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 [...]
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In the Era of eBooks, What Is a Book Worth? (II)
April 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The first article in this series of musings, In the Era of eBooks, What Is a Book Worth? (I), brought a lot of comment, particularly on blogs that reprinted it. Most commenters disagreed with me, and several of the commenters compared an author’s uniqueness and a book’s worth to a painting.
In the Era of eBooks, What Is a Book Worth? (I)
April 25th, 2011 · 8 Comments · opinion
Some questions have no answer, or at least not a universal answer. This is true of this question: In the era of ebooks, what is a book worth? Yet, every day, ebookers are making that value judgement, including in their calculation of whether or not to buy an ebook what they believe is the worth of a [...]
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! [...]
Gatekeeping: Necessary or Not in the eBook Era?
April 18th, 2011 · 16 Comments · opinion
I think there is a marketplace confusion regarding the value of gatekeeping vs. nongatekeeping. Problem 1 is that nongatekept authors whose ebooks sell well fail to distinguish between books sold and books read. This is an important distinction. Using myself as an example, I am willing to read an author’s description of their ebook and spend a [...]
Frustration in eBookville: Will There Be a Rubicon for Publishers?
April 13th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
I’m one frustrated ebooker! I recently purchased several books in hardcover (The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt and Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg), which is (supposedly) what the publishers prefer I do. But although I bought hardcover versions for my library, I would like to do the actual reading on my Sony Reader.
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In search of an Android Firewall app
April 12th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Android
My experiences with the Amazon Appstore have brought home the fact that Android leaks like a sieve. We have no idea which app is doing what. It’s high time that I added a firewall to my Android tablets. But it’s easier said than done. I’ve found a bunch of firewall apps, but there’s a problem. [...]
I’ll be in NYC next week
March 27th, 2011 · No Comments · blog maintenance
NAPCO will be holding their annual Publishing Business Conference & Expo up in NYC next week, and I be attending. It ‘s on monday and Tuesday, and Wednesday is the Think E-Reading Summit. If anyone in NYC would like to say hello while I’m in town, drop me a line. I’m coming in Sunday night [...]
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