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Ebook sales up slightly in November

January 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · ebook sales

Today the AAP released the sales figures for November 2010. As always, these numbers only reflect the US market and   do not cover all publishers and ebook sellers. Also, these are wholesale numbers, not retail. Ebook sales in November totaled $46.6m, which was approximately 15% increase over October. That ‘s a pretty decent jump considering [...]

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Next2 Android tablet to ship in November – $199, v1.5

October 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Word is going around that another of the many Android tablets I’ve shown you in the past couple months will soon be available from the Home Shopping Network in November for $199. The Next2 is 1 of 2 devices from Nextbook USA. It’s based on a 7″ LCD screen, runs Android v1.5, and supports the [...]

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Epaper art conference coming in November

October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I’ve just heard about a new conference and workshop that will be held the first week in November. The topic of the conference will be digital art and how to use epaper technology to make it. It sounds fascinating and I wish I could go, but it’s being held in Berlin, Germany. via Galarno

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Mark your calendars for the All About eBooks Symposium on 12 November

September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows

I just received the press release for a new ebook conference hosted by the San Francisco Writers University.  It’s going to be held in San Francisco on the day before a writing conference (good timing, there). I wish I could go. The detail that caught my eye wasn’t the participants but the fact that they’re [...]

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Audiobook publishing service to launch in November

September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release

From the press release: Folium Partners, LLC, announced today the late-November launch of ModernBookFactory.com (MBF), the world’s first automated audiobook and app-creation service. The ModernBookFactory service will enable independent publishers, authors and  copyright owners to upload manuscripts, select narrators, then receive professionally  produced audio and have their books produced as self-contained audiobook apps within 30 [...]

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Hanvon to release color e-reader this November?

September 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

My sources are telling me that Hanvon have announced that they’re planning to release a new e-reader  with a color E-ink screen in November. I’d rate this as somewhat more than a rumor but less than a certainty. This is rather interesting, though. I’d pegged Hanvon as one of the likely Mirasol partners. If they’re [...]

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Entourage to release Pocket Edge in November

August 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

iPhoneArena got their hands on Verizon’s device schedule for the second half of 2010. Guess what was listed for November: Sometime during the second or third week of November, Big Red is said to push the Launch button for the enTourage eDGe (a dual-screen e-reader + tablet Android device), as well as an enTourage Pocket [...]

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Rumor: RIM to relase 10″ BlackPad in November

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors

Bloomberg are reporting: Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, plans to introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc’s iPad, according to two people familiar with the company’s plans. The device will have roughly the same dimensions as the iPad, which has a 9.7-inch diagonal screen, said the two [...]

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