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Renee Xin

NewsFactor Network | Patent and Publishing Links Stir Apple Tablet Speculation - 0 views

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    "An Apple, Inc. patent application for new forms of multi-touch and secret meetings with publishers are fueling speculation about an Apple tablet computer to "redefine print." An analyst said a touchscreen Apple tablet could be a "killer application" for reading. The emphasis for an Apple tablet could be on interactive magazines and textbooks."
Sandra Rivera

StephenKing.com - News Archive 2000 - 0 views

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    Stephen King has published two works in internet. The first was "Riding the bullet", which sold around 500,000 copies online. With that success, King started the publication of a second work online, The Plant, with the idea of selling each chapter at $1. But he decided to suspend the experiment, because it didn't work as he thought it might.
Shan Luo

Google to launch online book store, rules out Kindle-like device - 1 views

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    Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
Shan Luo

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending - 2 views

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    Eager to attract digitally savvy patrons and capitalize on the growing popularity of electronic readers, public libraries are expanding collections of books that reside on servers rather than shelves
Huang Jing

The Future of e-Books: "A Tale of Discovery" - 0 views

shared by Huang Jing on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
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    A short clip about the advatanges and disadvantage of E-books. but more on the optimistic side. It predicts that the future e-book market will increase.
Huang Jing

New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles - 0 views

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    Electronic is going to be the center of the universe, so HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide decided to publish old books into digital form.
Renee Xin

Mark Coker: Why E-Books are Hot and Getting Hotter - 1 views

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    E-Books are getting hotter and hotter
anonymous

Sony Transitions to Adobe E-Book Platform « Copyright and Technology - 1 views

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    Sony abandons its propriety technology in response to consumer dissatisfaction.
Katharina Muders

A New Electronic Reader, the Nook, Enters the Market - 0 views

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    As widely expected, Barnes & Noble unveiled its Nook electronic reading device at a splashy news conference on Tuesday to generally positive views from the publishing community, and offered some details about its whispered-about lending capabilities.
Katharina Muders

E-Book Fans Are Proving to Be Enthusiastic Readers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Book sellers are making the case that people are reading more because of e-books.
Renee Xin

E-Reader Wars Add Ad Opportunities - MarketingVOX - 0 views

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    E-book is coming.
anonymous

Google's Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years - 1 views

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    Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth in real time.
Sandra Rivera

Can a School Library Be Replaced by E-Readers? Apparently, it Can - 0 views

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    Instead of the 20,000 books the school currently has, the students of Cushing Academy will have 18 e-readers at their disposal. The learning centre - the replacement for what was once the school's library - will also have three large TVs, a coffee shop, and laptop-friendly booths.
Sandra Rivera

Kindle versus Touchtablet: buy now or (i)wait? - Telegraph Blogs - 0 views

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    Andrew Keen writes about whether to buy the Kindle now or wait for the appearance of the Apple touchtablet device rumored to be released early next year
Sandra Rivera

Brains, Books and the Future of Print - Lane Wallace - 1 views

  • there are differences in the two reading experiences
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    Are print books really about to disappear, overtaken like horse-drawn carriages in the age of Detroit and the Ford Model T? Truth is, nobody knows. Nobody ever really knows what the future is going to hold, no matter how sure they sound in their predictions.
Sandra Rivera

Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Writing and reading - from newspapers to novels, academic reports to gossip magazines - are migrating ever faster to digital screens, like laptops, Kindles and cellphones.
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