E Ink has just announced a new Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP), a high quality, full color reflective display. For the first time ever, an electrophoretic display (EPD) can produce full color at every pixel without the use of a color filter array. It can display over 32,000 different colors and has a resolution of 1600 x 2500 pixels and 150 PPI.ACeP achieves a full color … [Read more...] about E-Ink Develops New Color E-Paper
Archives for May 2016
E-Ink Unveils New 32 Inch Flexible Display
E Ink has just unveiled a brand new 32 inch e-paper screen that is totally flexible. These two features make the display an ideal solution as a drop-in replacement for digital signage applications in transportation and other public information systems. This is the latest addition to the EÂ Ink Mobius product line of lightweight, flexible displays.The key attribute of the new … [Read more...] about E-Ink Unveils New 32 Inch Flexible Display
Amazon Kindle Oasis vs the Kindle Voyage
The Kindle Voyage and Kindle Oasis are Amazons flagship e-readers. They are both very unique in different ways and the purpose of today's comparison is to give you a sense of what these units bring to the table.The Kindle Oasis and Voyage have the same e-ink Carta display with a resolution of 1440 x 1080 with 300 PPI. The Voyage has six LED lights that power the front-lit … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Oasis vs the Kindle Voyage
Amazon no longer price matches within 7 days
Without any fanfare Amazon quietly edited price protection policy on all products except televisions. This includes Kindles, Tablets and Fire TV streaming media boxes. This was done because there are a handful of small startups on Amazons radar that processes automatic refunds when the price dropped.Amazons previous policy allowed consumers to get a refund if they purchased … [Read more...] about Amazon no longer price matches within 7 days
Digital Audiobook Sales Rose 38.9% in 2015
The publishing industry has been on the downward trend in the last few years due to the decline in e-book sales. According to Publisher’s Weekly, a report by the Association of American Publishers’ shows that overall publishing industry sales fell by 2.6% last year when compared to figures from 2014. The only industry segments to show improvement, in fact, were adult books and … [Read more...] about Digital Audiobook Sales Rose 38.9% in 2015
The Waterstones eBook Store is Closing
The Waterstone's eBook Store is closing and all of the digital content is being transferred over to Kobo. The UK bookseller announced this today on their main website and also via email to their existing customers. This is the 3rd major company to strike a relationship with Kobo.The United Kingdom is facing a digital crisis with many of the leading e-book companies going … [Read more...] about The Waterstones eBook Store is Closing
Amazon Does Not Price Match e-Books, but Kobo Does
Amazon is the largest online e-book retailer in the world and they have around 75% market share in the United States and 95% in the United Kingdom. Millions of people buy Kindle books on a weekly basis and sometimes after you buy one, the price goes down. Amazon does not price match e-books, even if the price changes a day after you purchased it.Price matching e-books is … [Read more...] about Amazon Does Not Price Match e-Books, but Kobo Does
Is there a future for Android Tablets?
Google announced that touchscreen enabled Chrome tablets will be getting Android app support in the next few months. Sometime soon thereafter Chrome OS desktops and other devices will be getting access to Google Play and all of the core services.Users will have access to the Chrome Internet browser, along with Firefox and millions of apps. Android apps. There is also going … [Read more...] about Is there a future for Android Tablets?
You can now store e-books on the Amazon Fire SD Card
Amazon us pushing out a new firmware update for their Fire Tablets that will finally allow users to store e-books on the SD Card. This will be tremendously useful for people who have a large PDF and e-book collection and find themselves running out of internal memory.One of the big benefits about the new 5.2.7.1 update is you can store anything you buy or download directly … [Read more...] about You can now store e-books on the Amazon Fire SD Card
Understanding Kindle eBook License Limitations
Did you know that when you purchase a Kindle e-book it is possible to exceeded the number of devices that can read it on? If you go above a certain threshold you will have no recourse but to call Amazon to reset the e-Book license.The average Kindle e-book from a major publisher has six devices it can be loaded on, but I have seen some only allow two of three. This goes … [Read more...] about Understanding Kindle eBook License Limitations
Simon & Schuster is cheating authors with eBook royalties
When you purchase an eBook you are merely licensing the digital file and there is no outright ownership. Â Simon & Schuster apparently did not get the memo and has been paying authors royalties based on sales. This is a big deal because the average author gets paid 25% for a sale, whereas they should have been getting 50% for the license. This situation has pissed authors … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster is cheating authors with eBook royalties
E Ink is going to announce new e-Paper next week
E Ink is going to be announcing new plastic based flexible e-paper at SID Display Week. The company has spent the last year developing a spiritual successor to Mobius technology. It is very likely that the new e-paper is optimized for the new Freescale IMX7 Dual core processors.In addition to the second generation Mobius e-paper, E Ink is going to be unveiling another new … [Read more...] about E Ink is going to announce new e-Paper next week
Google Play is coming to Chromebooks
If you have a modern Chromebook you will soon be getting Google Play and the ability to install Android apps. Google has posted a comprehensive list of the first Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and other Chrome OS computers that will support the the new initiative.The best experience you will have with Chromebooks getting apps is if your particular model has a touchscreen. … [Read more...] about Google Play is coming to Chromebooks
Storytel Acquires Mofibo for £13 Million
Storytel is the leading audiobook streaming service and currently operates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland and Finland. The company has just acquired Mofibo for £13.3 million and is now the largest streaming service for audiobooks in Europe.The service, founded in 2013, was among the first in the world to launch a digital book subscription service and … [Read more...] about Storytel Acquires Mofibo for £13 Million
Here are the 2015 Nebula Awards Winners
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story.NOVELUprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard, Lawrence M. … [Read more...] about Here are the 2015 Nebula Awards Winners
The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2015
The State of Digital Publishing in Canada report is the result of our third year of surveying publishers and compiling data on digital publishing programs. With three years of data to compare, this report looks at the size, scope, and production processes of the Canadian digital publishing market.When asked about their goals for producing ebooks, almost all publishers (88%) … [Read more...] about The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2015