While there is a lot of buzz around eBook Apps on the iPhone and even claims that the iPhone is more significant for reading than eReaders there are few attempts to actually enumerate exactly what the number of active users is, what types of Apps are popular, and how many daily downloads there are. Well, [...]
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Here’s why a Kindle 3 release and another Oprah Kindle endorsement are pretty likely this year – It’ll be 9 months since the Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 was supposedly delayed from an original October/November 2008 scheduled release date. Oprah Kindle worked once. And by worked we mean Kindle sales sky-rocketed and the Kindle was sold out for most of the [...]
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September 1st, 12:30 am update – Legacy is now at #2. It shows an increase of 50,150% from 1,005 to 2nd. Amazon is turning on its free marketing valve for its first Amazon Encore production, Legacy by Cayla Kluver. Its free till September 4th, 2009. Here’s a look at the impact – That’s a jump from [...]
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Just finished coding a Kindle Start Page Tool. It’s at bookmonk.com/home . The Context A long time back a comment on this blog had talked about this – Rename a html file to .txt. Put it in the Kindle documents folder. Open it up and the links work. Its much more convenient than having to browse to experimental and [...]
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Ben Hall at FT writes from Paris about Hachette’s paranoia that ebooks could spell the end of hardcover books. Thanks to Ed Ditto for mentioning the article. Hachette Chief’s concerns There are quite a few juicy nuggets in the article. First, there’s the pointing blame at Google and Amazon – Mr Nourry (Hachette CEO) said unilateral pricing by Google, Amazon and [...]
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