Kobo books has been one of the darlings of the e-reader world over the course of the last year and Borders has conceded that they are the lesser online book power. Borders has officially announced that they are getting out of the ebook game and Kobo will take over their operations. Kobo currently does the e-reader and ebook thing full time while Borders did it as a casual … [Read more...] about Kobo takes over Borders eBook Business
Rumors
Rumor: Amazon Tablets to be Available Q4
It seems a tablet from Amazon is already confirmed, what with the almost endless stream of leaks and rumors concerning the tablet which, if true, will perhaps be almost as big as the iPad. The rumor world has also pegged the price of the tablet at $349 and $449 for the 7 and 10 inch models of the tablet respectively. Also, as per the last round of leaks, the 7 inch model has … [Read more...] about Rumor: Amazon Tablets to be Available Q4
Barnes & Noble and Amazon Have Something up Their E-Reader Sleeves
This week, news appeared that Barnes & Noble’s Buzz Score—the word-of-mouth measurement of consumers’ reactions to advertising, a way to discern what the general public is hearing about a specific brand name, as measured by YouGov Brand Index—is quickly closing the gap between its name and Amazon’s with the adult 18 and over market. This spike in its score, rising from 16.4 … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble and Amazon Have Something up Their E-Reader Sleeves
Transcontinental Printing Keeps Up With The Times
It wouldn’t seem like Transcontinental has all that much to learn. After all, to be the largest multiprinting company in Canada, as well as the fourth largest printer in North America, they must be doing something right. But with this era’s shift towards digital publishing, Transcontinental is keeping pace, as announced in a May 16th press release naming their company as the … [Read more...] about Transcontinental Printing Keeps Up With The Times
Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader
We have some rather breaking news with online giant Amazon and their highly successful line of Kindle e-readers. It seems many publishers have been told by the company that in the near-future, they should be submitting their books to Amazon in EPUB format and not exclusively MOBI. They also went on to let us know that Amazon was indeed planning something BIG and that soon the … [Read more...] about Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader
Amazon CEO neither confirms nor denies Amazon Tablet
We reported a week ago that there was confirmed reports of Amazon placing a massive order totaling 3.2 billion dollars for 700,000 tablets a month with Taiwan based Quanta Computers. Today Consumer Reports asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos point blank about his companies plans to launch a tablet. He told them to ''stay tuned.' The main reason he did not full on announce the plans … [Read more...] about Amazon CEO neither confirms nor denies Amazon Tablet
Entourage discontinuing the Pocket Edge e-reader
Entourage Canada has let us know today that they will be discontinuing manufacturing and distribution worldwide of the Entourage Pocket Edge e-reader. The Entourage Pocket Edge was the smaller brother to the original Entourage Edge e-reader. It is a small dual book device with one screen featuring a 6 inch touch screen e-ink and a 7 inch full color resistive touch screen … [Read more...] about Entourage discontinuing the Pocket Edge e-reader
The Android Market Gets Movie Rentals
One of the big drawbacks of having an Android device is sometimes the lack of quality content. It is hard to sift out the good apps from the heaps of bad ones. When you have an Android tablet it is often bundled with music or movie companies you have never heard of and most of them have a lackluster selection. However, Android tablets got a boost today with the announcement … [Read more...] about The Android Market Gets Movie Rentals
Tablets Become Even More Relevant with Google Music
Most Tablet PC's out there suffer from the lack of internal storage. If you look at the iPad, most people opt to purchase the 16 GB version, which looks alluring but fills up fast. Even the highest tier version only goes up to 64 GB and most other tablets such as the Playbook and Xoom have similar storage problems. Google has recognized this problem and seeks to address it with … [Read more...] about Tablets Become Even More Relevant with Google Music
New Barnes and Noble e-Reader May 24th
During a big investors and conference today Barnes and Noble told the assembled audience that they will be officially announcing a new e-reader May 24th. Barnes and Noble has seen critical market success with its Nook 3G, Nook WIFI, and the new Nook Color e-reader the last 2 years. The Nook Color continues to be the color e-Reader to beat in the tablet world and recently the … [Read more...] about New Barnes and Noble e-Reader May 24th