Episode 87
News Catchup!
- A look at eBook statistics and trends given at the Publishers Launch conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Google and publishers settle in book scanning case
- BookNet Canada study shows 16% of books in Canada sold in eBook formats
- J. K. Rowling’s new book had some major formatting issues
MORE: http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-public-outcry-over-j-k-rowlings-first-adult-novel-and-the-important-lesson-publishers-can-learn-from-it - Interesting thoughts from Baldur Bjarnason about eBooks and web formats
- Newsweek moving to all digital format, no print
- Amazon Whispercast
- Device News
- The new txtr Beagle ereader will sell for 10 Euros
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/10/09/new-txtr-beagle-ereader-to-cost-less-than-10-euros/#.UHeyWMVi4-P
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/10/10/the-txtr-beagle-takes-a-great-idea-and-turns-it-into-crappy-hardware
http://www.e-reader-info.com/more-details-txtrs-13-beagle-e-reader - B&N announces the Nook HD and the Nook HD+
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/26/3409362/barnes-noble-fires-back-at-amazon-with-new-nook-hd-and-hd-tablets
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/09/26/barnes-noble-launches-the-first-family-friendly-media-tablet/
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/09/26/barnes-noble-launches-the-first-family-friendly-media-tablet-pt-1 - Kobo ups the base storage on the Kobo Arc to 16GB in response to Fire HD specs
- Kindle Paperwhite hardware issues
- Amazon has discontinued the Kindle DX
- Amazon in talks to buy TI OMAPS division
- Apple sent out invites for a 10/23 announcement
- Google announcement about Android coming on 10/29
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