NichePapers – What comes after Newspapers?

My favorite newspaper blogger, Newsosaur, writes about the ever accelerating fall of newspapers –  The devastating double-digit drop in daily newspaper circulation in the last six months leaves little doubt that the classic mass media model will not work for newspapers – or perhaps any other medium, either. Editor and Publisher has the full numbers that [...]

Kindle 3, Worst Week to Buy a Kindle

There’s a rather cryptic/interesting comment from Jake A. who claims to know about the Kindle 3 release date (my stance is obviously in favor of what he’s saying) – Switch11 is right. Kindle 3 will come out in November. I know it isn’t too creditable coming from a random poster on the internet so don’t believe me [...]

New eReaders – MSI eReader, Bridgestone Color eReader

The rush into the eReader Market continues with two more companies drumming up their new eReaders (both 2010) - BridgeStone Color eReader Prototype using QR-LPD BridgeStone has a news release (translated by Google) with details on its new superhero eReader – 13.1 inches pages (A4 size) refresh in 0.8 seconds. However, they also mention 10.7 inches screen size [...]

3 Kindle Free Books, BOGO Offer

Various Threads on MobileRead point us to 3 kindle free books (and to 5 free short stories) and a buy one get on free offer found at Books on the Knob – A Thriller, Unbreakable by Sydney Somers is $0 at the Kindle Store.    Buy Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman and get Killing Yourself to Live free. [...]

eBooks, Social Aspects of Reading

Do the social aspects of reading translate to ebooks? Do they get better? Sharing with People You Already Know  Sharing a book with a friend or family member  The Kindle allows family sharing. However – You can’t really give a friend your Kindle. You can’t give a family member your Kindle if you’re reading another book.   The [...]

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