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eReader Price Wars, First Round
The long anticipated ereader price wars began this week. Apple has cornered the market for the multi-purpose device and can demand a premium for the iPad, but how the dedicated-ereader market plays out will come down in no small part … Continue reading
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AmazonEncore, J.A. Konrath, and the $2.99 eBook
AmazonEncore announced this week that they’ll be releasing Shaken by J.A. Konrath. The ebook will come out in October, and in an interesting twist the paperback will follow four months later. According to Konrath: “It’s easier to release an ebook … Continue reading
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Kobo eReader: Is It the Real Kindle Killer?
What a difference an eReader launch can make? The Kobo eReader is available today in Canada, and the lack of attention on this side of the border is almost deafening. It seems that gadgets need bells and whistles to attract … Continue reading
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Is the iPad a Kindle Killer, or Mouse Killer?
Apple announced sales of 300,000 iPads as of midnight Saturday, the first day it was on sale. More than 1 million apps and over 250,000 ebooks have also been downloaded, in spite of reported wifi woes. TechCruch’s list of the best … Continue reading
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Barnes & Noble Nook, Rest in Peace
You can’t help but feel sorry for the Nook. It launched to so much fanfare back in October, was heralded as a Kindle Killer with its color screen, and almost instantly sold out for the holidays. Then in January along … Continue reading
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The 10,000 Year Vanity Press
Writers are vain creatures. If you ever meet one, we’ll tell you all sorts of lies about why we “must” write. Only one is true. We want to be immortal. Could anything else explain all them vampire stories? This is … Continue reading
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Beating Buy Button Banishment
At a writer’s conference I attended a little less than a year ago, the general consensus amongst editors was that ebooks were nothing to fret about. The chorus went something like: parents will never read to their kids from a … Continue reading
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Amazon and Macmillan: Who’s the Real Winner?
The war over ebook pricing got toasty this weekend. On the heels of the iPad release, Macmillan delivered an ultimatum: either Amazon agree to let it control ebook prices (Apple agreed to similar restrictions for the iPad) or Amazon wouldn’t be … Continue reading
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Do iPad and Kindle Both Appeal to Niche Markets?
The Apple iPad launch has made me realize something that should have been apparent a long time ago: I’m not a gadget guy. My current cell phone was built in ancient Roman times. In the not too distant past I … Continue reading
So Many eReaders, So Little Time
While 3D televisions got most of the coverage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the explosion of ebook readers came in a close second. The Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Sony Reader will be joined by … Continue reading
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