News - 1) My comparison of Google's Nexus 7 with the Kindle Fire for reading books 2) GeekBeat.TV's John P has a fun and smart video comparison of the Nexus 7, Fire, and Nook Tablet. 2) Jeremy Greenfield reports on a doubling of eBook revenue in 2011 ver

News - 1) Via Andrys Basten and DigiTimes, news of a possible delay in launch of the next E Ink Kindle.  2) The Financial Times publishes a five-part series analyzing Amazon, and the main author, Barney Jopson, is Tom Ashbrook's guest for an "On Point

News - CNET reports four new Kindle Fires are in the works for introduction this year. Bloomberg sources claim Amazon is working on a smartphone. Tech Tips - I am frustrated with trying to type notes on my Kindle Touch. If you have learned how to use t

News - 1) The Wall Street Journal reports, "Your eBooks are Reading You." Link mentioned: Coliloquy. 2) Boy Genius quotes a source who has handled both of the new Kindle Fire models. 3) PC World thinks about what Google is up to with the Nexus 7. Tech T

News - 1) An eBooks adoption milestone. 2) eBook library borrowers also buy lots of eBooks, survey shows. 3) Amazon's invitation for developers around the world to submit apps for international distribution sparks expectations of Kindle Fire availabili

News - 1) A worldwide survey of 1,007 self-published authors for the Taleist blog shows the average annual earnings of the authors was just $10,000, and half made less than $500. The Guardian reported on the survey, and you can buy a 47-page Kindle report

News - Voices of BookExpo America: Joshua Tallent of eBook Architects (which is hiring - contact them if you are an eBook developer interested in a position with a growing business based in scenic Austin, Texas) and the eBook Ninjas podcast; Jon Land, a

News - 1) TeleRead has a good roundup of the latest legal filings by Penguin (PDF) and Macmillan (PDF) in the DOJ antitrust suit and by Apple in the class action suit against the same defendants.  2) Are two units of Macmillan--Momentum in Australia and

News - 1) Waterstones, the biggest bookseller in the United Kingdom, announces it will be selling Kindles and Kindle eBooks via WiFi at its approximately 300 stores. Managing Director James Daunt a year ago told the BBC the company was planning to create

News - CNET hosts a video "prizefight" between the Kindle Touch and the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight.  Reuters quotes a source offering details of a front-lit e Ink Kindle Touch in July and an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire by the holiday shopping season. AdAg