The link below is to an article reporting on yet another bookseller shooting itself in the foot – Kobo has suspended Goodreads from its ebook readers.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-suspends-usage-of-the-goodreads-api
Here’s a sign that e-readers are struggling in the U.S.: E Ink Holdings, the Taiwan-based company that makes e-reader screens for companies such as Amazon (s AMZN), Barnes & Noble (s BKS) and Sony (s SNE), just had its worst quarter in four years. The company saw a net loss of NT $1.01 billion (USD $33.7 million) for the second quarter of 2013, and revenues were down 35 percent over the previous year to NT $2.93 billion (USD $98 million).
Market research companies have been forecasting the death of e-readers for awhile now as more consumers buy tablets. Nonetheless, E Ink Holdings sees growth ahead as e-readers become more popular outside the United States. “Customers [i.e., e-reader manufacturers] have put off their new product launches to the third quarter from the second quarter,” CFO Eddie Chen said (via the Taipei Times). In an investor presentation (PDF), E Ink noted that…
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at ebook readers and concerns over privacy.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/11/digital-reading-privacy-problems
The link below is to an article that looks at the pros and cons of reading ebooks.
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http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2013/aug/07/1
The link below is to an article that takes a look at a way to get kids reading more – ebook readers.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/14/ereaders-affordable-nook-get-reading
The link below is to an article that considers the future for ebook reading, given the recent troubles surrounding the Nook.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/12/kindle-rival-nook-barnes-noble-stumbles
The link below is to an article that comments on how ebook reading has changed the way the writer of the article reads – is it so with you? Please share your thoughts in the comments.
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http://bookriot.com/2013/07/11/does-e-reading-change-the-way-you-read/
There’s a lot of angst in the book publishing industry — and among book lovers — about the rise of the e-book and the decline of the printed version, but there’s good news for those who care about books regardless of what form they take: A growing body of evidence shows that people with e-readers are reading more books. A recent survey found that 40 percent of those with e-readers said they were reading more books than they used to before they had the device, which is consistent with earlier data on e-reading habits. E-book sales climbed by more than 200 percent in the first six months of this year, according to the Association of American Publishers.
The survey by Marketing and Research Resources found that 58 percent of those with e-readers (including the Apple iPad (s aapl), the Amazon Kindle (s amzn) and the Sony Reader (s sne)) said they…
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The article linked to below takes a look at a question many people have about ebook reading – what does it do to your eyes?
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http://www.bdlive.co.za/blogs/2013/06/13/are-e-books-good-for-your-eyes
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