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It looks like the days of being shushed at the library could be numbered. A couple of Japanese scientists have invented a device that can force someone to stop talking.
SpeechJammer is the name of the device and it can be used to silence someone from as far as 100 feet away. The device looks like a radar gun used by police to track how fast cars are going. To silence someone, you simply use the laser targeter to target the talker’s mouth and pull the trigger. [Read more…]
Amazon and one of the largest independent books publishers, IPG, are currently battling to the death over ebook pricing. In a nutshell, Amazon wants ebook prices to be much lower. IPG wants ebook prices to be just a little less than print books. [Read more…]
Amazon put out a big release today letting everyone know that there are now over 100,000 ebooks in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Of course, any of our readers would know that there were over 100,000 ebooks in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library a little over three weeks ago on February 6th. So why did Amazon wait until today to make the announcement on the number of titles in its lending library? [Read more…]
The Association of American Publishers released revenue figures today for the month of December and for all of 2011. The data shows that ebook revenues more than doubled from 2010 and that print book revenues declined 15%-36% depending on the category. [Read more…]
Public libraries are about to experience something truly unprecedented when it comes to ebooks. The legendary Harry Potter ebooks will be available at public libraries before they are available at stores or at Amazon.
OverDrive announced today that Pottermore has agreed to make OverDrive the exclusive distributor of Harry Potter ebooks and audiobooks to public and school libraries. [Read more…]