by Allen Weiner | January 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
Rumors being what they are, much of what Steve Jobs announced at the Ipad launch event didn’t come as a surprise to the overload crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The iPad is a tweener that fits nicely between an iPhone/iTouch and netbook computer. With a 9.7-inch screen weighing in at 1.5 [...]
Category: Apple Mobile Newspapers magazines Tags: Alex, Apple, AT&T, Dell, e-books, entourage systems, iPad, iPod, Plastic Logic, Publishing, Sony, Spring Design, Sprint, Verizon
by Allen Weiner | January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
Amazon has plans to change its royalty schedule for publishers beginning this summer, doing a 180 on its 70-30 split. There are rules a’plenty, but it’s a clear pre-emptive move in the face of Apple’s possible launch of a tablet-based device. Apple is said to be willing to offer publishers a split that more resembles [...]
Category: Microsoft Mobile Newspapers Publishing Yahoo blogging citizen media Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple tablet, books, Kindle, publishers, tablets
by Allen Weiner | December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
According to this report from Reuters, Yahoo is open to selling HotJobs fir the right price. If this report is true, then I suspect Yahoo’s newspaper consortium will lose much of its momentum if not outright come to an end; there are more than 600 newspapers in the consortium and HotJobs is one of the [...]
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Category: Microsoft Mobile Newspapers Publishing Yahoo blogging citizen media Tags: Bing, Google, HotJobs, Living Stories, newspaper consortium, Yahoo
by Allen Weiner | November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Kudos to Sony and Random House (U.K.) for some innovative marketing for its ereader. In the U.K., Sony is launching a pink ereader for fans of John Patterson (alas, one of my guilty pleasures). The reader will contain some exclusive content from John Patterson as well as a pre-release version of the latest Alex Cross [...]
Category: Amazon Mobile Newspapers Publishing Tags: Amazon, ebooks, ereaders, James Patterson, Kindle, Sony, Waterstones's
by Allen Weiner | November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Every time I read a blog post, like this one, reviewing the Kindle’s arrive in South Africa, I retreat to the notion that the future of ereading is on smartphones. Even with a slightly less optimal reading experience, the ubiquity of smartphones (not to mention carrier subsidized cost) is too glaring an advantage to ignore.
Category: Amazon Mobile Newspapers Publishing Tags: Amazon, ebooks, Kindle, Publishing, smartphones
by Allen Weiner | November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Author John Grisham talks about the devaluation of books as well as “uncertainty over ebooks” in this insightful interview on NBC’s “The Today Show.”
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Category: Amazon Mobile Newspapers Publishing blogging Tags: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, ebooks, John Grisham, Today Show
by Allen Weiner | October 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
Amazon as taken two steps to ensure it has some breathing room between itself and the burgeoning list of competitors in the eBook-ereader marketplace. The company has announced that it is lowering the price of the bestseller Kindle to $259, down from $299 as well launching the Kindle with U.S. & International Wireless. Kindle with [...]
Category: Amazon Mobile Newspapers Publishing blogging magazines Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple tablet, AT&T, IREX, Kindle, Orange, Plastic Logic, Sony Reader, Sprint, Telecom Italia
by Allen Weiner | September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
IREX Technologies has announced a new entry into the e-reader space that is sure to turn some heads and offer yet another competitive alternative to Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s new product lines. Additionally, the new, 8.1-inch IREX DR800SG, adds Verizon to the list of carriers who sense an opportunity in this emerging space. Verizon will [...]
Category: Amazon Microsoft Mobile Newspapers Publishing Tags: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ebooks, ereaders, IREX, Verizon
by Allen Weiner | September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
A recent survey from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of its U.S. and Canadian newspaper, magazine and business membership to learn more about publishers’ current mobile initiatives and strategic plans underscores the hope publishers see in e-distribution. Close to 58% of all newspaper publishers format their content for viewing on a mobile service (smartphone, [...]
Category: Amazon Google Mobile Newspapers Publishing economy Tags: Amazon, Apple, e-readers, e-reading
by Allen Weiner | August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments
Somewhere in Seattle, likely over cups of very strong coffee, the powers that be at Amazon are no doubt planning a well-caffeinated response to two recent announcements in the eBook market as well as some well-speculated product and service releases that could come in Q4, just in time for the holiday shopping season. Amazon’s original [...]
Category: Mobile Newspapers Publishing Tags: Amazon, Apple, Kindle, Libre Digital, Plastic Logic, Sony
