News – 1) Amazon today sent out invitations to a press conference Wednesday, September 28 at 10 a.m. EDT at Stage 37 in New York City. As Nick Bolton quipped, no one thinks they’re about to announce creation of an online store to sell air conditioners. Yes indeed, friends. It looks as if official news [...]
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Interview (Starts at 3:08) – I spoke with James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, by Skype today (April 8, 2011) by Skype, about all things e-book and tablet in 2011. As usual, he offers clear insights into trends shaping the e-book revolution. News – J.K. Rowling’s spokesman tells The Scotsman that [...]
News – 1) Random House belatedly joins the “Apple 5″ publishers in adopting the Agency Model of e-book pricing, just in time to gain a brief but prominent mention by Steve Jobs at the iPad 2 press conference on March 2, 2011. Click here for video of the press conference. BusinessInsider offers reason to hope [...]
News – 1) Are libraries screwed in the age of e-books? A provocative presentation in September by Eli Neiberger of the Ann Arbor District Library argues yes, unless… I found the item at the blog of Eric Hellman. 2) Overdrive announces new apps and a big increase in borrowing of e-books from libraries (sadly, not [...]
News – 1) Google finally launches its much-delayed Google eBookstore, as reported by The Washington Post, A Kindle World, and Kindle Nation Daily. Independent bookstores such as my favorite, the Tattered Cover in Denver, jumped on the e-wagon, enabling me to buy an e-book from the TC for the first time, but not for my [...]
News – 1) Amazon updates the Kindle 3 software. 2) Kindles are coming to Best Buy this fall. Tech Tip – John Cog in a post at his Me and My Kindle blog tipped me off to a way to find other Kindle users on Google Maps, courtesy of a computer consultant in Croatia named [...]
