When I was at the conference last week someone told be that the publishing industry had learned from the mistakes of the recording industry and that publishers wouldn’t follow the same route of alienating readers. Today I have the misfortune to report that at least one publisher haven’t learned anything. John Wiley, a technical and [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2011
Wiley to Follow in RIAA Footsteps – Now Suing Ebook Pirates
October 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · piracy
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What Should We Do About Student’s Backpacks Being Weighed Down by Heavy Ebooks?
October 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · humor
A fascinating little story broke last week in the NYTimes., and it looks like any hope of replacing a heavy textbook with a light ebook are about to be dashed. The NYTimes asked John Kubiatowicz, a Computer Science Professor at UC Berkeley, whether ebooks had any weight. It turns out they do, much to my [...]
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Amazon in Talks to Release the Kindle in China – I Doubt It Will Happen
October 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news
I wouldn’t normally pay attention to these kind of rumors, but last week one of Amazon’s VPs was reportedly in China to talk import regulations with their government. Amazon Global Vice President Marc Onetto was interviewed last Thursday and he said that they are in active negotiation with the Chinese government regulators, and they are [...]
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Barnes & Noble Now Sending Out Invites for Nook Launch – 7 November
October 31st, 2011 · 14 Comments · hardware news
Word is going around that Barnes & Noble is inviting the press to an event in New York on 7 November. There’s no word yet on what B&N plan to launch, but as you can clearly see from the image above this is going to be a Nook launch. I told you so. I’ve just [...]
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Could a Re-organization be in the Works at OverDrive?
October 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rumors
I heard the most interesting rumor at Books in Browsers last week, and while I don’t know that anything is going on behind the scenes I thought it was too juicy to share. OverDrive, the dominant player in ebook checkout services, might be about to management team with a new direction. Here’s what I know. [...]
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Silk Isn’t Enough: Amazon and the Library Book Borrower
October 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
Disregarding one’s privacy seems to be the in thing for companies to do today. It seems as if every time I turn around there is another story about another company or government agency ignoring privacy rights. And who can keep up with the constant shifting sands as regards privacy at websites like Facebook? A user [...]
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Kobo Vox Delayed until 7 November
October 30th, 2011 · 8 Comments · hardware news
Kobo sent out an email today announcing that they were out of Vox tablets, and that my ship date was going to be delayed. Now, this has to be a coincidence but it is still deliciously amusing. Kobo won’t ship the Vox until 7 November, the same day as the expected launch of the new [...]
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GameStop Just Started a Tablet Price War
October 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news, opinion
Three days ago GameStop announced that they were now selling a trio of Android tablets that came bundled games. The tablets are available on line and in some stores. I’m 3 days behind everyone else on this story, so that would have been enough to pass on it and go write other posts. But I’ve [...]
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Kobo to Launch Both Self-Pub and Traditional Publishing Platforms Next Year
October 30th, 2011 · No Comments · kobo, Self-Pub
One of the hot stories this past week (that I didn’t get to because I was at a conference) was that Kobo planned to expand and launch their own publishing imprint. But did anyone mention that Kobo are also working on a new self-pub platform? No? I didn’t think so. There isn’t much detail available [...]
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Weekly Roundup 30 October
October 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Round up
It’s been a hectic week here at TDR (that’s why I didn’t post this yesterday morning). The top posts are spread across a number of categories, including PDF on Android, Epub on Kindle, Hacking the Sony Reader Wifi, and of course the leak about the upcoming release of the new Nook. Reviews, editorials, and current [...]
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