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 come to light. eReaderIQ, the price tracking...
Australian copyright reform will probably go no further than report recommending it
Remember that Australian government committee report suggesting Australia should relax restrictions on parallel importation, implement a US-style “fair use” exception, and drastically shorten copyright terms? We already covered an Australian government...
Apple vs. thrifty e-book lovers and others who want DIY and third-party repairs
A friend of mine in Ohio “had an uninvited and unwelcome visitor in my bathtub last night: my Kindle! I always knew this day would come. Fortunately I reacted with the...
Codex Group ‘tablets killing e-books’ report revisited
Last month, I covered Codex Group President Peter Hildick-Smith’s presentation at BookExpo America on the impact decreasing e-ink reader use is having on e-book purchasing. Now Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly...
GoodEReader’s e-reader poll reveals more about GoodEReader’s readers than average consumers
In an article Michael Kozlowski posted yesterday on GoodEReader, he reports on a poll the site took asking about the next e-reader site readers planned to buy. The poll received 633...
Why are e-books still presented as an either/or argument?
My colleague Chris wrote the other day about e-books and the 'generational shift.' He notes that one article on this subject even used the phrase 'young people today' non-ironically when talking...
What causes the ‘smell of books’?
A few days ago I mentioned the “smell of books” in the context of scents that various perfume and other scented-product manufacturers are trying to produce. The aroma is caused by...
Freetime update deregisters Fires, loses user data
A number of Fire owners have found their tablets spontaneously factory resetting themselves. We first covered this issue in April, when some owners of Fire HD devices found their tablets spontaneously...
A Look Back at BEA: BookBub, innovations in children’s books, The Onion’s bold bet...
When Katie Donelan four years ago became BookBub's third employee and the first one who was not a co-founder, the bargain e-books email list reached fewer than 100,000 members. At BookExpo America...
The new Bluetooth 5 standard: Any changes for e-reading?
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has just issued the Bluetooth 5 standard. According to the press release, this "will include significantly increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity. Extending range will...