In response to my Black Friday post, Mike Cane checked the prices for the Sony Pocket Edition and Touch Edition (5″ and 6″ e-readers). Sony quietly put them on sale. Sony, B&H Photo, and Borders are offering the Sony Reader Pocket Touch for $149 and the Sony Reader Touch for $199. That’s reduced from $179 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'readers'
Good News for Readers: Amazon Might be Winning Its Battle with Traditional Publishers Over Prices
September 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
by Stephen Windwalker While it has been increasingly clear over the past year that Amazon is dominating the market share and price wars among dedicated ebook reader devices, it is now clear that Amazon is also winning its tug of war with traditional book publishers over ebook pricing.
Tags:Amazon·battle·good·news·prices·publishers·readers·traditional·winning
Sony Readers updated, apps coming this fall
September 1st, 2010 · 13 Comments · hardware news
Update: The Sony Style product page has been updated. APPS! Do you recall that job listing I showed you a few weeks back that specified Android experience? Sony wanted someone to work on the apps, not a Sony Reader running Android. They’re going to release Sony Reader apps for Android and iOS in November, and [...]
New Sony Readers coming soon?
August 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware rumors
Sony Insider are reporting that they’ve been told Sony will introduce 2 new e-readers soon. The model numbers are going to be PRS-350 and PRS-650, and they’re supposed to be updated versions of the current e-readers. Details are sparse, but SI reports that the screen sizes won’t change and that the new models should have [...]
Two new Daisy Readers for the iPhone
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · iPhone app
I found 2 new iPhone apps I’d like to share. Both support the Daisy format. There are actually a bunch of Daisy compatible reading apps, but these 2 were recently announced so I thought I’d start with them. So what’s Daisy? In brief, it’s the name of the standard ebook format for the visually impaired [...]
Ebook Apps have released new firmware for Sony Readers
July 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · software news
The independent firmware developers EbookApps have just announced v1.7 firmware for the Sony PRS-300 and PRS-505. Major improvements include: dictionary custom font support page formatting settings (margins and line spacing) The good thing about this firmware is that it you can run it without actually replacing the original Sony firmware. This means you can try [...]
E-books attracting more Turkish readers
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Here’s a good overview of ebooks in Turkey. It had several details that were new to me. From the article: Interest in e-books, which received only lukewarm support from publishers when they first emerged, is increasing despite worries about negative effects on printed books. Fifty Turkish publishing houses are now producing e-books, while top names [...]
Tags:attracting·ebooks·readers·turkish
Konrath on Readers vs Fans
July 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · opinion
Joe Konrath uploaded an interesting post on his blog a few days ago. He argues that an author should concentrate on developing his fans but not his readers. He reasons that fans are more likely to spend extra because they like the author (that’s what separates them from readers). I disagree with him somewhat. Mr. [...]
BEA 2010: Lies Readers Tell Themselves
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
The real title for this session is “I’ll never pay more than $9.99 for an E-book!”, but that doesn’t work quite so well. The presenter was Michael Norris, senior analyst for Simba Information, an independent research house based in Connecticut. The first thing he told us was that when you look at survey data, be [...]
Hands On Videos – Boeye G5 & G6 Ebook Readers
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, video
Charbax made another pass by the Boeye booth at CeBit, and this time he caught their 5″ and 6″ e-readers. Enjoy.
The videos are after the break.
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