Monthly Archives: December 2009
State of the ebook: Interesting series of articles
Interesting series of articles on the state of the ebook: http://www.geardiary.com/series/state-of-the-ebook/
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Is this the right time to buy an ebook reader?
An intersting ananlysis of the existing option in the markets with their advantages and disadvantages. The author concludes that the users should wait few more months before buying the device. Full article here
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Mediabistro Ebook summit: Amazon ebook pricing predatory
In one of the more interesting sessions Bob LiVolsi, founder of independent e-book retailer Books On Board, blamed Amazon of destrying the book market by pricing the ebooks at $9.99. According to him this would lead to much lower profit … Continue reading
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MediaBistro E-book Summit: Future of advertising
The panelist wher divided on the future of advertising in books. Few believed that the advertising stills exists in the books (very very very small scale ) and might marginally increase with the spread of ebooks. However, everyone agreed that … Continue reading
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Twitter transcript of the ebook summit
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dc9pq83x_366drvwwfgn
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Cool-er ebooks reader gets even more cool : adds 400K new titles
Coole-er ebook reader recently tied up with overdrive, this tie-up increases the number of books offered through the reader device to 2 million in 42 language. These ebook readers are priced at $249 and support 42 ebook format (EPUB, TXT, … Continue reading
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Scribd declares war on Amazon
Scribd – the youtube of document recently did a deal with Wiley to start selling few of their ebooks (dummies etc) through their site. However, today they decided to take Amazon head on. The CEO of the company said that they will … Continue reading
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Read 7 free disney ebook: nice marketing strategy to increase your p-book sales
http://nashvilleonthecheap.com/?p=987
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Ads in ebooks?
People in industry are already trying to come up with alternative pricing model for the ebooks. Most of the players in the indstry do not believe that Amazon’s $9.99 pricing would duely compensate authors and publishers. Dont be surprised if … Continue reading
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Future of ebook/ereader market 2010
E Ink will lose its claim to near-100% market share for e-reader displays Dual-screen mobile phones and netbooks will eat into e-reader demand. Apps will make non-reading devices more e-book-friendly. eReaders will get apps, too Amazon will launch a suite … Continue reading
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