In New York city last week at the GigaOM Big Data conference, an executive of Barnes and Noble Marc Parrish made some bold proclamations. He declared that "the book business is changing more radically now, and quicker, than movies or music or newspapers have, because we're doing it in a matter of months." He went on to elaborate, "In the next 24 months is when this business … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble claims ebooks will reign supreme in 2 years
E-Book News
Baidu Library to introduce Anti-eBook Piracy software May 1st 2011
Mega Chinese search giant Baidu has been criticized lately by a group of authors who claim their copyrighted books are being infringed upon. The company is not taking this matter lightly and will be introducing Anti-Pirate technology May 1st 2011, a product 4 months in development.A spokesman for Baidu Kaiser Kuo stated "The technology will not only enable Baidu Library to … [Read more...] about Baidu Library to introduce Anti-eBook Piracy software May 1st 2011
Where do you buy your eBooks from? Top 10 Survey Results
For the last few months we ran a survey on Good e-Reader asking where people purchased their ebooks! Over 500 people responded to our survey from all corners of the world and it gives a solid introspective on the most popular stores from the hardest of the hardcore reading fiends.It looks like Amazon whom controls most of the reading market with their Kindle line of … [Read more...] about Where do you buy your eBooks from? Top 10 Survey Results
Lendle gets a second chance in life from Amazon
Less then a day that Amazon revoked eBook lending site Lendle from using its API database, it looks like their access is now restored and the website is back in business.There was tremendous backlash yesterday as most major news sites had reported that eBook sharing facilltator Lendle was blacklisted from Amazon with no apparent reason. They had posted some news on their … [Read more...] about Lendle gets a second chance in life from Amazon
Interview with Booklending.com on their ebook lending company
eBook lending clubs have started to mature over the last few months as Amazon released book sharing functions for their Kindle line of electronic readers. Amazon allows lending of select books purchased from their company. These books can be sent to anyone who has a Kindle, or one of their apps. The website eBooklending.com helps facilitate the lending process, by helping … [Read more...] about Interview with Booklending.com on their ebook lending company
The future of e-books in Australia
It was just about a year ago that Australia entered the era of e-books and digital publishing. There was the Kobo e-reader that came along with the software as well as the retail backing. Apple entered the scene with its iBook software while Amazon finally decided to open up its Kindle Book Store to the Australians at large.However, the excitement soon whizzed out as a … [Read more...] about The future of e-books in Australia
eBook sales surpass print in January
Most of the time January is the slow months for retail and other stores, but not book hungry e-fiends. Publishers weekly is reporting that eBook Sales from around 16 reporting companies have said figures spiked to around 70 million dollars. Where as the print companies reporting said sales were rather lackluster and saw 39 million.It certainly is a sign of the times when … [Read more...] about eBook sales surpass print in January
E-Readers Can Give Textbook Publishers A Run For Their Money
I teach high school English for a very special population of teenagers. Some of them have been classified to receive special education services, and many more probably fell so far through cracks that they were never identified back in elementary school. Interestingly enough, many of my students have already officially quit school and some even already have their GEDs. The … [Read more...] about E-Readers Can Give Textbook Publishers A Run For Their Money
How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy
eBook lending services are starting to blossom and bear fruit, as popular e-reader companies, such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble recently allowed their eBook owners to lend out most books for a 14 day window period. Many new websites such as eBookFling, Kindle Lending Club, Lendle and BookLending helps facilitate members sharing purchased ebooks with each other. The question … [Read more...] about How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy
New eBook lending site “eBook Fling” for Nook and Kindle e-Readers
We are quite happy with the rise of eBook lending sites, that help facilitate the love of reading from users who have never met each other before. A new entrant to the emerging realm of eBook lending services "Fling" has just opened for business and it allows eBooks that have the lending feature, such as the Barnes and Noble Nook "Lendme" feature and the Amazon … [Read more...] about New eBook lending site “eBook Fling” for Nook and Kindle e-Readers
Libraries are starting to boycott Harpercollins
In the Digital era libraries are leading the charge for eBook lending and many customers exclusively are getting their reading fix whether they have an e-reader or a tablet computer. Many libraries when you sign up for a book that is lent out will send you a link to download it when it becomes available. After a few weeks the book will expire and then get sent back to the pool … [Read more...] about Libraries are starting to boycott Harpercollins
Diesel eBooks and Macmillan form a new partnership
The Diesel eBook store has been around since 2004 selling ebooks directly to the public. This was way before eBooks have became very trendy and before they had the great system to process orders they have today. In the past Diesel mainly just sold books through 3rd party type of system, no more. Today Diesel and Macmillan publishing signed a deal so Macmillan books … [Read more...] about Diesel eBooks and Macmillan form a new partnership
European Union officials raid eBook Publishers
Anti-Trust authorities based out of the EU have raided several major publishers on the premise of price fixing and artificially inflating the prices. Accusations abound that several publishing companies are getting together under the cartel model to agree on industry standard price fixing.The European Commission admitted to the Associated Press that it had "reason to … [Read more...] about European Union officials raid eBook Publishers
Random House titles now available at iBookstore
While the all new next gen iPad is just sometime away from us, there already is some interesting development on other quarters concerning the Apple iBookStore. The world's largest publisher, Random House can now take comfort from the fact that their e-books can now be seen listed at iBookstore, opening up the publishing house to millions of e-book lovers.What is even more … [Read more...] about Random House titles now available at iBookstore