Despite many predictions to the contrary, eBook readers are still going strong. They may not be as flashy as tablets, but they are great devices with long battery lives, clear readable screens, and lightweight both in size and on your wallet. Most people tend to pick an eBook reader based on their bookstore preferences, what [...]
Is an eBook a Book, or Is It Something Else?
The fine folks at Forbes raised an interesting question this week: are eBooks really books? Their take is that eBooks are more like software, due to their digital nature. And yes, they are looking specifically at the education markets. But this touches on a larger debate, one that comes up quite often. Opponents of eBooks [...]
Byook Enhanced eBooks Review
Various developers have been trying since the original iPad to make enhanced and video eBooks a success. There seems to be this impression that books+tablet+video=profit! Yet plain old eBooks have managed to hold their ground quite nicely, leaving the question of whether there’s really a market for a book with video, music, and other bells [...]
Are eTextbooks Fully Baked Yet?
Digital textbooks always sound like a great idea on paper. They save money! And children don’t struggle under the weight of giant books! What’s not to like? Well, there’s the medium for reading on them for starters. Kindles crashed and burned on the college level, and while iPads are great, they are also expensive and [...]
Amazon Steals Toddler’s Loyalty Forever With “Kindle FreeTime Unlimited”
My social circle is of the age where we are past the “weddings” phase and have moved into the “babies” phase. As a result, I have had the chance to observe how toddlers and young children interact with technology. All of my friends kids love playing with iPhones and tablets, and they seem to instinctively [...]
































