The Onyx Boox Max Carta has garnered a ton of media attention because it offers users more flexibility than the Sony Digital Paper. This device features a giant 13.3 inch display and over 16GB of internal storage. It has Google Play, so you can have a lot of freedom to install your favorite Android … [Read more...]
Audiobook Metrics and Statistics for 2017
Audiobook sales have been growing over the past four years and major publishers have all disclosed that audio sales are making up for the massive decline for their e-book units. How have audiobooks been growing in the first six months of 2017? Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio … [Read more...]
Amazon Fire 7 with Alexa vs Nook Tablet 7
Amazon and Barnes and Noble have both released new tablets in 2017 and they are both compelling for different reasons. Amazon has bundled Alexa with their latest 7 inch tablet, whereas B&N is getting back into designing their own hardware after years of marketing Samsung tablets with Nook apps. … [Read more...]
Galaxy Magazine is now available for free online
Galaxy Magazine was the most popular science-fiction publication in the 1950's and every single issue they ever made is now available online for free. Each title is available in EPUB and PDF, so you can easily copy it to your e-reader, smartphone or tablet and they are DRM-Free. The collection … [Read more...]
Apple Pencil Unboxing Video
Apple has three different iPad Pro models that range in size from nine to twelve inches. It was designed to pair to your device and you can use it to take notes, make highlights or draw. The Pencil measures 6.875 inches long and weighs a mere 0.64 ounces. It's a smooth, white, plastic cylinder … [Read more...]
Have we hit Peak iPad?
Will the Apple iPad continue to be the catalyst of growth or is there a growing commercial apathy towards the tablet? iPads represented less than 10% of total company's 2016 sales and in the last two quarters of 2017 they have been around 7%. The iPad is seven years old and tablets in general seem … [Read more...]
Good e-Reader has implemented SSL
The world is slowly gravitating towards SSL because it provides better security. Good e-Reader has adopted SSL on our news website and the Android and Blackberry App Store. Everything should now be resolving to https by default. We primarily implemented SSL for a number of reasons. One was … [Read more...]
E-Books and e-Readers are booming in the Netherlands
E-Books and e-Readers are growing in the Netherlands and this a boon for the entire digital publishing industry. In April, May and June e-book sales increased by 10% and e-book subscription services grew by a staggering 430% compared to the second quarter last year. This is attributed to Kobo Plus, … [Read more...]
You can now pay for audiobooks and e-books from iBooks via Paypal
Apple has just made purchasing digital content from iBooks a little bit easier for people who do not have a credit card. The company has just incorporated Paypal for users in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. Until now, Apple … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble Education Sales Increase by 16.3%
Barnes and Noble Nook Education has just reported that in the last quarter they generated $342.8 million, an increase of $48 million or 16.3%. Total sales for the full fiscal year were $1.87 billion compared with $1.81 billion from the prior fiscal year, an increase of $66.4 million or 3.7%. In the … [Read more...]
Amazon Prime Day Sales Increased by 60%
Amazon has disclosed that Prime Day sales have increased by over 60% this year. This dramatic increase was partly attributed to the length of the sale period increasing from 24 hours to 30 hours. Amazon also ran television commercials in key North American markets . Key Points The number of … [Read more...]
Apple iPad Pro with Apple Pencil vs Sony DPT-RP1 with Stylus
One of the big selling points of the Apple iPad Pro line of tablets is the compatibility with the Apple Pencil. You can make use of specific apps that are geared towards note taking, drawing or editing PDF files. The Sony DPT-RP1 is primarily utilized for note taking and editing documents and the … [Read more...]