Kindle Fire and Kindle will be arriving at a staggering 16,000 retail locations starting on November 15th. Stores include – Best Buy, WalMart, Target, Staples, Sam’s Club, RadioShack, Office Depot. It’s all very puzzling. The Madness of the Retailers? It’s absolutely inexplicable to me that stores like Best Buy and Target and WalMart would sell [...]
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It’d be inappropriate to discuss the ramifications of this until later. Here’s the tweet – AP on Steve Jobs. Here’s an article in the Chicago Tribune – Steve Jobs. It’s unfortunate that after reviving Apple and taking iPhone and iPad to huge success, Steve Jobs didn’t get very long to enjoy his victories. 56 is [...]
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The Kindle is now getting a Beta of the Library Lending program in Seattle. Thanks to ThePogue for the scoop – it seems that Kindle Library Lending might arrive sooner rather than later. Briar Dudley’s Blog in The Seattle Times has the scoop – A beta test version of the service now being offered by [...]
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A very interesting bit of news today – Lawsuit claims Apple and Publishers colluded on eBook pricing in fear of Amazon. A Seattle Law Firm is saying that 5 Publishers and Apple ‘colluded’ on ebook prices and ‘increased their profits illegally’ and forced Amazon to ‘abandon its pro-consumer discount pricing’. Perhaps a more appropriate claim would be [...]
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Courtesy The Bookseller we get a lot of interesting updates about what’s going on with eReaders and eBooks in the UK. You can click on the link and the main page links to stories covering every storyline discussed in this post. UK Publishers & Libraries struggle over eBook Lending The key details – Libraries are asking Publishers [...]
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