In February, a Kindle sales theory was proposed by Citi Investment Research (PDF) using Sprint activation numbers. Thanks to CIR Telco Analyst Mike Rollins, we have uncovered a key disclosure in Sprint’s September Quarter 10Q filing. P. 42 in the … Continue reading
A new partnership between Kirtas Technologies and the University of Pennsylvania Libraries allows users to request and purchase a digitized version of nearly any out-of-copyright book from the Penn Library collection. What makes this initiative unique is that the books … Continue reading
On Thursday Google announced new mobile editions of 1.5 million public domain books. iPhone and Android users now have access to five times the number of titles currently available on Kindle. While these books were already available on Google Book … Continue reading
The future of ebooks may in fact by gBooks. What’s gBooks? It’s Google’s iTunes like interface for books. No, it doesn’t exist yet but the settlement agreement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers makes this a … Continue reading
The New York Times recently did a piece on the rise in popularity of ebooks. The centerpiece of the article was the popularity of Amazon’s Kindle. It is difficult to quantify the success of the Kindle, since Amazon will not … Continue reading
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis was a disappointment. Did this actually win a Hugo Award? I can’t see how unless every other novel was written in Pig Latin that year. Okay, that’s harsh. But really, To … Continue reading
Bah. Humbug. That’s right, it’s Black Friday and Kindle is sold out! Expected ship date is in 11 to 13 weeks. Heavy Customer Demand for Kindle? How exactly does this happen? And no, I don’t believe that it’s “due to … Continue reading
Eric Engleman at TechFlash recently sat down with Ian Freed, VP for Kindle. The interview, despite Eric’s attempts, yielded absolutely nothing of interest about the Kindle. Here’s my general (and admittedly snarky) synopsis of the interview. Q: The Kindle is … Continue reading
Kindle porn, or Kindle erotica if you like, has been rumored to be a not-so-inconsequential part of sales. But like many things Amazon, they provide little to no information or guidance on the topic. From what I can tell there … Continue reading
Oprah endorses Kindle. OMG! Stop the presses. OMG! This is huge. OMG! Once again, Amazon is trying to create buzz around Kindle and show that Kindle can do for books what the iPod did for music. Yet, what does Oprah’s … Continue reading