And so it begins. Today the first developer abandoned iOS rather than pay Apple’s vig. Richard Ziade, creator of Readability, just announced that Readability had dropped plans for an iOS app. The app had been rejected by Apple on Friday, and after thinking about it over the weekend the Readability team decided they could get [...]
Entries Tagged as 'drop'
Readability to drop iOS app over Apple subscr. rules
February 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · software news
Is anyone surprised by the drop in magazine app sales?
December 29th, 2010 · 7 Comments · ebookstore news
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 [...]
Viewsonic VEB 620 gets a price drop
November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
One of my regular readers just sent me a link to an UK wbe retailer who are selling the VEB 620B at 129.99£ (~$206). The VEB 620 is a basic e-reader with a 6″ Eink screen, 2GB Flash, SD card slot, and support for Adobe DE DRM. It does not have Wifi or a touch [...]
Augen have no plans to drop “The Book”
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
There’s been a rumor going around the past few days that Augen are planning to abandon their $99 Kindle clone. I checked with Augen, and they denied it. The rumor is false, Augen will carry TheBook eReader through 2011. It didn’t really make much sense to drop it now; with its current price and abilities [...]
Kno dual-screen tablet to drop second screen
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Know issued a press release today announcing a new model for their textbook platform. They plan to offer a single screen 14″ tablet alongside the dual screen Kno. (They really need to come up with some product names.) My guess is that they finally realized the market for a dual screen tablet that weighs 6 [...]
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Whitcoulls price drop – Kobo e-reader now $249 NZD
September 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Whitcoulls have dropped the price of the Kobo e-reader. Given that Borders AU and Whitcoulls are both owned by the same company, I have to wonder what took them so long. If you remove the 12.5% tax that’s built into the retail price, you’re still left with a price around $158 USD. It’s still too [...]
Could Sony drop out of the e-reader price war?
July 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · hardware rumors
ReadWriteWeb got their hands on a statement from Sony, and that’s certainly one way to interpret it: “Pricing is one consideration in the dedicated reading device marketplace, but Sony won’t sacrifice the quality and design we’re bringing book lovers to lay claim to the cheapest eReader,” said Phil Lubell, VP of Digital Reading at Sony [...]
Hanvon deny sales drop due to iPad
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors
There’s a rumor going around that the iPad is causing a drop in e-reader sales in China. I think the rumor is bunk, but there may or may not be a grain of truth in it. It’s not the iPad that’s having an affect on sales (it costs too much) but it might be cheap [...]
Century-old Brazilian newspaper to drop print edition
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
The Knight Center for Journalism are reporting: The Rio de Janeiro-based Jornal do Brasil will stop circulating its 119-year-old print edition and appear only online, O Globo reports. The paper’s owner, Nelson Tanure, says he will set the date for the changeover this week. Before deciding to end the print edition, Tanure tried, unsuccessfully, to [...]
B&N drop Nook 3G to $199
June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I just came across this on the Barnes & Noble website. Okay, _now_ the Nook Wifi price makes sense. I can’t wait for Amazon to respond. I bet they’re going to drop the Kindle to $150. So which would I recommend? Even though the price difference is only $50, I still think you should buy [...]
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