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- Sony, B&N's Kindle-Challengers Could Be Scarce Come Christmas
- Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s popularity this holiday season. (Then again, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has had its own problems shipping Kindles over the holidays last year).Sony...
- External links 2009-11-20
- Amazon Goes Global With World Kindle; Cuts U.S. Price
- For all of you who have asked over the years when the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle would be available outside the U.S., the answer is finally “now.” The Amazon World Kindle is now being sold for $279 with international 3G wireless covering more than 100 countries and territories—and it...
- External links 2009-10-07
- eBook Distributor Smashwords Buys Online Self-Publisher BookHabit
- Smashwords, which was one of the first eBook distributors to be have its self-publishing platform included in the new Sony (NYSE: SNE) digital bookstore, has acquired author community site Bookhabit. Terms weren’t disclosed, but a source told paidContent the deal was done for just under $1 million.Both companies were...
- External links 2009-11-19
- Chart: Who Owns E-Readers?And Who Are The Next Wave Of Buyers
- The current crop of e-reader buyers are mostly men who have money and are into gadgets. But the next wave of purchasers, according a Forrester study, will be largely women who just tend to read a lot—like five books a month. Meanwhile, the following chart, published with the report,...
- External links 2009-08-03
- Report: Sony's New E-Readers Come With Discounts?But Still No WiFi
- *Sony* plans to launch two new e-readers tomorrow—one with a touch screen, priced at just $299—to better compete in an e-book market that has grown increasingly crowded with rivals like Plastic Logic, Samsung, and of course, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). The Sony (NYSE: SNE) readers will hit stores later this...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Chegg Founder's New Venture: Electronic Readers?
- Is the founder of online textbook rental firm Chegg about to make a play in electronic books? Chegg co-founder Osman Rashid has now raised more than $1.1 million for his new venture Kakai, according to recent SEC filings See here and here. On its website, Kakai describes itself only...
- External links 2009-08-05
- Murdoch Sees Eventual 'Break' With Amazon Over Kindle; 'Active' Talks With Sony
- A little more detail about an item we reported on during the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). earnings call: the rocky relationship with Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) over the Kindle. Once again, Rupert Murdoch was openly critical of the way the Kindle separates media outlets from their customers by controlling the...
- External links 2009-08-06
- Sony Unveils New 'Reader Digital Books'?Pocket, Touch and Now, 3G Wireless
- [In progress] Sony (NYSE: SNE) is ramping up its challenge to Amazon’s Kindle with two versions of its eReader: two new Reader Digital Books, which it unveiled at a press conference at the main branch of the New York Public Library. The choice of venue was, in part meant...
- External links 2009-08-25
- AT&T Gets Readies Its 3G Network For Sony eBooks Device
- The big news Sony’s press conference for its new line of eReaders was the deal with AT&T (NYSE: T) to provide its 3G wireless connection to the Daily Edition, Sony’s first wireless reader. Neither Sony (NYSE: SNE) nor AT&T would say what the revenue split is. But it’s probably...
- External links 2009-08-25
- UK eBook Publisher Signs Google Books Content Deal
- UK ebook publisher Interead has partnered with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to add more than one million “public domain” books to its Coolerbooks.com site and Cool-er e-reader, making it the first book publisher outside the U.S. to sign up with the search giant. Critics including the German government have warned...
- External links 2009-09-02
- No Way To Go Mass Market With $199 E-Readers
- Never mind all the digits and ink being expended on e-readers—until the price comes down to $150 and below, the number of devices sold won’t be close to creating a mass market. Heck, despite all the attention to Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Sony (NYSE: SNE) and other efforts, only 6...
- External links 2009-09-04
- Asus Set To Enter E-Reader Market; Can It Win Based On Price?
- Add Asus to the list of consumer electronic companies set to enter to the e-reader market. By the end of the year, the company plans to unveil as many as two e-readers, a spokeswoman tells the Times of London. The devices will have two side-by-side screens so that users...
- External links 2009-09-07
- Dan Brown's New Book Selling Better On Kindle Than In Hardcover Via Amazon
- Need more proof that we’re witnessing the beginning of the e-book boom? It appears that the Kindle version of The Lost Symbol, the latest thriller from The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown, is out-selling the hardcover version on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). Kindle Nation Daily first noticed first noticed...
- External links 2009-09-16
- A Tale Of Two Books: Dan Brown Sells Big On Kindle, Kennedy's 'True Compass' Can't Be Found
- It could change—and probably will when the first flurry is over—but, as I type, the Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s latest thriller The Lost Symbol is outselling the hardback on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). Meanwhile, Ted Kennedy’s True Compass, the other hot book release this week, can’t be bought via...
- External links 2009-09-17
- Verizon, iRex Teaming Up On E-Reader; Will Launch At Best Buy
- Sprint (NYSE: S) has the Kindle. AT&T (NYSE: T) has Sony (NYSE: SNE) and still-to-launch PlasticLogic. Now Verizon (NYSE: VZ) gets the iRex DR800SG—and the wireless U.S. e-reader market gets a bit more crowded. The $399 touchscreen device from iRex Technologies, the spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, will be...
- External links 2009-09-23
- Industry Moves: Safka Steps Down As Chegg CEO
- Jim Safka, the former Ask.com CEO, has stepped down as CEO of heavily-funded online textbook rental service Chegg after less than four months on the job. In a statement, Safka says he is leaving Chegg to spend more time with his family. “Due to the extraordinary demands of Chegg...
- External links 2009-09-26
- Sony eBook Store Adds Tool For Self-Publishers; Authors Keep At Least 42 Percent Of Revenues
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) has lined up eBook distributors Author Solutions and Smashwords to offer a self-publishing tool for its online store. No specifics on the revenue sharing; Chris Smythe, director of the Sony eBook Store, would only say “It’s a better deal than what some other eBook stores” are...
- External links 2009-09-29
- Bewkes Memo: Extending TV Everywhere Model To Publishing
- Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has four top goals: taking advantage of scale and brands; cost cutting and keeping costs down; international expansion; and finding new business models. Ok, five if you include spinning off AOL. All of them came up in a morning staff memo from CEO Jeff Bewkes...
- External links 2009-11-04
- Spring Design Seeks Injunction Against Barnes & Noble Over E-Reader Tech
- Finally got the actual lawsuit Spring Design filed in federal court against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) over their dueling e-readers and a little time to look through it. (The full PDF is embedded after the jump.) Spring claims that it only shared certain info about its own e-reader...
- External links 2009-11-04
- Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble; Claims Breach Of NDA
- Somehow a lawsuit had to be lurking ... Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which took a spin on the floor with just about everyone before announcing its own e-reader, is being sued by Spring Design for misappropriation of trade secrets and violating a non-disclosure agreement. Cupertino-based Spring claims B&N...
- External links 2009-11-03
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