Flat World Knowledge and the University System of Ohio announced Wednesday that they will be launching a joint pilot program. The program will allow 1,000 Ohio students to receive digital textbooks for free. Flat World Knowledge are a new textbook publisher, and they specialize in free and open college textbooks. They’re working with the USO [...]
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University System of Ohio and Flat World Knowledge Team up to Start Pilot Program
March 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · digital textbooks, ebookstore news
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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 [...]
Kno tablets get pricing, Preorders start
November 9th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: November 9, 2010 – Kno, Inc., a powerful, groundbreaking tablet textbook designed specifically for students and the education market, today revealed the price of its 14.1 inch single and dual-screen tablets at $599 and $899, respectively. The company also announced that it is now accepting a limited number of pre-orders for [...]
Cherrypal start their scams again – this time with an Android tablet
October 8th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
The problem with the internet is that it has such a short memory. This unfortunately makes it necessary to dredge up old news and remind people. Cherrypal just announced a 7″ Android tablet for $188. Don’t order it; you”ll never get it. I was scammed by Cherrypal and Max Seybold last December. His business is [...]
UK e-reader price war gets off to a lackluster start
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The Bookseller are reporting that WHSmith have followed Waterstone’s in cutting the price of the Sony Pocket Edition to £99. Everyone agrees that both price changes were caused by Amazon’s announcement that they will sell K3 in the UK for £109. I’m a little disappointed, but perhaps I’m expecting too much too soon. In the [...]
When Will eBook Prices Start Going Up?
July 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · opinion
Amazon did us all a favor. In late 2007, almost 3 years ago, they introduced the Kindle. Although it didn’t immediately make ebooks a mainstream phenomenon, the Kindle was the first major step towards significant momentum. More importantly, Amazon looked to set the ebook pricing standard at $9.99. It’s widely known that Amazon lost money [...]
5th annual World Ebook Fair to start on 4 July
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
The World Ebook Fair kicks off next Sunday. So what? Pardon me for being cynical, but this appears to be a non event. I can’t find an ebookstore partner offering a sale, nor have I found anyone doing anything as part of the Fair. It’s not like “Read an Ebook Week”, where quite a few [...]
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