I’m not. Everyone’s writing about an article on WWD Media blog about the declining sales of iPad magazine apps. I’m not sure why this is news; we’ve already seen this happen. Many magazines that are available on the iPad, such as Esquire, People and The New Yorker, have not posted their digital single-issue sales to [...]
Entries from December 29th, 2010
Is anyone surprised by the drop in magazine app sales?
December 29th, 2010 · 7 Comments · ebookstore news
LG Display, iriver to demo new e-reader at CES?
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’m still not sure this one is for real. There was a news story on the Korean business blog AsiaE a few days ago which talked about the iriver Story HD, the new e-reader that LG Display and iriver were going to show off at CES next week. This e-reader is supposed to have a [...]
comiXology celebrate 1 million app downloads, 5k titles in ebookstore
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: New York, NY, January 3rd, 2011 – comiXology, the leading digital comic book provider, today announced it is kick starting the New Year with more than 5,000 digital comics available on its platform. The expansion of its library follows a banner year in 2010 with comic book fans everywhere making it [...]
Tags:1·5k·app·celebrate·comixology·downloads·ebookstore·million·titles
Question of the Year: Does Amazon Have Too Much Power?
December 29th, 2010 · 10 Comments · opinion
Amazon is probably the largest bookseller, dollar-wise, in America and the world. Certainly, it is the largest ebook seller in America. And Amazon has spread its tentacles so that it is not only a bookseller, but it competes with publishers as a publisher.
Infibeam add Wiley, Elsevier, Pearson to their ebookstore
December 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Infibeam continues to make significant additions to its eBook store. For the first time in India, technology ebooks from publishers like Cambridge University Press, Tata McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Pearson and John Wiley & Sons have been made available on a single platform.
New firmwares available for Pandigital Novel e-reader
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I just came across a thread over at MobileRead. One MobileRead member went through the effort to find links to firmwares for all the different versions of this e-reader made by BenQ. BTW, I’m talking about the Pantigital Novel with a 6″ Sipix screen, not the LCD models. If you’re confused by the naming convention, [...]
Tags:ereader·firmwares·pandigital
Vodaphone tablet clears the FCC
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
A tablet from Vodaphone showed up on the FCC website today.It’s based on a 7″ LCD screen (800×480) and it comes with 1GB Flash, a SD card slot, USB Host, a stylus, speakers, a 2MP camera, and WCDMA network support.It doesn’t appear to have been tested for Wifi. It’s not clear what the OS is, [...]
New firmware available for Sony Reader
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
The developers at EbookApps have announced an update for their alternative firmware for the Sony PRS-505 and PRS-300. Improvements include: Added applications: Chess, Calculator, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Shultz table. Ukrainian localization. (We need your further help with UI localizations!) Improvements in Fonts Settings. Minor changes and bug-fixes. For developers: SDK for applications development for our firmware [...]
New project site launched for Augen The Book e-reader
December 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I’ve just heard over at MobileRead that someone is starting a project with the goal of hacking Augen’s e-reader. His long term goal is to be able to use The Book as a limited netbook computer. This could be shiny, but only if Augen follows through and hands over the source code (as required by [...]
An example of wishful thinking – some predictions for 2011
December 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · opinion
Have you read the post by Phillip Ruppel, President of Mcgraw-Hill, over at Mashable? In that post he makes 5 predictions on the future of ebooks and digital content. I think he’s wrong on at least 4 of his predictions. The one that I’m not commenting on is his first, and it covers the rise [...]
Tags:2011·predictions·thinking·wishful
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