The market research firm Strategy Analytic have released their estimates for world tablet sale for Q2 2011. Much to no one’s surprise, Apple reportedly sold 9.3 (ish) million iPads last quarter, and they captured over 60% of the market. Android tablet sales came in a distant second, with around 4.6 million units sold. Of course, [...]
Entries from July 21st, 2011
iPad sales grew last quarter, but tablet sales grew faster
July 21st, 2011 · No Comments · statistics
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MyPadMedia & The Reading Site have upgraded from scams to piracy
July 21st, 2011 · 7 Comments · scam
I just got an email today from www.thereadingsite.com, and they offered to make me an affiliate. I don’t work with scammers, so I turned them down, of course. I haven’t had dealings with the site but I am aware of the name. Carly of Gear Diary has tussled with them once or twice, and they’re [...]
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US ebook sales up in May
July 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments · statistics
The AAP released their monthly sales figures today for May 2011. It took a little number crunching, but it looks like ebooks are up significantly over April 2011. For some reason the AAP decided to hide the specific figures for May, but I dug up the older numbers and did the math myself. Year-to-Date sales [...]
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Google Reader now running up to 50 hours behind
July 21st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Google
This is a follow up post to one I wrote last week. Like many people, I use Google Reader to follow RSS feeds. Also like many people, I’ve noticed that it is sometimes slow. I had always assumed that my sources weren’t providing content in a timely manner.
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BookieJar now selling ebooks through Kobo
July 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
The self-pub writing community BookieJar announced today that they’d signed a new deal with Kobo. You’ll soon be able to buy ebooks written and uploaded by BookieJar members in the Kobo ebookstore. The site opened their doors in October of last year, but didn’t officially launch until May 2011. They describe themselves as “an innovative and [...]
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Borders (US) liquidation sale starts tomorrow
July 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · borders
They’re not wasting any time. A member of IworkAtBorders, a support group for Borders employees, posted late last night that: So we got the answers we have been waiting for today…. Liquidation starts Friday, we should see the liquidator Thursday or Friday. That’s it. Thanks again AA for the chewed up bone you have thrown [...]
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Daily deal: $100 off tablets at Staples & more free Vooks
July 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Daily deals
This is a late night daily deal, but it’s not a problem. The deals will still be good tomorrow. Staples announced a wonderful coupon offer today. You can get $100 off any tablet they sell. That means you can get a $400 eeeTransformer for $300. I don’t usually post about them because they’re outside my [...]
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Kindle will be getting Harry Potter ebooks after all
July 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
Earlier today I worked my way through a valid (but completely wrong) argument how we didn’t know for sure that the kindle would get Harry Potter ebooks. Amazon noted my lunacy post and sent around a clarification. We’re working closely with Pottermore to make sure Kindle customers will be able to buy and read J.K. Rowling’s [...]
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Adobe Digital Editions v1.8 now out – too little, too late
July 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · software news
It’s been 17 months since the last release of Adobe DE, and I had long since given up hope. But on Monday Adobe quietly released a preview copy of the next version of Adobe Digital Edition. It’s not complete, so you might want to wait for the official release. They only announced it today, and [...]
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Cookstr now publishing digital cookbooks
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The online free recipe site Cookstr branched out into publishing yesterday. They’re now selling digital cookbooks. The recipes in each book are not drawn from the website, and according to Cookstr they’ve been carefully curated. All titles are available exclusively on Apple’s iBookstore. There are a total of 32 cookbooks available in the iBookstore on [...]
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