With ever-more ereaders and other announcements coming out of CES, we’ve attempted to organize the information that we think is most relevant to our audience below. As indicated earlier, we’re particularly interested in who is selling the ebooks for these new devices (some are starting their own stores, RCA has partnered with BN.com); whether the physical retail base for ereaders is expanding (as with 1,000 Sprint stores selling the Skiff); and who else can play (B&T’s Blio says its can easily be deployed by other etailers). MORE eREADERS SamsungNumber of models: 2 (6-inch and 10-inch)Wireless connection?: Wi-fiPromised for: “early 2010”Special […]
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Borders UK Online Assets Are Sold
The Capital Organisation, an investment group, has purchased the defunct Borders UK’s online operation and a database of over a million customers for an undisclosed price, the Bookseller reports. Operating under the less tarnished Books etc brand (a part of Borders UK), the buyer “is thought to be planning to merge the website with two other retail sites it already owns – goodmusic.co.uk and sellstudentstuff.com.”
Today's eReader News
DMC is launching a line of six different ereaders–two of which have 3G connectivity, with the rest using wifi–along with a social networking platform around reading called Copia. Their tag line is: “Any eReader can hold your book. But only one holds your entire reading experience. Introducing the copia reader — the first and only reader with social networking built in.” Gizmodo dubs it “like Goodread on steroids.” Company info on the readers Amazon’s SuperKindle will start shipping with international wireless capability starting January 19, now open for pre-orders.Release Meanwhile, CourseSmart, the consortium that sells higher education textbooks online, has […]
eNews: Oh CES Can You See, A New eThing for Me–Apple's Unicorn; Big and Bendy Skiff; and More
Here’s how we explained the big Apple news at dinner table last night. The WSJ has put their journalistic credibility behind confirming that at the unacknowledged Apple presentation on January 25, 26 or 27, they will announce the mythical tablet device but it won’t ship until March. The Journal can definitely not confirm the size of the device, its finish, or its features. It probably will not come with a wireless connection packaged in, and they cite other analysts who think it’s likely to cost as much as a laptop, or about $1,000. Very exciting.WSJ In a real announcement, Sprint […]
Kindle and Nook Over the Holidays, and More eNews
Amazon celebrated the holidays with a bounty of Kindle-related press releases: Since Amazon already told us December was their biggest month for Kindle device sales, it stands to reason that when many of those Kindles were unwrapped on Christmas day the etailer sold more electronic books than physical books “for the first time ever.” Let’s put out a release. Random House’s units in other English-speaking territories have made their titles available for sale in the international Kindle stores.Release They have added more books for kids, now offering approximately 390,000 titles in the US. So much for publishers withholding titles.Release In […]
eNews: Big Screen Maker Readies Plastic Screens for 2010; Sony Starts Shipping
Big Screen Maker Readies Plastic Screens for 2010Plastic Logic’s lightweight oversized reader has long been slated for release in early 2010 (and will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January) but market-dominating screen-maker Prime View International is fast on their heels. PVI tells the FT they will have a big 9.7-inch (measured across the diagonal) plastic screen ready by spring. The FT speculates it “would probably weigh about a third less” than a comparable glass screen–like the one currently used in the too-heavy-for-most SuperKindle. PVI chairman Scott Liu says it’s targeted at the student/educational market, and will be available […]