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August 13, 2012

Monday News: New Sony Reader, More on Kindle Lending, Shifting Book Buyer Demographics

JanePublishing Newsdigital lending / Fifty Shades / Sony21 Comments

I’m still trying to perfect the presentation of the news. To make it easier to read, I’ve included my commentary after the link and blockquoted the portion of the article that I am quoting. Let me know if that is easier to read. Also, at the request of a couple ... more >

June 7, 2012

Thursday Midday Links: LinkedIn passwords hacked, HBO direct to consumer not likely

JanePublishing Newsself-published / Smashwords / Sony7 Comments

8 million leaked passwords connected to LinkedIn, dating website (updated) | Ars Technica – “An unknown hacker has posted more than 8 million cryptographic hashes to the Internet that appear to belong to users of LinkedIn and a separate, popular dating website. … The massive dumps over the past three days ... more >

DA Industry News
September 1, 2011

Thursday Midday Links: eBooks 20% of the Market?

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / Firefighter / Hachette/Grand Central / Random-House / Sony36 Comments

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 ... more >

DA Industry News
July 14, 2011

Thursday Midday News: Mr Romance Is Done

JanePublishing NewsBorders / Google / Sony17 Comments

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 ... more >

February 27, 2011

Reading with Android: Sony

BrianEbooksAndroid / Ebooks / Sony4 Comments

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.   ... more >

DA Industry News
July 5, 2010

Monday Midday Links: Sony Drops eBook Reader Prices

JanePublishing NewsNalini-Singh / Sony18 Comments

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 ... more >

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