Digital Book Readers: e-readers guide and review

Digital Book World Conference and the Consumer Electronics Show

Editor — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:19 +0000

The DBW Conference, held in New York, helps professionals in the book publishing business as they move into digital publishing. The CES in Las Vegas is a technology related trade show put on for professionals that have an affiliation with consumer electronics. Read about the high lights from the 2010 conferences and find out what is planned, so far, for 2011.

On the Electronic Backlist (by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)

Editor — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:48:14 +0000

For the last decade I’ve been saying that the midlist — where most novels are published — is in trouble. Print runs have been reduced, shelf-life has been shortened, in-print status has been cut in half, and back-lists have been decimated. To make matters worse, many publishers blame the writers for reduced sales, as if their policies have nothing to do with the sales figures.

eBook Review: “Breath” by Tim Winton

Editor — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:09:14 +0000

An engaging story about growing up and living on the edge, this award-winning novel, published in 2008, is set in Western Australia in the 1970s. The author, Tim Winton, is one of that country's most acclaimed living writers. The story may have autobiographical elements, as the author was about the same age as the main protagonist during that decade.

Txtr e-Book Reader: A New Competitor

Editor — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:32:02 +0000

Txtr GmbH, a German based company, was founded in 2008. It is an e-Reading company whose services include an online store for digital books and news, document storage and service, support for multi-devices, and the Txtr e-Reader. Their goal is to increase the way people use electronic content. The Txtr e-Reader prototype was displayed at CeBit IT Fair in early 2009. The release of the e-Reader was scheduled for the German speaking part of Europe in October 2009. It was to be launched...

Plastic Logic: New Generation Product instead of QUE reader

Editor — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:41:51 +0000

According to the recent PL’s press release the company cancelles QUE ebook readers. It debuted at CES (January, 2010) and planned to ship in March.

“We recognize the market has dramatically changed, and with the product delays we have experienced, it no longer make sense for us to move forward…

E-Reader Pilot Program a Success at Fairleigh Dickinson University

Editor — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:31:25 +0000

In the fall of 2009 Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) launched a pilot e-reader program. Students and staff could borrow one of twelve e-readers from the library for a one week period with the ability to renew it for a second week. Users filled out a survey providing feedback about their experiences with the devices. In the spring of 2010 the program was expanded, providing one class with 20 e-readers preloaded with course materials.

What’s Next in e-Ink Technology

Editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:41:47 +0000

E-Ink technology is currently focusing on color displays and also on e-ink for flexible plastic displays. Although E Ink research has a way to go to get close the quality of color achievable with LCD, HP Labs is well advanced in its development of flexible displays for roll-up screens. When the two will come together is anybody's guess, but it just might be sooner than later.

TXTR Reader: order and wait

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:44:52 +0000

The txtr Reader is a new device on the market for reading digital books and documents. Produced by German company with the same name it is promised to have:

High-resolution display without any glare
Download of content anytime and anywhere
Long battery life
Open system architecture
Add-on service txtr

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Price cuts dramatically increase Kindle eBook sales

Editor — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:22:29 +0000

Amazon said in a statement that in the past 3 months, it has sold 143 ebooks for every 100 hardcover books sold on its website. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle ebooks. Free Kindle books are excluded and could…

Novelist’s debut legal thriller now an e-book for charity

Editor — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:36:33 +0000

A former trial lawyer, Levine entered the thriller scene 20 years ago with the publication of TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD, the first novel in his series featuring linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter. The book was translated into 15 languages and adapted into an NBC World Premiere Movie in 1995.

TO SPEAK…