But Amazon aren’t the one giving it away. For the longest time I’ve said that Amazon wouldn’t give away the Kindle and so far I’ve been right.TBF, every time I’ve argued against it, one or more commenters have suggested that it would be “given away” under a cell phone style monthly contract. That is what’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'finally'
Finally, a game I like on the Kindle – Flip It!
February 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, apps & games
Flip It! is a simple game that just became available in the Kindle Store today. It’s a close relative of Othello, and the goal of the game is to flip all the tiles from black to white. There’s a total of 40 levels and you can play both timed and untimed. You can also go [...]
Copia finally abandoned the e-reader market
November 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
One detail I left out of my Copia announcement last night was the status of their e-readers. It was a pretty big lapse, and I’m surprised no one noticed. i didn’t mention the e-readers because one, there was only a single mention of a tablet on the Copia website (no release date), and two, I [...]
Borders finally figured out how to do free ebooks
October 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
Mike Cane just tweeted: Borders just changed their system so you don’t have to give them a credit card in order to download a free ebook. This is a big deal. It shows that Borders actually thought about this and realized what they were doing wrong. I thought the matter was simple but given that [...]
Borders AU dropped the price of the Kobo e-reader (finally)
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Borders OZ just tweeted that the Kobo e-reader was now 179 AUD (~168USD). Depending on the shipping cost, it might still be cheaper to get the Kindle Wifi (even with import duties). Borders
E-Ink Corp looks beyond e-readers
August 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Digitimes have the story: Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH), in view of Samsung Electronics’ adoption of EPD for use as keypads of handsets, will tap markets for EPD applications other than e-book readers, including keyboards, tags, watches and advertising display, according to the company. The reason I used the the adverb [...]
Finally, someone who understands paywalls (and why they work)
August 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · opinion
Mathew Ingram posted an interesting piece over at GigsOm yesterday. He basically says what I’ve said before: you need to have unique or exclusive content behind a paaywall in order for it to succeed. He discusses HBO and XM Satellite Radio as 2 examples of unique content: The latest version of this argument appeared in [...]
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The New York Times Book Review is finally available on the Kindle
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the Official Kindle blog: Amazon.com is excited to announce that The New York Times Book Review has now launched on Kindle as a stand-alone subscription. Each week, reviewers select 20-30 notable or important new books, including exceptional new authors. The New York Times Book Review has been one of the most influential and widely read book [...]
Star Trek Magazine finally in digital form
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
I just read on TrekMovie.com that the Star Trek Magazine is now available from Zinio. As a die hard Trekkie, I’ve been waiting for this for years. I wish I were still waiting. As much as I like the magazine, this edition of Star Trek Magazine isn’t worth the money. It doesn’t use any of [...]
Grisham Goes Digital (finally)
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The AP is reporting that all of John Grisham’s 23 novels are now available as ebooks. This is more than a year after the promised release. I’d like to know what took so long, but we’ll probably never know.
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