Kindle boss Jeff Bezos told USA Today that he expects Kindle ebook unit sales to exceed paperback sales on Amazon within 9-12 months. Says Bezos about the speed of ebook take-up, “It stuns me. People forget that the Kindle is only 33 months old.” Bezos is busy on the talking circuit following the announcement of [...]

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The third generation Kindle has just been announced, due for delivery 27 August. There will be two variations of the new Kindle – a US$189 3G version like the present model, and a US$139 WiFi-only model. And according to this NBR story, the Kindle will finally ship to New Zealand with the new device’s release. [...]

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Adobe has produced this video to whet our appetites for what’s coming later this year via its Digital Magazine Solution.  It makes production of slick, interactive digital magazines like Wired for the iPad look like something mere design mortals will be able to do. When Apple banned Adobe’s Flash from its iPhone and iPad, it [...]

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The following article was published in the latest Australian Booksellers Association magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and some of the UK moves have been affected by the change of government. (The Digital Economy Act 2010 passed by the previous government did include Section 43 which amends copyright for some public library [...]

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While book lovers console each other with anecdotes about how hard it is to beat the experience of a real book, it seems that they’re already telling researchers a different story. A new usability study by leading usability researcher Jakob Nielsen lined up the printed book against digital editions on the Kindle, iPad and PC. [...]

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