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Jornal Público já disponível no Kindle (10,25 euro) (1)
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Diário2 (4) permalink
A banca de jornais do Kindle passou a ter o escaparate com o nome de Portugal, para já com um único título. Quem o inaugura é o jornal Público, sendo o primeiro órgão de comunicação social português com uma edição específica para leitores portáteis. A mensalidade do Público para o Kindle custa 13,99 dólares — 10,25 euro ao câmbio de ontem. O jornal é entregue diariamente no Kindle, via wireless, a partir das 06:30, hora ...Shared by ciberesfera (34)Comment View comments -
Non si uccidono così anche gli eBook? (1)
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Novamag 2.0 (7) permalink
Antonio Tombolini, un amico di Novamag, è uno dei pionieri dell’e-commerce in Italia – con invenzioni come il sito Esperya – e un sacco di altre cose, come il capo di Simplicissimus, la società che distribuisce praticamente tutti gli eReader venduti in Italia, tranne i Kindle (e gli iPad, che, come abbiamo scritto già, non sono veri e propri lettori di libri digitali, però). In questo post scritto il 6 febbraio, Tombolini dà la sua ...Shared by alessandro (17)Comment View comments -
More Authors Signing Exclusive Kindle Deals (4)
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Amazon’s recent announcement of dramatically higher royalty rates for authors and book publishers, a move designed to level the playing field with Apple’s iPad tablet, seems to be having some effect: another author has signed an exclusive book deal for the Amazon Kindle. In this case, Gavin de Becker — author of several books about security — has agreed to release expanded and updated editions of two of his books, “The Gift of Fear” and ...Comment View comments -
The Majority of You Aren't Interested in Paying More than $10 for an E-Book [What You Said] (14)
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Last week we asked you how much you would pay for an e-book, and just shy of 10,000 votes later, it looks like most of you (70%) aren't interested in paying any more than $10 for an e-book. The basic voting breakdown, from top to bottom, looks like this: 45% would pay $5 to $10 25% would pay $1 to $5 15% say it depends on the book 7% never plan to buy e-books 5% ...Shared by Aaron (479) Chad (108) conedude13 (15) Curtis (10) Dedalus (60) Eric (9) iBspoof (68) Joel (33) John Munro (76) Jon, the Beartato of FF (9) and four more »- Eric said: Apple raising the price of eBooks above what Amazon charges.The result? Publishers are leaving Amazon's Kindle and pulling all their books back...to go make more money at Apple. The publishers are saying that Amazon wasn't paying them enough.It's a free world, but what is best for Apple is rarely best for my wallet.
- RJO said: 5 percent kids...
- iBspoof said: I think $10 is the right price for a book I cannot give to a friend, donate, or do anything other than view on my eBook reader. Not to mention there is 0 printing or distribution fees. Book publishers suck and I don't see my recent uptick in reading sticking around much once it's a better deal for me to get a book at the local Borders instead of instantly on my Kindle.Speaking of which anyone need a Kindle?
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More Authors Signing Exclusive Kindle Deals (5)
onAmazon’s recent announcement of dramatically higher royalty rates for authors and book publishers, a move designed to level the playing field with Apple’s iPad tablet, seems to be having some effect: another author has signed an exclusive book deal for the Amazon Kindle. In this case, Gavin de Becker — author of several books about security — has agreed to release expanded and updated editions of two of his books, “The Gift of Fear” and ...Comment View comments
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Cinco lecturas breves (III) (1)
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El Blog de Loretahur (5) permalink
Seguimos con el repaso al mundo del libro, independientemente del soporte, con estas lecturas breves: Cada vez que voy a Madrid me quedo maravillada con las iniciativas para fomentar la lectura que tienen en el metro (soy una convencida de que el transporte público es el segundo lugar donde más se practica después de nuestros hogares… me refiero a la lectura, por supuesto ). Por un lado está la campaña libros a la calle que ...Shared by cristianfigueroa (33)Comment View comments -
La Biblioteca Británica en alianza con el Kindle (1)
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Denken Über (26) permalink
Leer que la British Library va a poner en el Kindle Store más de 65.000 primeras ediciones de clásicos del siglo 19 respetando hasta la tipografía y gráficos originales de cada una de estas pequeñas joyas y que, casi en su totalidad, van a ser gratuitas es una muestra de lo que la tecnología puede hacer por la cultura. Tres detalles dignos de mencionar: 1) el 40% de su acervo es exclusivo o no se ...Shared by Nestosjp (7)Comment View comments -
Job Postings Hint at Amazon's Plans for the Kindle (2)
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While Amazon goes on a hiring spree for its Kindle division, hiring color LCD managers and Wi-Fi specialists, where does the company take the Kindle from here?Shared by Dan (83) patrickj (43)Comment View comments -
Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? (1)
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So, we already assume Amazon's thinking touch for the Kindle, what with that recent Touchco aquisition and word of similar behind-the-screen touch tech being on PVI's roadmap. PVI owns E Ink, and is naturally bullish about its upcoming products, but what about E Ink in the new Kindle? If you're into reading the tea leaves of job postings, Amazon might be telegraphing its intentions. It's looking for a "Hardware Display Manager" who, among many other ...Shared by Jeff (29)Comment View comments -
Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? (1)
onSo, we already assume Amazon's thinking touch for the Kindle, what with that recent Touchco acquisition and word of similar behind-the-screen touch tech being on PVI's roadmap. PVI owns E Ink, and is naturally bullish about its upcoming products, but what about E Ink in the new Kindle? If you're into reading the tea leaves of job postings, Amazon might be telegraphing its intentions. It's looking for a "Hardware Display Manager" who, among many other ...Shared by Jun (40)Comment View comments
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Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi [Amazon] (5)
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After buying that little multitouch company Touchco last week and merging it with Lab126—their Kindle division—Amazon's now got job listings looking for a Hardware Display manager that knows LCDs, and a Wi-Fi specialist. You do the math.Okay! I'll add some calculus of my own. Like Ammunition's Robert Brunner, who helped Barnes & Noble create the Nook, told Bits, I don't think it's crazy to expect Amazon to have two types of Kindles: An E-Ink and ...Comment View comments -
Amazon puts out one e-book pricing fire as others flare up (1)
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Just as it looked like Amazon was about to achieve an iTunes-style lock on the e-book marketplace, the impending arrival of Apple's iPad seems to have emboldened book publishers. After a pricing dispute caused all Macmillan titles to disappear off Amazon's virtual shelves, other publishers joined the pricing revolt, demanding greater flexibility in setting prices on their wares. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has apparently settled the first of these disputes by capitulating. ...Shared by Josh (250)Comment View comments -
Did Apple iPad hype turn off buyers? (1)
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Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 (28) permalink
There's more than one way to look at a before-and-after survey Click to enalrge. Source: Retrevo "The more people know about the iPad," writes David Coursey in PC World, "the less they want to buy one." That's how Coursey interprets the results of a survey published Friday by Retrevo, an online electronics marketplace that polls its 4 million users from time to time on a variety of topical issues. "There was too much hoopla," co-founder ...Shared by Sid (52)Comment View comments -
Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 Ebook [Apple] (28)
onPublishers joining Apple's iBooks store are turning their back on Amazon and its vision of the flat $9.99 ebook. Apple forced the music industry to charge 99 cents per song, so why are they helping publishers set their own prices? To screw Amazon. The difference between Amazon and Apple is this: Amazon is very much in the ebook business to sell ebooks. They want you attached to their platform. That's why the Kindle Reader is ...Shared by akempler (39) Anthony (15) Brian (1) Chester Tam (13) Chung (67) Core (13) DaFerret (10) DeadRinga (94) Dileepa (17) DragonI (199) and 18 more »
- felix said: They overlook the obvious fact - they even state in their article, they're in the game to sell ebooks. They need to update their kindle app to work on the iPad and then every iPad becomes another potential client for the much bigger Kindle book store.
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Why Amazon Cannot Afford To Lose The eBook Wars To Apple (33)
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“One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.”—Sun Tzu, The Art of War The Apple iPad isn’t even available yet, but already it is forcing Amazon to respond in a variety of ways to protect its competing Kindle eBook business. Amazon just snapped up a touchscreen technology startup, presumably to update the already ancient-looking Kindle. Emboldened book publishers are pushing back on Amazon’s $9.99 pricing now that they can sell ...Shared by Abdelhalim (19) Adam (27) Ahsan Ali aka. Slick (8) Amit (17) armyofgnomes (190) arturopuente (22) askarnett (268) Babluit (6) bc (5) bigkid (120) and 23 more »- felix said: If it is now making money on bestsellers instead of losing them, it may decide to turn the loss leader from the books to the device and drastically reduce pricing on the Kindle itself, putting the price competition back in Apple's iPad court.
- Jeremy said: I have no stakes in this as a public library user, but it sure is entertaining to watch the publishing industry flail around.
