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Let the E-Reader Price War Begin? Sony Drops to $169 - Digits - WSJ - 0 views

blogs.wsj.com/...ce-war-begin-sony-drops-to-169 E-Readers Pricing Sony Reader Amazon Kindle Apple iPad Apps
shared by Derik Dupont on 26 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 26 Mar 10
     
    Sony says it is cutting the price on its entry-level e-book reader, dubbed the Pocket Reader, to $169 -- perhaps the first in a coming price war for the devices.
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Amazon Unveils Kindle Fire Tablet, Two Other New E-Readers - 1 views

www.bookbusinessmag.com/...1 Amazon Kindle Fire E-reader Books Magazines Publishing Nook Kobo Wi-Fi 3G Color E-books
shared by Derik Dupont on 28 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 28 Sep 11
     
    Amazon.com today unveiled its long-awaited color tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire, at an event in New York that also saw the introduction of two new e-readers. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the tablet, which ships Nov. 15, would retail for $199. "We're building premium products at non-premium prices," he said.
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After Long Resistance, Pynchon Allows Novels to Be Sold as E-Bookse - 2 views

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/...s-novels-to-be-sold-as-e-books ebooks
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 13 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 13 Jun 12
     
    Thomas Pynchon was one of the last great holdouts: the rare writer who had refused to allow his work to be sold in e-book format. Now he's changed his mind.
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The iPad in the Eyes of the Digerati - 0 views

roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/...ad-in-the-eyes-of-the-digerati iPad e-publishing e-books
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 07 Apr 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 07 Apr 10
     
    Comment on the iPad from Tim O'Reilly, David Gelernter and others. Over 250,000 e-books downloaded on the first weeken!
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Amazon & Google Getting Impatient With Book Publishers - 2 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...patient_with_book_publishe.php e-books amazon
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 29 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 29 Feb 12
     
    Strained relations between e-book publishers and the major online retail channels.
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Kindle Singles, Genre Between Magazine Articles and Books - 1 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 07 Mar 12
     
    The best reason to buy an e-reader in the first place? That's the claim made here about Amazon Singles.
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Amazon adds audio, video to Kindle iPhone app | Digital Media - CNET News - 0 views

news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20008981-93.html Amazon Kindle iPhone Apps Audio Videos E-Books iPad iPod Touch Books
shared by Derik Dupont on 30 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 30 Jun 10
     
    Kindle for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad can now display embedded video and audio clips for Kindle e-books, courtesy of the latest upgrade to the app. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Digital Media.
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Will Amazon's Kindle catch fire in China? - 0 views

www.csmonitor.com/...n-s-Kindle-catch-fire-in-China publishing ebook reader China readers
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 07 Aug 10 - Cached
  • And for readers under the age of 29, the number of Chinese reading e-books is almost 1 in 2.
  • arnie Grossblatt on 07 Aug 10
     
    Amazing numbers from China.  50% of the population under 29 read e-books (generally on cell phones)
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Publishers' crazy e-book prices - Dan Gillmor - Salon.com - 0 views

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shared by Liz Rich on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • drawbacks to e-books, at least the way Amazon and Apple sell them. They don't really sell e-books; they merely let me read them, and in the process remove my rights
  • But there are major
  • to do what I want with what I've purchased
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  • The ability to give away or sell a used book is called the “First Sale Doctrine” in copyright law. But by sending me a digital file and tethering that file to a specific device, Amazon and the publishers have removed my right to transfer it, and thereby destroyed a portion of the book's value. By all rights they should offer me a better price, considerably better, than the hardcover (or, for that matter, softcover) edition. Is a few hours' worth of portability worth everything else I lose?
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Media Talk - E-Books by FT Press Slim Down to Quick Reads - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...08condense.html Amazon Kindle E-Books E-Readers Barnes & Noble Pearson FT Press
shared by Derik Dupont on 12 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 12 Feb 10
     
    FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.
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Amazon Offers Royalty Plan to Keep Ebook Prices Down - WSJ.com - 0 views

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shared by Derik Dupont on 20 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Derik Dupont on 20 Jan 10
     
    Amazon said it will begin offering authors and publishers a bigger cut of book sales on its Kindle e-reader-but with strings attached aimed at keeping prices that consumers pay down." />
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Amazon May Impede Access to Some Publishers' Books - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...18amazon.html Amazon Apple Kindle iPad e-books publishing business model pricing
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 18 Mar 10
     
    Another round of disputes on e-book pricing between Amazon and publishers
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Google to Launch Digital Books by Early Summer - 0 views

online.wsj.com/...3866704575224232417931818.html e-books Google publishers business model
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 04 May 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 04 May 10
     
    The world of publishing gets more interesting with the entrance of Google as an e-book vendor.
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Smell of Books - 1 views

smellofbooks.com e-books humor
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 18 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Thelisha Woods on 18 Jun 09
     
    This isn't real, but I thought it was a strange, funny, and silly idea at any rate!
  • arnie Grossblatt on 18 Jul 11
     
    What e-books have been missing. DRM compatible.
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Does the Brain Like E-Books? - 2 views

roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/...does-the-brain-like-e-books e-books reading Kindle publishers books
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 15 Oct 09
     
    Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in or absorbs information when it is presented electronically versus on paper? Does the reading experience change, from retention to comprehension, depending on the medium?
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James Jones's 'From Here to Eternity' Is Uncensored - - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...to-eternity-is-uncensored.html e-books publishing publishers censorship
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 05 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 05 Apr 11
     
    Interesting story of how e-books are enabling "restoration" of back-list titles.
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Is E-Reading to Your Toddler Story Time, or Simply Screen Time? - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...ime-or-simply-screen-time.html e-books print reading
shared by arnie Grossblatt on 16 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 16 Oct 14
     
    Screen reading to children may not be as beneficial as reading print books.
  • arnie Grossblatt on 06 Nov 14
     
    Screen reading to children may not be as beneficial as reading print books.
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