The Universe of eReaders and eBooks
The ebook and ereader markets are still going through some turmoil even after substantial price cuts of major eink-based ereaders like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers – all of which are backed by large scale ebook retailers like Amazon, B&N, and Borders. While it seemed just a couple of months back that all other [...]
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Science Fiction Omnibus This new edition of Brian Aldiss’s classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s ‘Nightfall’, first published in 1941, to the 2006 story ‘Friends in Need’ by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E. Van Vogt [...]
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The Digital Inspiration blog has produced a chart showing the comparison of ebook stores among Apple iBook store, B&N Nook Store, Sony Reader Store and Amazon Kindle Store. According to the blog: Sony says their eBook store has more than 1.2 million titles but if we discount Google Books, the actual store size is around [...]
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1 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest 571 reviews The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson’s internationally best-selling trilogyLisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life i….more info [...]
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It’s now final that B&N is going to be sold. The share price is ‘significantly undervalues’, and the company had poor earnings last quarter. The WSJ reports: Barnes & Noble Inc., put itself up for sale Tuesday, succumbing to pressure from shareholder activists as digital books erode the traditional business of the nation’s largest bookstore [...]
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