IDC forecast suggests we’ll be reading on phablets
AppleaThe latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast predicts a continuation in the slowdown of smartphone shipment growth, from 27.8 percent in 2014 and 10.5 percent in 2015 to...
Aspiring YouTube of comics—Tapas Media—featured in new Kindle Chronicles podcast
Chang Kim, CEO of Tapas Media in San Francisco, is on a mission: to build the best platform for bite-sized mobile content. His 2012 startup was already a leading online platform...
Amazon adds silver aluminum, 64 GB option to Fire HD 10
It’s really hard to tell what Amazon’s going to do with regard to its new devices. Everyone was excited over the release of a new Kindle—and then it turned out to...
Teens and smartphones require checking your digital media assumptions
If you saw this photo, how would you react? Would you jump to the usual “get off my lawn” conclusion—that kids these days don’t appreciate fine art, and would rather piddle...
Internet Trends report shows Android and possibly Echo eclipsing iOS
Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends report is available for viewing or downloading, and this monster 213-page PDF covers a whole lot of ground. Meeker herself discussed the report via a 25-minute...
Read on your sleeve with growing digital textiles market
A new research report from IDTechEx, entitled "E-Textiles 2016-2026: Technologies, Markets, Players," covers the growing field of digital wearable textiles, which could soon be bringing e-reader displays to your wrist or...
Inkitt invites you to get hip with its e-book publishing platform
Originally a startup out of Germany, Inkitt styles itself "the Hipsters Book Club," or "the Hipster's Library," and invites joiners to "read and fall in love with novels before they go...
Do you ever discover e-books online?
Do you use websites like Shelfari or Goodreads to actually discover new books to read? I'd never thought of that question before. I use Goodreads primarily for stats-keeping purposes, to keep...
Despite Nook’s failure, there may still be hope for Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble is kind of a Schroedinger’s retailer. Sometimes it can’t seem to decide if it’s living or dying. It’s been in the news a lot for the problems with...
How can we find the time for pleasure reading?
Kids these days, right?
That seems to be the tack taken by Maaesha Nuzhat Nazmul in a column on The Daily Star as she bemoans the lack of interest in reading for...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
