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    • Another Publisher Decides To Stop Low Cost Ebooks

    By Greg | February 8, 2010

    Hachette Book Group has joined Macmillan in fighting against the $9.99 ebook. They said that they would join the agency pricing model which would put ebooks in the $12.99 to $14.99 price range. It also seems like the other big publishers are going to be using the same pricing model in the near future. So, it looks like the days of the $9.99 best sellers are over.

    A big reason for this happening now is Apple’s iPad. The $12.99 to $14.99 is the price point that Apple proposed to publishers for selling books on the iPad and it looks like that’s what they’re going with.

    David Young, the CEO for Hachette, had this to say about the new pricing model:

    “There are many advantages to the agency model, for our authors, retailers, consumers, and publishers. It allows Hachette to make pricing decisions that are rational and reflect the value of our authors’ works. In the long run this will enable Hachette to continue to invest in and nurture authors’ careers–from major blockbusters to new voices. Without this investment in our authors, the diversity of books available to consumers will contract, as will the diversity of retailers, and our literary culture will suffer.”

    So, according to Mr. Young there are many advantages not only for authors, retailers, and publishers but also for all of us consumers. I would like to thank him for thinking of the consumers. I’m sure that the “diversity of books available to consumers” will be well worth the extra $3 to $5 per book that we’ll have to pay if we decide to actually buy the books.

    I’ve been checking out the forums and comments on other blogs and the majority of the ebook consumers aren’t very happy with the news that’s coming out from these publishers lately (not too surprising).

    I guess they still haven’t heard about what happened in the music industry. Instead of fighting ebooks they should embrace them and change their business models to adapt to the changes in technology. If not, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of the major publishers having some major problems in the future and some new ebook publishers rising up from their dust.

    Topics: Kindle, kindle publishing | No Comments »

    Kindle 3 Predictions

    By Greg | February 5, 2010

    I’ve been running across some Kindle 3 predictions the past few days or so. This isn’t too surprising especially with the unveiling of the iPad and the latest news of Amazon purchasing Touchco, a company that creates touchscreen technology.

    Over at Ireaderreview they made a post about their Kindle 3 predictions. They predict that the Kindle 3 will come out either in February or March – if there are incremental improvements or it will come out in July or August with lots of major improvements. If any of these two end up being correct my guess is that it would be July or August, especially after yesterdays news of Amazon purchasing Touchco.

    I’m sure that there will be a new Kindle out this year especially to compete against the iPad. They’ll probably make it available by Christmas. My guess is that since Amazon just purchased Touchco, it’s probably going to take a little while to get everything in order and get a new product out so I’m thinking maybe September or October. Any other predictions out there? What kind of improvements do you think the new Kindle will have? What improvements do you want?

    I think it will at least have a touchscreen, maybe color and hopefully it’ll have folders so we can organize our books. We shall see.

    Topics: Kindle, Kindle 3 | No Comments »

    Amazon Buys Touchscreen Maker

    By Greg | February 4, 2010

    Amazon has just announced that they’ve purchased touchscreen maker Touchco. Touchco is a start up company based in New York. Amazon will merge the technology from Touchco as well as the staff members into it’s Kindle hardware division.

    This, of course, is starting the rumors about a Kindle 3 coming sometime soon to compete with the iPad’s color touchscreen technology. If this does happen, hopefully the reading experience will be just as good as the non color e-ink technology which is very easy on the eyes.

    The technology that Touchco uses is called interpolating force-sensitive resistance. This technology uses resistors that are sensitive to different levels of pressure and will be used in displays that would cost much less than the touch screens that are used on the iPone and iPad.

    Touchco was formed by a team of about six scientists at New York University. The scientists worked in the universities Media Research Lab to develop low cost, low power touchscreen technology. When visiting their website in just says “Thank you for your interest in Touchco. As of January 2010, the company is no longer doing business.”

    If a Kindle 3 is in our near future I’m just hoping that Amazon will make sure to keep the reading experience as the number one priority and not worry too much about trying to be to similar to the iPad. I’ll make sure to keep you updated on all the latest Kindle 3 rumors.

