by Allen Weiner | September 28, 2011 | 5 Comments
While most observers obsess about the impact of Amazon’s new tablet and its impact on Apple’s iPad and other media tablets, the real story is much less about tablets and more about e-ink e-readers. With three new e-ink readers ($79, $99, $149), Amazon is looking to fire a double tap to the heads of Barnes [...]
Category: Amazon Apple Tags: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Kobo, Sony
by Allen Weiner | July 27, 2011 | Comments Off
The New York Times had an interesting feature on a subtle change in the book publishing industry with one shortsighted goal in mind: increase print profits in a hurry. Breaking tradition from the customary one-year waiting period between release of a hardback book and the paperback version, the feature pointed to three examples of a [...]
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Category: Amazon Tags: books, e-books, New York Times, paperbacks, publishers, royalties
by Allen Weiner | May 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
Just when you thought it was safe to go into your big box retailers and buy an “e-reader” after parsing the maze of options, two new choices loom: a new tablet from Amazon and a new something from Barnes and Noble. Barnes and Noble’s new device is fact; Amazon’s is speculation built on the usual [...]
Category: Amazon Apple Tags: Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, books, e-books, e-readers, iPad, Microsoft, Mirasol, Qualcomm, Sony
by Allen Weiner | December 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
Google’s entry into the digital publishing space with the launch of its eBookstore, partner program and device neutral distribution scheme is a big deal. On first look, there is the significant impact on rivals in the distribution space (Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple and Amazon) as they face new competition. However, as the first “media [...]
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by Allen Weiner | November 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Just when you thought e-reading was all black and white, Barnes & Noble tosses some color into the mix with the release of the NOOKColor, a reading device that expands beyond best sellers to include media that thrives in a color setting, namely children’s books and magazines and newspapers. Just in time for the holiday [...]
by Allen Weiner | October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest physical book retailer, is following up its November 2009 release of the Nook, an e-ink e-reader, with the NOOKcolor, a device that uses a 7-inch LCD/LED screen to display books, newspapers, magazines and a few additional services such as Pandora. The device is scheduled to be available on November [...]
Category: Amazon Apple Newspapers Publishing e-books Tags: B&N, Barnes and Noble, Blackberry, devices, Nook, samsung
by Allen Weiner | June 7, 2010 | 4 Comments
At the Apple World Wide Developers Conference, CEO Steve Jobs announced that in 65 days, five million e-books have been downloaded for the iPad. Using some sort of voodoo algorithm, he claims that amounts to 22% of all e-book sales. I am not sure how he calculated that given many of the e-book retailers are [...]
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by Allen Weiner | April 22, 2010 | Comments Off
Much was made about the concerns raised by a small handful of U.S. universities who are banning iPads from accessing their campus networks because of the strain it may put on their bandwidth not to mention some issues to device may have connecting to the school’s WiFi network. Being a skeptic, it struck me as [...]
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by Allen Weiner | January 4, 2010 | 3 Comments
Based on the number of pre-event press calls and steady stream of press releases, the E in CES 2010 stands for e-reading. Two days before I land in Las Vegas, I envision devices in every form factor each proclaiming to be the best thing to hit publishing since the AP Stylebook. I have now lost [...]
Category: Amazon Newspapers Publishing magazines Tags: Alex, Apple, CES, CES 2010, entourage systems, Plastic Logic, Que, Skiff, Spring Design
by Allen Weiner | December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am intrigued by Amazon’s latest news in which it announced that electronic versions of Stephen Covey’s bestselling books, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and “Principle-Centered Leadership,” will be available exclusively in the Amazon Kindle Store for $7.99. In addition, Amazon said “Kindle customers can expect to see more books by Covey available [...]
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