If you’re from the ebooks-promote-piracy school of nonsense, remember that piracy existed way before ebooks, and is alive and well in the world of paper publishing too. In response to my post about being thankful for piracy, Australian author and Bookbee reader Sue Woolfe yesterday told of discovered a pirated copy of her debut novel [...]
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B&N now sell more ebooks than paper books
December 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
That’s what they say in the press release. But if you read it a second time you’ll notice that it only refers to their website, not their brick and mortar stores. From the press release: Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that with millions of NOOK eReading devices sold, [...]
Nicholas Negroponte: paper books will be gone in five years
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · video
This isn’t actually news, becuase I recall him making the same claim several months ago. But I’m posting the video anyway becuase even though I think he’s wrong, he makes a compelling argument. He’s interviewed by CNN’s Howard Kurtz. via CNN
Tags:books·negroponte·nicholas·paper·years
Taking paper books back to their source
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
I should shoot a similar photo for ebooks, only this one would have a SD card and a chunk of silicon. flickr via password incorrect
Newsday’s iPad app is better than a paper in almost every way (video)
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, video
Newsday made this rather clever commercial for their new iPad app. The ending is obvious, but ti’s still a little funny. iTunes (free)
Interview: Peter Rukavina on paper e-books
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · podcast
Nora Young Interviewed Peter Rukavina last week on his rather unorthodox ebook solution. You see, he doesn’t have an e-reader. Instead he has a guy named Shawn (who runs a local copy shop). Here’s his e-reading solution: Find book in Google Books. Download PDF. Email PDF to Shawn. Pick up printed and bound copy of book at Kwik Kopy [...]
Coming soon to a paper magazine near you: Video
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · video
No, I’m not joking. Unfortunately, this video is from last year. But it’s still pretty neat and the first time I’ve seen it. via somersault
Infographic – price of ebooks vs paper books
August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I found a new infographic on the cost of ebooks that I’d like to share. Unfortunately, I am sharing it not because of its facts but becuase if its errors. First, it shows the average sale price for a hardcover as $26. That hasn’t been the real price for quite some time, and it was [...]
Tags:books·ebooks·infographic·paper·price
Sometimes paper is better, II
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
A couple days ago I posted on WorldReader.org and their Kindle pilot program. They’re working to create rural literacy programs in third world countries. I took the position that paper would be a better solution, and I still think that. Yesterday I came across a post on the OLPC News blog about the efforts needed [...]
Sometimes paper is better than a Kindle
July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
WordReader.org have just announced completion of a pilot program. From ReadWriteWeb: Worldreader.org has just finished a proof of concept for e-reader use in the African country of Ghana. Verdict? Yeah, it works. It helps increase literacy. So they’re going to do a lot more of it. “Books to All” is the motto of this non-profit [...]
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