HarperCollins has just announced that they have generated over $490 million dollars in book sales in the past twelve months. Digital audiobook and ebook sales were up 6% and now account for 19% of the publishers revenue.The publisher has also proclaimed that book sales increased $122 million, or 7%, compared to the … [Read more...]
Harry Potter: A History of Magic is a new original audiobook
Pottermore Publishing is producing an original audiobook that is going to be titled Harry Potter: A History of Magic. This non-fiction audiobook will reveal some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling’s magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical … [Read more...]
Blue light can cause blindness, which is why people choose e-readers
People tend to think that smartphones, tablets and e-readers are the same things. This is simply not the case and there is a fundamental difference between an iPad and a Kindle. The Apple iPad for example, has in-plane switching, light-emitting diode, liquid crystal display that produces crisp, clear colors under … [Read more...]
The Sony and E Ink Joint venture is working on some excellent products
Sony and E Ink Holdings formed a joint venture late last year and is it called Linfiny. The joint venture is set to optimize the design and R&D capability at Sony Semiconductor Solutions and backend module production capacity at EIH to develop e-paper products and solutions to enable clients to shorten … [Read more...]
Arta Tech announces InkBook Explore and InkBook Lumos
Arta Tech is a Polish company that has been developing e-readers for the past five years. They have just announced two products that are available for pre-order and should be available soon. The Inkbox Explore and the InkBook Lumos are two of the three products they are releasing this year, the other is the 10.3 inch … [Read more...]
Audible Channels is scaling back on original content
Audible Channels launched in 2016 and primarily comprises of podcasts, audio versions of newspapers, comedy shows and tech news. It is free for Amazon Prime Members and Audible subscribers get full access to all of the content. Channels was designed to draw in new users and hopefully become paid monthly subscribers. It … [Read more...]
Scribd has just increased their throttling limits
Scribd relaunched their unlimited audiobook and ebook service back in February. The company disclosed to Good e-Reader that in order to remain profitable they need to be able to maintain some semblance of control over the most voracious readers. Publishers are paid after a certain percentage of pages have been read, … [Read more...]
GLIGO is a new E Ink smartwatch
GLIGO is a brand new E Ink smartwatch currently fundraising on Indiegogo. They currently have raised over $212,000 on a $10,000 goal. This device is going to retail for a paltry $99 and will start shipping in September. One of the big selling points is that the battery will last three years, due to the low power that … [Read more...]
The History of Kobo and how they changed the e-reader market
Kobo is the second largest e-reader and ebook retailer in the world. The company burst onto the scene in 2009 in Toronto, Canada. They quickly took over the Canadian market and started to expand into foreign countries in a really intelligent way. The future is bright for Kobo and they continue to release two new … [Read more...]
Overdrive has doubled the amount of digital magazines on their platform
Overdrive unveiled a new digital magazine system in June and they launched with 50 titles. The company ironed out a deal with Magzter for their catalog, which seems to be working. Over twenty thousand magazine checkouts have been racked up in the past month and thousands more are occurring every day.In order to … [Read more...]
New method turns your old Kindle into a literary clock
If you are looking to breathe a second life into your old Kindle e-Reader Jaap Meijers has a new method that turns it into a literary clock. His girlfriend is an avid reader and wanted a clock for their living room and he decided to write some software for the Kindle that tells the time by quoting time indications … [Read more...]
E-Book Piracy is declining in Europe
A new study conducted by the Institute for Information Law and financed by Google has proclaimed that ebook piracy is on the decline in Europe. Between 2014 and 2017, the number of pirates decreased in all European countries except Germany. Online piracy is most prevalent in Indonesia, Thailand and Brazil, followed by … [Read more...]