- bc said: ahhh economics. (via @mikero)
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Where's the iMag store? (22)
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Filed under: Features, Odds and ends You know, at first I wasn't so impressed with the iPad, but the more I thought about the ways in which you can use it, the more excited I got. As a piece of leisure technology - something you just have laying around your living room like a newspaper - it's a lot more user friendly than a laptop or an iPhone. However, I don't think the iPad is ...Shared by _dot_ (55) Alex (4) BillDeys (7) Doug (50) Fuzzz (8) Gerard (150) Gregg Wenger (1) guttertec (19) Jay (10) jayman16 (77) and 12 more »- BillDeys said: I wouldn't read many books on the iPad but magazines would be awesome. As long as I don't get rapped on Wired and Fast Company like I usually do on the print subscription.
- Mark said: This was the biggest thing I thought was missing from the iPad. I love magazines but hate the clutter.
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Amazon Caves To Macmillan’s eBook Pricing Demands (21)
onA new development in the Amazon vs. Macmillan fiasco. Amazon just posted an announcement indicating that it will be “capitulating” to Macmillan by selling the publishers’ books for their desired prices. Macmillan is trying to price their e-books at $15, while Amazon prices e-books at $9.99. Macmillan’s CEO John Sargent said that unless Amazon sets the price of new e-books to $15, the publisher will not distribute new books to Amazon when they are released. ...Shared by a77ila (185) Andy (24) Benny (6) Chandoo (47) Chris (18) DeadRinga (94) Fabrice (5) GerardM (30) groovysoup (34) Jamie (19) and 11 more »Comment View comments
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Current Crop of E-Readers Compared: iPad vs. the Rest [Infographic] (30)
onDeveloper and blogger Darren Beckett rounds up a crop of five e-readers and gives them a short price and feature comparison with the newly released iPad—and rolled the results in to an eye-friendly infographic.(Click the image above for a closer look.) We may have our problems with the iPad, but that doesn't mean people aren't interested in buying it. This comparison pits the iPad against other similar devices, highlighting price, screen size and type, storage, ...Shared by Aaron (479) AdamB (18) ash (89) BrianAyers (6) Chris (30) Crestien (5) DMClark84 (23) Dosjon (15) Evan (68) Gambrill (25) and 20 more »Comment View comments
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Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon’s Kindle Out of Business (31)
onEditor’s note: Ever since yesterday’s debut of Apple’s iPad, the debate has been raging about what it means for Amazon’s Kindle. Will it kill it? Will it not? Is comparing the two like comparing a computer to a typewriter? To add fuel to the fire and, well, because we love top 10 lists, we present this guest post from Ben Elowitz, who comes down very firmly on the Kindle-is-kaput side of the debate. Ben is ...Shared by 0m4r (24) a77ila (185) adamconner7 (9) Ahmed (52) Ali (34) Andrew (46) Corey (67) Dan (35) DarkBls (79) David (20) and 21 more »Explore read five notes
- Norman said: The Kindle will compete on price alone. Amazon will have to change how they do things, but I'm optimistic about their chances of success.
- Siva said: I am sold on iPad.
- Dan said: I said this earlier and I strongly believe if Amazon were to sell the Kindle for $99 or gasp! $49 they would have a hit. I'm sure the loss in hardware could easily be recouped by the content they sell. Another win would be publishers backing the device because they would have sold so many.At $49, I would buy it in an instant -- even if I planned on buying the iPad. I would buy the thing as a Christmas present for everyone in my family too ( maybe not everyone ).
- Herv said: Hehe
- Peng-Toh said: LOL
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The Anti-Hype: Why Apple’s iPad Disappoints (27)
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The iPad is not the transformational device so many Apple enthusiasts were hoping for. It won’t turn all the content industries upside down, it won’t be your primary computing device, and it’s not even a bigger, better iPhone.Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad as a device to fill the gap between smartphones like the iPhone and high-end laptops like the MacBook and MacBook Pro. He said there needs to be a middle device, but ...Shared by a77ila (185) Basajaun (61) chathura (27) Daniel (32) Deb (1) Denis (13) Jason (6) Jesse (119) Joe Dawson (30) joe_dauz (10) and 17 more »Explore read four notes- Rizzn said: I can't remember the last time I said these words: "Mashable nailed it."There it is, though. Mashable nailed it.
- joe_dauz said: LOL - Apple slips in a new chip and talk is about a piece of glass. Can Mashable be any more anti apple. They pushed the hype in my face for days with all apple and pc ces rumors about crappy tablets. Now its Ipad sucks - Ipad is evil.
- Zhang said: In terms of experience, iPad should be better than iPhone, of coz, not for portability. I can't use it as main device, but can put in my bag at any time.
- Solon said: OBRIGADO.
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