Archive for August, 2012

Episode 84 News iPad Mini “confirmed” Indie bookstores to start selling Kobos http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/kobo-strikes-deal-with-aba-to-sell-devices-and-e-books-through-indie-bookshops/?et_mid=577133&rid=188482866 http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/29/kobo-has-some-kind-of-deal-with-aba-details-are-vague Kindle for iOS gets update Kindle Fire sold out forever Kindle Touch with Paperwhite leaked http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3280809/kindle-paperwhite-screen-images#3717450 http://www.geekwire.com/2012/amazon-testing-kindle-device-768×1024-resolution/ Amazon gets a patent for dual eInk/LCD display device. http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/30/amazon-files-patent-for-dual-screen-tablet/#.UEDYT9YibmQ http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/31/amazons-dual-sided-tablet-idea-shows-up-at-ifa-berlin-as-a-smartphone/#.UEDiAdYibmQ FCC taking comments from public about Kindle use in airplanes Australian Broadcasting Company [...]

Episode 83 News Barnes & Noble woes http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/21/why-the-nook-is-failing-one-chart-four-reasons/ http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/8_21_12_2013_1Q_financial_results.html http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/21/its-time-bn-took-the-nook-out-back-and-put-it-out-of-its-misery http://www.teleread.com/barnes-noble/why-all-the-bn-bashing Readium launches in the Chrome web store Amazon launches India Kindle Store http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1727519&highlight= http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/22/amazon-launches-kindle-store-in-india-ignores-most-of-the-country Status of the Kindle Touch Amazon press conference coming Sony PRS-T2 reviews DOJ responds to Apple, B&N, publishers DBW eBook Bestseller list Feedback Howard Cornett: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/selling-ebooks-direct-how-to-set-up-a-simple-e-bookstore/ Luc Prévost (via FB) [...]

Episode 82 News David Pogue “buys” Robert Ludlum ebook LendInk dies from fear and misunderstanding http://www.digitalmediamachine.com/2012/08/what-happened-to-lendink-owner-explains.html http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/angry-mob-vs-angry-mob-the-lendink-debacle http://www.publetariat.com/think/congratulations-you-killed-lendink-and-denied-your-fellow-authors-their-lend-royalties B&N drop prices Hachette insists on DRM for TOR titles New BeBook Send to Kindle for Chrome Snug Nugget launches pay-what-you-want bundle StoryBundle launches, too. Amazon lending print textbooks. Navy looking at eBook library options for ships. [...]

Episode 81 News ePub 3 support grid updated Indesign to HTML5 (Start kicking) InDesign and the funky list export Nook Color/Tablet get Maps iBookstore comes to Latin America. Teleread going through some changes. Dan Eldridge starts as new Editor-in-Chief Chris Meadows resigns … and goes to work for The Digital Reader Teleread looking for new [...]