Most struggling authors trying to get published think that anyone with a publishing deal has got it made. I know I used to. While that can be true in rare cases, most often the life of an author – especially the type often tagged as “first-time” or “emerging” – is still a frustrating grind, just [...]
Entries Tagged as 'selling'
How I Went from Traditional to Ebook Publishing (and Started Selling Again)
March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
AT&T to start selling Amazon Kindle in stores on 6 March
February 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
AT&T and Amazon have announced today that the K3 3G will be sold in AT&T Wireless stores across the US. Retail will be the same as elsewhere ($189), but the Kindle Wifi will be notable in its absence. I wonder if Vodafone, who provide the 3G connection for the European Kindle, will be offering the [...]
Walmart now selling fake iPads?
February 14th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
I came across this clip from a local TV station yesterday, and I held it because I wanted to think about it.The story behind the video is that this guy was sold an iPad that had previously been returned. Only, instead of returning a real iPad, someone returned a dummy. The problem is that no [...]
Asda now selling cheapest e-reader in the UK – £52
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Now if only it could have been a good one, too. The UK discount chain Asda have just started selling a £52 e-reader. The View Quest Mediabox is based 5″ LCD screen and lacks Wifi or a touchscreen. But it does have 2GB Flash, a SD card slot, a speaker, as well as an impressive [...]
Amazon K3 best selling product in Amazon’s history
December 27th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
But what does that actually mean? From the press release: Amazon.com today announced that the third-generation Kindle is now the bestselling product in Amazon’s history, eclipsing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7).” The company also announced that on its peak day, Nov. 29, customers ordered more than 13.7 million items worldwide across all [...]
Sony Reader “almost” selling out in Japan
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Only it’s not. Sony dropped a few hints about e-reader sales at the Electronic Book Summit in Tokyo yesterday. According to Tech-On: The most selling model is the “Reader Touch Edition,” which is equipped with a 6-inch electronic paper (e-paper) device. Though Sony did not disclose a specific sales volume, it said, “The Touch Edition [...]
View Quest now selling 5″ and 8″ Android tablets in the UK
November 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
The UK based consumer electronics company View Quest have just started selling a pair of Android tablets. The Slate5 (800×480 screen resolution) and Slate8 (800×600 screen resolution) are based on the same 600MHz RockChip CPU, and they have Wifi, a resistive touchscreen, 2GB Flash, a microSD card slot, speakers, and they both run Android v1.5. [...]
New 9″ Pandigital Novel now selling on QVC.com
November 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Do you recall that new Pandigital tablet I showed you a couple week back? I just found out that it’s listed on QVC.com for $213.80. (I actually got one for $199, right before they raised the price). This is the larger sibling of the black 7″ Novel Android tablet. I don’t know the screen resolution [...]
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B&N now selling ebooks in Spanish
November 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
Do you know what’s odd? I could have sworn that I read this same story months ago. But I can’t find it, so I guess not. From the press release: Barnes & Noble today announced NOOKbooks en español, the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States, and the best – and growing – [...]
Retraction: BAM will be selling the B&N Nook after all
November 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
I’m going to have to retract the story I posted Saturday about how Books-a-Million would be carrying the Nook e-readers under the BAM brand and using the BAM ebookstore. I’ve now heard from a couple different BAM employees that the display models for Friday’s Nook launch have arrived at the stores. They have B&N markings. [...]
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