Publisher: e-readers will kill booksCEO of French publishing group Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, says digital books could kill off the market for print editions, with retailers selling electronic titles at a loss to keep prices so low, hardback books can’t compete.
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Sony unveils its Kindle killer
Sony has unveiled its new e-reader, hoping to regain back some of the market from Amazon’s Kindle. It costs more, but has a touch screen and supports a more open book format. Yet Apple’s mythical iTablet — which hasn’t been made yet — is still being touted as the real potential threat. Poor Sony.
Reading by Kindle light
Will Amazon’s Kindle — and other e-readers of its ilk — spell the death of books and newspapers? WH Chong weighs in.
A news revolution in the palm of your hand
The iPhone has meant I no longer need to buy a newspaper for anything at all, says Alan Kohler, and the launch of Apple’s much-hyped new tablet computer — the iPad — may put Steve Jobs’ name alongside Johannes Gutenberg, John Walter and Giambattista Bodoni as a news revolutionary.
Australian newspapers reject Amazon’s Kindle
Tens of thousands of Americans now read their news via Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, but as Australian newspaper publishers gear up to deliver their content digitally, both Fairfax and News say they’re looking at other brands and models, with Sony and Apple;s products now more likely contenders.
Once upon a time, books had pages and fonts
Are e-readers — like the Kindle — really the future of reading? For Nicholson Baker, words in “greenish, sickly… postmortem gray” on a screen just aren’t the same.
Doubleplusungood: Amazon goes Orwellian on e-readers
Amazon has been deleting e-books directly from Kindle e-readers, with hundreds of Kindle owners making the bitterly ironic discovery that their paid-for copies of 1984 and Animal Farm had disappeared. At least they experienced a good taste of the plot…
The newspaper still beats the Kindle
E-readers may have some price advantages over newspapers in the US, but they lack what print newspapers such a perfect delivery vehicle for news: graphic design.
If only newspapers were an iPhone app
The incredible success of iPhone apps has demonstrated the biggest tragedy of newspapers: their failure to find a viable micropayments system, writes Alan Kohler.
TechCrunch set to build e-reader prototype
Step aside Kindle and Cool-er, TechCrunch is creating their very own e-reader.
Cool-er v Kindle: the e-reader battle
The techno-battle is on for e-readers, the gadget tipped to replace books and newspapers, with the Brit’s Cool-er chumping the Yankee Kindle in price — but what about quality?
Is the Kindle hurting book stores?
Barnes & Noble — America’s largest book chain — announced a first-quarter loss of $2.69 million. Is Kindle guilty?
Can a $489 electronic tablet really save newspapers?
Instead of trying to persuade consumers to adapt to an expensive, awkward gizmo, newspapers should spend money on interactive formats people already use.
Farewell to the paper page…
The digital revolution can squeeze the text of dozens of books into a little box, though you do not experience the sensual anticipation of turning a paper page, and it is dangerous to read in the bath.
