There’s been a surge in the Amazon tablet rumors over the past few days. The most recent rumor is that Amazon will stream content to the tablet. This rumor is actually half true. Amazon will be streaming content, but there is no tablet involved. You’re not going to believe this, and I really hope you’re [...]
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E-reader sales are down in China
April 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Do you recall how the iPad was supposed to kill off e-readers? It looks like that might be happening in China. E-reader sales are down 7% in Q1 2011 against last year, and the total sold is estimated to be around 282 thousand. What’s curious about this is that my source blames the iPad. Apple [...]
Ads in eBooks Are a Good Thing. Deal with It.
April 20th, 2011 · 11 Comments · opinion
Amazon is introducing an advertising component to the Kindle platform. I love it. Kudos to Jeff Bezos & Co. for their forward thinking on this initiative. I’m talking about the less expensive ($114) device currently known as “Kindle with Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers.” (It’s not the sexiest name but it certainly describes the product! [...]
Enhanced ebooks are dead – Evan Schnittman was mostly right
April 10th, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
The London Book Fair is going to begin tomorrow, and today there was a digital conference. One of the key topics at was enhanced ebooks. Specifically, Evan Schnittman, the managing director of Bloomsbury, is reported to have argued in his keynote that enhanced ebooks are dead. I’m waiting to hear back from him, and all [...]
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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