Sep 1 2011
Barnes & Noble reports that the majority of its ebook sales are agency priced books (which feeds nicely into my Sunday article about how the biggest winner of agency pricing was BN). BN announced its quarterly results two days ago. Total sales are up 2% to $1.4billion, driven by large increases at bn.com as [...]
Jul 14 2011
Google has partnered with iRiver to introduce a new ebook reader to the market. This will be sold at Target and online. PC World has a really good review of the device. The pro of the device is that it has the crispest screen of any eink device on the market. The cons? Poor software [...]
Feb 27 2011
Sony has at long last followed Amazon, B&N, Borders and Kobo and released a reading app for the Android platform. Was it worth the wait? Upon opening the app you are presented with the >>˜Home’ screen. At the top of the screen you’ll see your most recently opened book. Below that is >>˜Books’ which [...]
Sep 12 2010
I don’t have the 2010 Sony Readers, but I am getting questions about them and so I’ll share with you the information I’ve gathered from the around the internet. The new Sony Readers come in three flavors: Pocket Edition – 5″ screen, 2GB memory Touch Edition – 6″ screen, 2 GB memory with SD slot [...]
Jul 5 2010
Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh is available at Kobo Books for $5.49. I’m not sure how they are discounting it and no one else is but who am I to question a decent price for a much desired book? ***** To celebrate the release of MOUSE AND DRAGON, their thirteenth Liaden Universe novel, Sharon [...]
Jul 4 2010
Dear Jane: I read epub ebooks on my iPhone using Stanza, having transferred them over using Calibre. Recently I read a book where I made a lot of annotations. I want to know if it is possible to get that book and the annotations back off the phone and onto my computer. I prefer to [...]
May 9 2010
Welcome to Dear Jane, a weekly column based upon reader mailbag questions on anything relating to ebooks. No question is too simple or too mundane. We are all learning together. Send your questions to jane @ dearauthor.com with “Dear Jane” in the subject matter. Dear Jane: I have the opportunity to purchase a Sony PRS-300 [...]
Apr 15 2010
Orbit, the publisher of books like Soulless and Changelessby Gail Carriger along with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, has just announced that it will digitally publish short fiction in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. There are not many publishers providing digital fiction in the SFF area other than Baen and Drollerie [...]
Dec 7 2009
To introduce the readers to Sony’s new social media site for booklovers called Words Move Me, Sony helped us sponsor a giveaway for two Sony Reader Pocket Editions. We had over 330+ commenters leave their favorite book quote. I plan to several of these to my widget and encourage you to start your own widgets. [...]
Dec 6 2009
Sony sent me the Sony Reader Pocket and Touch Editions for review. I’ve had the devices for little over three weeks and they will be winging their way to another reviewer tomorrow. You can read my review of the Pocket Edition here. I have the Sony Reader PRS 700 which was a touchscreen and integrated [...]
Nov 30 2009
This post is a sticky meaning that it remains at the top of the site. Scroll down for new content. ISony has a new social media site for booklovers called Words Move Me. As a way to promote this, Sony has approached a number of bloggers to share their reading experiences with others and have [...]
Sep 29 2009
Maili is guesting over at Victoria Janssen’s blog home about her favorite category books. Sadly so many of them are out of print. I’ve read all but one of the stories recommended by Maili and they are worth hunting down and not just because Jane is the heroine in one of the books. Really. You [...]
Aug 22 2009
Barnes and Noble’s retail sales have slipped 5% because of low retail traffic while the web sales are up a tiny fraction from 8.2 to 8.9%. I’ve just scrambled to recover from one of my busiest weeks in a long time and I think that web sales are up because who has time for shopping [...]
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