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Tablets Smartwatches Speakers Drones. Accessories Buying Guides How-tos Deals. E-content is one of the fastest growing services because it allows readers to check out books from the comfort of their homes. Potter said Macmillan knows that and wrongly believes libraries are cutting into their sales. Mann, who self-publishes and also publishes work with Penguin Random House, said Macmillan is going after the wrong target. Go after the pirates, but don't go after the libraries.
To put this change in perspective, the Mid-Continent Public Library, which serves , people at 33 locations, leases one e-book for every three holds placed on it prior to its release. The average wait time for consumers is about 18 days.
With the pending embargo, readers could wait the full eight weeks or more to check out some of the most popular e-books published by Macmillan.
The library uses taxpayer dollars to fund library materials through a levy. Every publisher can make its own rules. Bookeen took a few years off from issuing new e-readers, but in they released the Diva and Diva HD. These devices had a French bookstore available right on the device and sold well in France.
Bookeen is still a relatively fringe brand, they tend not to do very much marketing outside of Paris, where they are located. They do ship all over the world, since there is plenty of people who speak the language and want to buy ebooks. It is unlikely that in they will do anything new, they tend to release new devices every couple of years. They pioneered an entirely new segment. They followed it up by a second gen model and a They were selling these for the past four years.
In Sony closed down their North American division, fired their PR firm and basically let go all of the staff. The company still has their Japanese office, where they continue to sell the product in a B2B capacity.
The company provided white labeled solutions to Fujitsu, for their Quaderno Line, Quirklogic for the Papyr and the new Mooink e-note out of Taiwan. What is next for Sony in ? It appears they might be done with e-notes and might pivot in a new direction. This company is primarily aimed at a German speaking audience and is easy to buy in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and other areas. At the beginning of the year they released the Epos 2, Page 2, and Vision 5. The one cool thing about these devices is that you can choose 1 of 5 different bookstores to do business with and there are also quite a number of different library systems to access.
These devices are based on Kobo hardware, so they have a solid build quality. Tolino also spent most of the year issuing firmware updates, improving their web reader and other aspects of the ecosystem. Since they just refreshed their lineup, it is doubtful they will issue any new models, but it totally depends on what plans Kobo has.
The Chinese market is red hot for e-readers and digital note taking devices. Most are almost exclusively in Chinese, need a phone number and a Chinese address for them to work properly. Of course, you can sideload in your own EPUB ebooks, and read them with English, but it kinda defeats the purpose for an English speaking audience.
There is also popular Taiwan brands like Mooink, that have success in that market. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Amazon Amazon did not issue any new e-readers this year, but there are rumors that they will be refreshing the Paperwhite and the Kindle Basic sometime in the next few months.
Kobo The Kobo Nia was the sole new e-reader that was released in Pocketbook Pocketbook released a slew of new e-readers this year. Onyx Boox Onyx Boox released a ton of new e-readers and digital note taking devices in , basically refreshing their entire lineup and introducing a new SKU, the Note Air. Boyue Likebook Boyue has had a tumultuous year.
Supernote When Supernote burst on the scene a couple of years ago, they quickly made a name for themselves with their 7. Remarkable For a company that has only released two products, almost everyone has saw their social media advertising campaign. Bookeen Bookeen took a few years off from issuing new e-readers, but in they released the Diva and Diva HD.
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