There is some discussion in the New York Times’ Bits Blog on whether or not Amazon will open up the Kindle to developers. Update: Apparently, this topic i.e. Kindle App Store Pros and Cons was covered on this blog exactly one month ago. There’s a really easy answer to that – Not Likely. Look at how Apple is [...]
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There are a lot of people and a lot of companies making money off of content. It just isn’t content publishers and creators. This post is a stab at summarizing some of the ways to monetize content online, including different, outside the box perspectives on some of the content monetization methods. At the bare minimum jump to the section on ‘Create [...]
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Amazon continues to add free books for the kindle – 2 added today. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey. It’s about the study of monsters and seems rather interesting. Publishers Weekly like it enough to write – Yancey’s series starter might just be the best horror novel of the year. Holidaze by L. Divine. Both books are [...]
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At GigaOm, Stacey Higginbotham has a post entitled ‘What Is It About eReaders?’ in which she asks – But What is it about e-readers? … in a nation where roughly half the people don’t read novels … why the focus on e-readers? Let’s take a stab at walking Stacey and every other non-believer out there through the [...]
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NY Times’ Brad Stone reports that the iRex DR 800 SG is going to be announced today, including – Unlimited 3G Internet Access from Verizon’s Wireless Network. Wireless Downloads from Barnes & Noble’s ebook store. Retail presence at hundreds of Best Buys starting October 2009. $399 price for a 8.1″ touch screen reader. We’ve covered the iRex DR800 [...]
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