Unbound has a radical idea: Turn the whole business of publishing a book on its head by letting readers decide who gets published, and paying for the goods--plus goodies from the author--before the writing process even begins. READ»
After an extended period when we knew they were coming but had no insight into how they'd work, subscription powers have hit Apple's App Store, ready to support digital magazines and newspapers. READ»
The iPad may soon be lightening the load of middle-school students in Georgia. Could such a move further complicate the state's stance on teaching evolution?READ»
Borders is trying a new experiment to combat Amazon and Barnes & Noble in the e-book wars: It's partnered with BookBrewer, which will bring self-publishing powers to its platform. And the intriguing chance to turn blogs into e-books.READ»
Can you find love on your Kindle with like-minded bookish early adopters? Nope. Amazon's new service is in fact a misleadingly named new category for long articles and novellas.READ»
Instapaper, the handy offline website article reading service, is testing out a subscription model. With recent moves by Amazon, this indicates Web-based e-publishing has a sophisticated, paid, layered future ahead of it.READ»
E-publishing pretender to Amazon's crown Barnes and Noble has just launched the "PubIt!" self-publishing platform, designed to bring digital publishing within the reach of more authors. It also promises "no hidden fees." READ»
While dedicated e-readers are pretty likely to be eclipsed by full-featured tablet PCs, the tech that makes them tick--electronic paper--is likely to remain, thanks to its usefulness. And Sony's just boosted that fact with some new systems that are more flexible than their peers.READ»
"While no one was looking, someone revolutionized the textbook," says Kno about its twin-screened tablet PC. Is this just misplaced overconfidence? Deep pocketed VC backers think not.
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Sony just revamped its entire line of e-readers, slimming them down, snazzing them up, and adding better touchscreen powers. They're expensive, but are now the e-readers the Kindle should be. So, is Sony brave or dumb?READ»
The world's biggest bookseller has overhauled its Nook apps, adding a bunch of new features. Like Amazon, the bookseller cares more about the e-reader ecosystem than any particular device. And guess which app got the most attention?READ»
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, famously mysterious about some matters, is also known for spouting some fabulous, and fabulously confusing, quotes ... Can you work out which ones are his?READ»
Acer's just announced its Lumiread e-reader hardware, with a neat feature--ISBN scanning for easy e-book finding. From a company like Acer, which dominates the netbook world, this is big news that might even help the e-reader genre ...READ»
This may, possibly, be one future of the novel: as an app. And who better to push the limits of writing than Neal Stephenson, an author whose novels have already explored weird and unusual corners of sci-fi, including intelligent ...READ»
Barnes and Noble are really, really getting into this e-publishing game. In addition to combating Amazon's Kindle platform with the Nook e-reader and apps, they've also planned a self-publishing e-book system for authors, leveraging ...READ»
Sony is seriously considering jumping into the tablet PC game, according to some news leaked out via a company spokesman, and not just because of the iPad. Is this the beginning of the end of the e-reader?Speaking in an interview this ...READ»
With what may be seen as curious timing, Google's just revealed that soon it'll be selling digital books through its own Google Editions store. The search giant is obviously keen to not let Apple and Amazon dominate an industry it ...READ»
So Amazon revealed the details of its Kindle firmware update for May--a doozy if you're into reading e-books and social networking simultaneously. But with the Kindle's main charm being its status as a single purpose device, did ...READ»
