By Tom Moccia |
It’s been just about a year since the iPad was announced and many people predicted that it would bury the Kindle in the bowels of tech history, including yours truly. Well, we were all wrong, in fact, not only has the iPad not killed the…
By Sean P. Aune |
At the end of Dec. Amazon announced that it was adding book lending to its popular Kindle e-reader. The idea was similar to what Barnes & Noble had done with its Nook e-reader in that selected books could be loaned to someone else you know…
By Sean P. Aune |
Borders, the second largest chain of bookstores in the United States, has announced that it is stalling payments to publishers, a sure sign that things are not going well for the company. In a statement released this past Friday, Borders announced that it is stalling…
By Sean P. Aune |
People have scoffed at the adoption rate of e-books, but numbers for 2010 show that they accounted for nine to ten percent of all book sales this year. With the holiday gift giving season now drawing to a close, pundits are left to speculate how…
By Jack McGrath |
With the introduction of numerous new tablet devices that are beginning to innovate the genre in unique ways, and their obvious prevalence this holiday season, it is hard to see a future where dedicated e-readers win the eBook war: They are limited by function, processing power,…
By Tom Moccia |
It’s pretty safe to say that when companies put out new tech products with innovative designs there are bound to be a few annoying issues. This was evident when Apple released the iPhone 4 with a new antenna design. The antenna, built into the stainless…
By Tom Moccia |
The wait is finally over for Google’s e-bookstore, whose launch this week was a bit ahead of schedule according to the rumors that had been circulating. Google boasts that its United States store, which opened on Dec. 6th, has in excess of a half million…
By Jack McGrath |
Are books still relevant in an increasingly technology-based world? Many companies – namely Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders – have responded with a resounding “yes”, attempting to help the paper-based world evolve into something a bit more convenient for the end user. Between…
By Tom Moccia |
I remember when Apple’s App Store launched to some criticism about the company taking 30 percent of the revenues while the publisher kept 70. As much as this structure was debated the whole concept seems to have worked out for both developers and Apple as…
By Sean P. Aune |
One aspect of e-readers that has been cited time and time again as being a drawback from the devices reaching their true potential has been a lack of color. While it has been clear that E Ink leads to a superior reading experience as compared…
By Sean P. Aune |
Barnes & Noble has announced a totally new version of its nook e-reader called the NOOKColor. The number of differences between the two devices are significant enough that you can’t even really call this a second generation device, but instead is a totally new addition…
By Sean P. Aune |
Many analysts and pundits, myself included, have said that the key to e-readers really breaking into the mainstream would be when the prices fall to the $99 range. Well, it’s kind of happening, but only for a limited time, but it’s perfect timing with the…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that just about every where you go this holiday season you’re going to be seeing tablets and e-readers. With the rate Apple is going, we might see the iPad at corner gas stations soon, but this is leaving the stand-alone e-readers in a…
By Tom Moccia |
As I walk through the bookstore on a busy Saturday I can’t help but think about the print industry and the effect technology has had on the different segments. Why has the Internet all but killed the newspaper business, yet the print versions of books…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that some people have lost their minds when it comes to e-book pricing. Because it makes total sense that a digital book should cost more than a hardcover edition of a new title. It was spotted late last week that at least…
By Sean P. Aune |
According a new study, your age, gender and intelligence may both be factors in which type of e-reader or tablet you end up purchasing. Nielsen, the same company behind TV ratings numbers, talked with 5,000 consumers who own a tablet computer, eReader, netbook, media player or…
By Leslie Poston |
If you are smart online, you’re always looking for ways to make multiple income streams happen. Every trickle into your wallet adds up. Luckily for you, internet shopping behemoth Amazon makes it easy to create a subscription income stream and get your blog offline to…
By Sean P. Aune |
While Amazon’s popular Kindle e-reader may not have passed muster in university settings, that doesn’t seem to be stopping at least one Florida high school from thinking that the device will be just fine for replacing its textbooks. Clearwater High School in Clearwater, FL has…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that the days of packaged media is definitely coming to an end if the latest announcement from retailer Best Buy is any kind of measure. Best Buy for years has had large portions of its retail stores dominated by racks of CDs…
By Sean P. Aune |
Ever since e-readers first popped up in the world, people have been dreaming of the day they would replace those heavy, expensive textbooks that college students have to put up with. There have been test runs done with Amazon’s Kindle that were less than successful,…
By Sean P. Aune |
There are constantly mysterious happenings in the technology world, but every once in a while one comes along that is so bizarre that you just have to go, “Wha…?” It was reported earlier this week that Amazon has hired Andre Vrignaud, Microsoft’s (now) former director of game…
By Sean P. Aune |
People are already going around saying that the e-book is going to replace the printed book, but how true is this? What are the benefits of such a thing happening. Luckily there is some raw data to analyze, albeit not much. Knowbodies put together this…
By Sean P. Aune |
Dorchester Publishing Inc., one of the country’s oldest mass paperback publishers, is going to stop publishing books in the traditional means this Monday, possibly signaling the biggest shift to e-readers that we have seen yet. According to The Wall Street Journal, Dorchester’s sales fell 25…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Connecticut Attorney General seems to be on the warpath against technology, and it is sure to be pure coincidence he is currently running for a Senate seat. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal seems to be making a career out of going after technology sites…
