Rodney Chan at Digitimes has the scoop on a hugely significant development for ePaper. An Alliance has just been announced between – Prime View International (PVI), the eInk screen supplier for the Kindle, the Sony Reader, and the Nook. LG Display, the world’s second largest LCD maker. LG and Samsung Electronics control nearly half the global LCD market. It [...]
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Here are some good $1 and less Kindle Books – A 1 cent story - Stroke of Midnight by Jordan Castillo Price. Part of the PsyCop Series. A Long Way from Disney by Seth Harwood for $1. It’s going up the charts because the author has a popular podcast and has asked his listeners to all buy the book on the [...]
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There seems to be this trend of taking things that are happening in the world of technical books and assuming they apply to the rest of Publishing. Consider these articles courtesy O’Reilly – Android Apps Gaining Ground on iPhone - Apparently 22% of O’Reilly’s sales were on Android in the last 2 weeks. Rise of iPhone, Watch [...]
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Our first, instinctual response might be – No, of course not. Surely, there’s nothing wrong with browsing in a physical book store and then buying at Amazon or B&N. However, the answer is different depending on what perspective you take. Perspectives on Bookstore Browsing and Buying The Local Bookstore’s Perspective Local bookstores feel they provide [...]
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