Monthly Archives: January 2010

What Do You Think About The Apple iPad

Apple released the much awaited iPad earlier this week. But did it meet people’s expectations? well! as far as I am concerned these are my thoughts on the iPad: First of all, it’s hard for me to understand whether there … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Steve Jobs Unveils Apple iPad

Steve Jobs unveils the Apple iPad today. Jobs positions it as a third computing device between a laptop and a smartphone geared towards the “key tasks” of Web browsing, email, sharing photos, watching videos, playing games, and reading digital books. … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Barnes & Noble Bookstore Built Into The Apple Tablet

The much awaited and the much talked about Apple Tablet will be launched on Wednesday, but out of all the varied rumors about the eReader one rumor pretty much confirmed to be a fact is that the Apple Tablet will … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Effects of Apple’s Entry Into The e-Book Market

There is a lot of notion going on out there in the eBook market that the launch of Apple’s iSlate (a.k.a Tablet) that is expected to launch in couple of days will bring a huge shift in the entire paradigm … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

To Buy or Not To Buy The Barnes & Noble Nook

Came across an interesting article on Washington Post where the editor-Rob Pegoraro shares his experience of the Barnes & Nobles Nook (that he did not buy but borrowed from one of his co-workers). This is the feedback that he has … Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under Uncategorized

Competition Over e-Book Price Makes Publishers Sacrifice Quality

Publishers are definitely not happy with the pressure they are facing due to the price war over eBooks. They are increasingly becoming so focused on their sales earnings that they are compromising on quality to keep their costs down. The … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Amazon’s Next Step for Kindle: Kindle Apps

Just yesterday I posted about Amazon’s announcement of their new royalty program for Kindle eBook sales where authors and publishers will be able to make a larger share(70%) of the Kindle eBook sales revenue and see what we have today? … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Amazon Makes Authors & Publishers Happier with Higher Cut of Kindle eBook Sales

Amazon Announced their New Royalty Program for Kindle Book Sales Amazon.com has announced that they will be offering do-it-yourself authors and publishers a bigger cut of their book sales on Kindle eReader. Although there will be certain criterias that authors/publishers … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

places to get ebooks from for your ebook readers

1) Mobipocket Catalogue :  65,000 titles Price :$14 Formats : Mobi Exception: Nook, Sony Reader 2) Project Gutenberg Catalogue: 30,000 titles Price: Not Available Formats: ePub, Mobi, HTML Exceptions: None 3) CyberRead Catalogue: 310,000 titles Price: $14 Formats: ePub, PDF, Mobi Exceptions: None 4) Waterstone’s Catalogue: 21,000 Price: Not Available Formats: ePub Exceptions: Kindle … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Sneak Peak into The Year of eBook Reader

Since Amazon’s launch of Kindle (over two years ago), sale of digital book in the U.S has gone up exponentially, says Forrester Research.  From January 2009 to September revenues sprang up to $109 million as compared to $52.4 million in … Continue reading

2 Comments

Filed under Ebook Readers