There’s a well known fact about ad revenues for print vs internet: internet ad revenues are usually lower than print. This fact is one of the reasons given for why some websites are implementing paywalls. They’re trying to bring in more money to boost their website revenue to the same range as their print revenue. [...]
Entries from April 7th, 2011
Mirasol screen delayed – again
April 5th, 2011 · 9 Comments · hardware news
I had a brief talk with a Qualcomm rep today, and as usual the most common response was “no comment”. The talk was brief because the rep maintained the company line. You know that Pocketbook are working on a Mirsol e-reader, right? Well, no. Not according to Qualcomm. They never said that so they refuse [...]
Digital Native Diatribe
April 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
In listening to one of the keynotes at Computers in Libraries conference last week about the digital natives, I sat in the main ballroom and quietly seethed. My eyes were Gatling cannons of mind bullets, none of which were capable of bringing down the buzzword behemoth that lumbered onwards in its rhetoric. “The digital natives [...]
Amazon Blaze to run Android, have a 4.3″ Mirasol screen
April 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · humor
I wanted to share an elaborate April Fool’s day joke with you. The folks at Android Police spent much of last week putting together a truly impressive practical joke. the combined plausible pictures, detailed tech specs, and even a faked handout from Amazon. I nearly fell for it, it’s that good. i also know a [...]
On Adapting to new systems
April 4th, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
So yesterday I wrote a post about why I brought my Win7 convertible with me but not my iPad or android tablet. That post has gotten several interesting comments, and one in particular inspired me to respond with this post. The reader suggested that I just need time to learn how iOS does things. While [...]
Across the Pond, E-readers are not Library Equivalents Edition
April 3rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
Leo Benedictus writes in Prospect Magazine about the closing of libraries in England and the rise of e-reading. Salient quote: The talk of a future in which children cannot access books is also not just wrong, but backwards. E-readers—already available for £52 ($83), and falling—offer an incomparably more convenient way for anyone to find good [...]
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I’m not taking my iPad or Android tablet to the conference
April 3rd, 2011 · 13 Comments · opinion
I’m traveling top NYC this afternoon for a conference and I finally decided on what gadgets I’m going to bring. Due to weight (and the fact that I don’t want to leave electronics in my hotel room), I had to pick between a Win7 tablet convertible or (as a pair) my iPad and Viewsonic gTablet. [...]
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Ebooks will bring chaos, panic, and disorder
April 2nd, 2011 · 11 Comments · opinion
I’ve had an epiphany this past week, and it finally put the scale of the ebook revolution into focus. Some publishers are panicked because they think everything is about to change. They see ebooks as a coming tsunami that could wipe away their existing business model. They should be afraid; vast chunks of the existing [...]
Mirasol, Pocketbook, and e-readers
April 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
I’m going to be in NYC for a conference next week. I noticed while laying pout my schedule earlier that Qualcomm have a booth at the conference, and they also have a senior person as a guest speaker on Wednesday. This isn’t unusual, actually, and I doubt that Qualcomm will announce the new e-reader this [...]
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