Feb 9 2009
The press conference pertaining to the Kindle 2.0 has been completed and the details are out. (Manual here). The new Kindle is very thin, only .36 inches wide. It’s lighter than a typical paperback and has a new “5-way controller” to allow for “more precise note-taking and highlighting both up and down and side to(…)
Feb 6 2009
The Amazon Kindle 2.0 is looking more sexy. It’s lost some weight and the price is $359.00. There is some definite ipod/Appley look to it. It will start shipping on February 24, 2009. More pictures at MobileRead. There are no other details like whether the Kindle will have folder support but there does appear to(…)
Feb 2 2009
Ars Technica has a fabulous (but lengthy) post about ebooks and the evolving publisher response (mostly not helpful). Ars is waiting for Apple to take up the mantle of ebooks like it did with music. I think it won’t. Apple’s focused on gaming and why not? Video game sales were about the only entertainment item(…)
Jan 30 2009
UPDATED LINKS: Rather than make a new post, I’m adding a few links to the existing one: Greek opposition leader, George Papandreou, argues for a Kindle for every reader. (Sony, get yourself to Greece Stat!). Thanks Xandra G. UK’s RNA announces its shortlist which includes India Grey, a favorite of Meljean Brook, and Fiona Harper,(…)
Jan 27 2009
An confidential emailer forwarded me this invite to an Amazon press event. Will it announce the new Kindle which I like to call “Bubble Boy”*? A Kindle with wider geographical reach? That it’s totally destroying any other format out there (given its announcement that MS Lit and Adobe books will no longer be available(…)
Jan 5 2009
SmartMoney.com places the eBook Reader as one of the top 5 “New Things to Buy” in 2009. Business Week reviews books on the iPhone and suggests that it is serious competition to the Kindle. We knew that a while back though, didn’t we? Speaking of reading on the iPhone, it’s charge will only last through(…)
Dec 25 2008
USA Today is offering its daily newspaper to Kindle readers for a subscription fee. USA Today is the top selling newspaper in the nation and the flagship publication of Gannett. The paper is printed Monday through Friday so the first issue will be December 29, 2008, but a free issue is available to Kindle users(…)
Dec 25 2008
Whether it’s Oprah’s endorsement of the Kindle or the idea that technology can save publishing, more and more mainstream publications are revisiting the concept of ebook reading. The New York Times reports on the Kindle which is out of stock and the Sony which has sold 300,000 readers since 2006. Currently, sales of ebooks appear(…)
Dec 5 2008
I am interested in compiling statistics about the types of ebook formats being purchased. I understand that an author’s royalty statements which include ebook sales are broken down by format (via a different ISBN). If you want to share, even anonymously, that would be awesome. I’ve set up a new gmail account: ebookroyalty@gmail.com. What I(…)
Dec 2 2008
Want an ebook reader this Christmas but don’t want to spend the cash? Try out the Angela James’ and her band of merry authors’ contest. There are two Kindles up for grabs but you have to follow the instructions carefully or Angie will disqualify your entry. Pay attention. Kindle contest 1 Kindle contest 2 (The(…)
Nov 6 2008
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/11/oprah-wont-boos.html Anaylust Mark Mahaney of Citigroup does not believe that the Oprah endorsement of the Kindle will raise sales of the device for Amazon sufficient to make an impact on Amazon's bottom line. The support buttressing his argument is poor sales data from other online vendors. This is not to say that Mahaney doesn't think that(…)
Oct 26 2008
Oprah Winfrey has enormous consumer influence, particularly with the reading public. There is not an Oprah Book Club book that hasn’t enjoyed bestseller status for an extended period of time. A mere mention of a product on Oprah can “make” a retailer. So it was with no small sense of wonder that I received the(…)
Oct 24 2008
Oprah has indeed endorsed the Kindle as one of her favorite gadgets. This summer, Oprah received a gift that she says changed her life. “I’m telling you, it is absolutely my new favorite thing in the world,” she says. Along with her endorsement, Amazon is offering $50 off of the Kindle until November 1. The(…)
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