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TKC 191 Margaret Atwood

News – 1) This just in: Reuters reports that a settlement in the anti-trust investigation of Apple and some of the Big 5 Publishers may be reached in a few weeks that would end the so-called agency model of e-book pricing. 2) Scientific American in its 60-second science podcast reports on a survey highlighting advantages young readers [...]

Posted 31 March 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

TKC 190 James McQuivey

News – 1) Suzanne Collins is the all-time top Kindle author, Amazon announces. To celebrate, they’re giving away 12 Kindle Fires and 12 copies of her Hunger Games trilogy in a sweepstakes that ends March 25. And there’s also a movie opening based on the first of the trilogy, getting good reviews. 2) Amazon updates Kindle [...]

Posted 24 March 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

TKC 189 South by Southwest Interactive

Intro – Omar L. Gallaga reports that South by Southwest Interactive registration this year was up nearly 27 percent compared to last year, to a total of 24,569. News – 1) Amazon updates Kindle for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch just in time for the arrival of the iPad – 3rd generation. Is the screen better [...]

Posted 17 March 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: , , , ,

TKC 188 Lawrence Lessig

News – 1) DigiTimes and BGR report that success of the Kindle Fire is putting a damper on eInk Kindle sales. The New York Times weighs in with a good comparison of reading on a multipurpose tablet versus a dedicated eInk reader. 2) The Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed sources to report that the Department of [...]

Posted 09 March 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

TKC 187 Throw in the Vowel

News – 1) James McQuivey of Forrester Research, in a video interview at Digital Book World, reported on a drop in optimism among book publishers and forecasts a big drop in print revenue late this year or next. 2) Amazon reports fast growth in number of titles available at Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. 3) Via [...]

Posted 02 March 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

TKC 186 Brad Stone

News – 1) As reported by The New York Times and Publishers Weekly, Amazon removes thousands of books distributed by the Independent Publishers Group (IPG) in a showdown over terms of a contract renewal. 2) In a count of books sold and borrowed during a single week in Canada, ebooks accounted for 10 percent of the [...]

Posted 24 February 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

TKC Extra – First Half of Peter Meyers Interview

I spoke with Peter Meyers, author of the just-published Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual, on February 16th by Skype. Since finishing the 280-page tome, he has returned to work on Breaking the Page: Transforming Books and the Reading Experience. This is the first half of the interview. You will find the conclusion in TKC 185.

Posted 17 February 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

TKC 185 Peter Meyers

News – 1) Are there fewer Amazon Prime members than analysts thought? Anonymous sources tell Bloomberg that’s the case. 2) Laura Hazard Owens reports on Penguin’s decision to no longer offer additional copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase via Overdrive, the leading provider of digital content to libraries. Random House earlier raised its prices to OverDrive. A [...]

Posted 17 February 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

TKC 184 Kindles in Paradise

I recorded this episode during our last two days at Maho Bay Camps on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, after 10 days off the Internet. I’m back in Denver now, catching up with the news, and will resume regular episodes next week from Cambridge, Mass., for TKC 185. Kindles were much in evidence in [...]

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TKC 183 Your Comments

Since I will be away this week on St. John, USVI, I prepared an all-comments episode for you that will post automatically. I’ve organized my backlog of great tips, observations, and opinions that you have e-mailed to me mainly about the Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire. Here are some links to topics discussed: The TWIT [...]

Posted 03 February 2012 † Len Edgerly § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

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