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Apple’s new App Store rules affect Amazon’s Kindle
Apple today unveiled the details of its App Store subscription plan, and confirmed that it will demand its usual 30% from publishers who sell content within their apps. To meet Apple’s guidelines, Amazon must remove its “Shop in Kindle Store” link from its Kindle application. That link, which opens the iOS browser and displays Amazon’s Web-based [...]
Why the Kindle, not the iPad, is the booklover’s choice
Any booklover would recognise this dilemma. I spent the rest of the holiday (and huge amounts of Euros) seeking out shops selling English language books. The choice was limited, so I was forced to try out writers which I wouldn’t normally (the John Grishams were fab, thanks for asking, but the Victoria Hislop less so). [...]
Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy?
If you’re in the market for an e-book reader, the past couple of weeks have considerably changed your options, and for the better. Barnes & Noble’s and Amazon’s new products and price drops have made their e-book reader hardware considerably more affordable, and you now have excellent options available in the $149 to $199 price [...]
Amazon.com Is Said to Be Introducing Thinner Kindle in August
Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, plans to introduce the next version of its Kindle electronic-book reader in August, according to two people familiar with its plans. The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture, the people said, who didn’t want to be identified because the plans [...]
B&N launches a Nook iPad app
If you’ve been waiting to get the Nook experience on your iPad, your wait is over. Barnes&Noble just announced the availability of their Nook app, available free from the App Store. Source: Techcrunch Barnes & Noble Introduces BN eReader for iPad™, The Most Easy-to-Use, Customizable iPad App for Reading and Buying eBooks and Periodicals Free [...]
Google Editions to Compete with Amazon Kindle in eBook Market
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced its intention to enter eBook market in June, 2009. Then there were some preliminary announcements of deals with publishers. But as Sony (NYSE:SNE), B&N (NYSE:BKS) kept releasing their own products everyone seemed to forget about the search engine company. With Amazon Kindle vs. Nook, Sony vs. Kindle and iPad vs. everyone and their [...]
Borders Offers Kobo E-Reader
Borders is taking orders for the Kobo e-reader, a new device from a startup partially owned by the bookstore megachain. It says it’ll start shipping Kobos in June.The most intriguing thing about the Kobo has nothing to do with its hardware, software, or service. It’s the price–at $149.99, it’s the cheapest e-reader yet that’s backed [...]
Amazon adding Twitter, Facebook to Kindle e-reader
Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle e-reader is getting access to Facebook and Twitter, along with several other enhancements, as part of a software update being sent wirelessly to the devices. Amazon said it has released the software to some Kindle owners and expects to send it to all users in late May. Source: AP Related articles by [...]
Barnes & Noble to Launch iPad eBook Reader App
Image via CrunchBase Barnes & Noble announced plans to release and e-reader application for the iPad, which will most likely compete with Apple’s iBookstore app. The bookseller already has an iPhone application, released last July, and now offers more than 1 million books. They are planning to launch an iPad version app when the device [...]
The Readers Are Revolting
The new e-book pricing level of $12.99-$14.99 agreed to by Amazon recently in a major concession to the power of the big publishing houses is under a grass roots attack by the e-reading public, per “E-Book’s Cost Is Going Up” (NYT 11 Feb 2010). Many committed e-book buyers are balking at this raise from the [...]