    Topics: Kindle, Kindle 3, Kindle Technology, Kindle Touchscreen | 1 Comment »

    More Kindle Freebies

    By Greg | February 3, 2010

    Here’s a few free books for you to download. Please remember these are only free for a limited time so download asap if you’re interested in them.

    Here’s one of the things that I like best about Calibre – You can sort books by any of the following: Title, Author, Date added, Date published, Size, Rating, Series, etc. If you have a ton of e-books this can come in very handy and until we do get a folder system on the Kindle this seems to be one of the best ways to organize your Kindle books. You can also use ‘tags’ to categorize your books however you like.

    Another great feature is Calibre’s ebook conversion. It can convert from any of these formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT

    to these formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TCR, TXT – for the Kindle owners out there the .MOBI format is the one that we need to convert to.

    Calibre is a pretty useful site for Kindle owners and the price can’t be beat either – it’s free. If you like the service and would like to make a donation there’s a button in the upper right corner for you to make your donation.

    Don’t forget that you can use it to convert many of the free Kindle books that you can download also. For more info on what you can do with Calibre go here: Calibre

    Also, there’s a very good forum over at MobileRead that has all kinds of good info and answers many questions about Calibre: Calibre at MobileRead Forums

    Have any of you used Calibre yet? What do you think of it?

    Topics: Calibre, Kindle, Kindle Books, Kindle Ebooks, free kindle books | 1 Comment »

    Waterproof Kindle Cases

    By Greg | January 26, 2010

    I was just checking Amazon earlier today and I came across some waterproof Kindle covers from TrendyDigital. I guess these would be handy if you we’re planning on going to the beach – to keep sand or water away from your Kindle. As far as being waterproof, I would highly suggest that you test the covers before actually using them.

    This is from experience with a waterproof case that I bought for my Flip video recorder. When I was reading the reviews for the case many of the reviewers had problems with the case leaking and it ruined their recorder. Fortunately for me, I read the reviews before buying one and one of the suggestions that someone made was to test the case first. The way to do this is to fill a sink or bathtub with water and submerge the case in the water for a while and then take it out and see if any water was able to make it inside the case.

    If you do buy a waterproof Kindle case I would suggest doing the same type of test but still realize that the case may act differently once there’s a Kindle inside of it. The thing that’s different with the waterproof Flip case and the waterproof Kindle case is that the reason that people buy the case for the Flip is that they’re actually going to use it in the water or under water and most people that buy these waterproof covers for the Kindle are buying them to keep water away from their Kindles (reading in the tub or at the beach) not because they’re going to be reading them under water – at least I would hope not. You should still test them anyway because you really don’t want to take a chance on ruining your Kindle. I would also suggest reading the reviews before buying one of these cases.

    Here’s a couple of the waterproof cases that are available:

              

    Topics: Kindle, Kindle Case, Kindle Cover | No Comments »

    Harvard Business Review Short Cuts Available On Kindle

    By Greg | January 26, 2010

    You will now be able to receive Harvard Business Review (HBR) “Short Cuts” on your Kindle. This is a service that is exclusive to Kindle owners (for three months) and lets you purchase individual chapters and summaries from the Harvard Business Review. Short Cuts are individual chapters and summaries from the HBR that are broken down by the time it would take to read the material. For example, 10 minute read or 30 minute read.

    Here’s what Amazon has to say:

    “There will be a total of 117 chapters available from 10 different Harvard Business Review Press books, including those from leading thinkers in the fields of strategy, leadership, innovation and management. Available books include “Leading Change,” by John P. Kotter, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” by Clayton Christensen and “The Future of Management,” by Gary Hamel, with chapters categorized by the time it takes to read them. This is the first time these chapters have been available for sale individually, and they will be exclusive to the Kindle Store for three months.”

    This seems to be a pretty good deal if you’re a business person and also a Kindle owner. If you have purchased any of these HBR short cuts, please let us know what you think of them.

    Topics: Kindle, Kindle Content, Misc. | No Comments »

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