in the US under the name eSlick PS (running Foxit’s software, of course). But then Foxit dropped out of the e-reader market, and [...]
My Twitter account is being hacked right now – Don’t touch anything I send
September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
A hacker found a way to exploit the “mouse over” behavior on Twitter. My account has been hijacked and I can’t do anything until Twitter support gets involved. If you see a funny looking tweet, don’t do anything. Moving your mouse cursor over it could get your account hacked. UPDATE: Mashable reports: Twitter tells us [...]
Reading eBooks: LCD vs. eInk
September 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
There is always a lot of discussion about which screen is better for reading ebooks: and LCD screen, which is often less expensive, or eInk-type screens, which are often more expensive. Interestingly, the arguments often revolve around eyestrain, but I’m not so sure that is the real separator.
Inaugural Meeting of the Touch Screen Haters Club
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
At first I was just going to post the image, but then I read the related post. Go read their post on who can’t use touchscreens. It’s funny. via Agent-X Comics
3 Hands on reports for the Sharper Image Literati
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews
The Literati was on display last week at Pepcom’s Holiday Spectacular. I’ve found 3 blogs who took the time to look at the Literati. 2 of the posts are rather shallow, but Cnet’s report is reasonably detailed considering the fact that time was limited and the exhibit hall was probably noisy.
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