07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

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E-Book General - News

• Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books [Update: agreement reached]

03:27 AM by PeterT in E-Book General | News

From The Bookseller.com

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/a...omsburys-books

Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books

Amazon UK has said that it will cease selling Bloomsbury’s print and e-books from midnight on 23rd January, saying negotiations between the giant retailer and the publisher had broken down.

A statement put out by the retailer explained that it had been unable to negotiate new terms with the publisher, despite extending the contract. Bloomsbury has yet to comment but the action could seriously wound the publicly-quoted pu]blisher, and re-open old sores between Amazon and trade publishers over trade terms.

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It is also a high risk strategy for Amazon, which will disenfranchise a number of Bloomsbury’s bestselling and high profile writers including Sarah J Maas, Gillian Anderson, and JK Rowling. The move extends to the publisher’s print books and Kindle titles, though Amazon stressed that customers could still buy print titles for third-party sellers off its site. Print books sold off its US site are not impacted.

Unfortunately, the latest extension expires at midnight on the 23rd January and after that time, Amazon will no longer be able to sell Bloomsbury print books in the UK, Europe, and Australia, or Bloomsbury Kindle books worldwide."

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03:24 PM by Markismus in E-Book General | News

Just got the mail that they're releasing the next eInk mobile phone:

• Only in B&W for now.
• No retail price given!Somewhere between $348 and $439.
• They have a voucher for effectively 20€ price decrease.
• The chip is MediaTek Dimensity 1080. (So not the expected 900)
• Bigme landing page for the HiBreak Pro.
• Front/rear camera is 5/20Mpixels.

04:12 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | Reading Recommendations

Welcome to our 16th Annual Reading Challenge!

The Annual Reading Challenge is not a race, nor an “exclusive club”, anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading.

This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status.

Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread.

Discussions & Ideas can be found here:

Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added to this TOC in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread.

Previous threads were for
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Here it is again, our weekly roundup! Enjoy!

E-Book Readers - Onyx Boox

• Palma 2 Released

03:58 AM by twowheels in E-Book Readers | Onyx Boox

Surprised that I’m not finding this already posted:

https://shop.boox.com/products/palma2

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

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E-Book General - News

• Amazon Announces Kindle Colorsoft

05:50 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News

Today Amazon announced the first E Ink Kindle with a colour display, the Kindle Colorsoft.

They also announced updated versions of the basic Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Paperwhite SE, and Kindle Scribe.

The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition uses a 7" 300dpi B&W/150dpi colour screen, probably a version of the eInk Kaleido display, comes with 32GB storage, auto-adjusting frontlight, wireless charging, USB-C, and is IPX8 waterproof. £269.99/$279.99

The basic Kindle has a 6" screen, higher contract, faster page turns and 25% greater maximum brightness. It comes in Matcha or Black only. £94.99/$109.99

Kindle Kids as Kindle, with extras: £114.99

The Kindle Paperwhite has a 7" display with higher contrast, 25% faster page turns, an auto-adjusting front light and 16GB of storage. It comes in three colours: Raspberry, Jade or Charcoal. From £159.99/$159.99

The Kindle Paperwhite SE has the same features with the addition of optional wireless charging and 32GB of storage. It comes in three colours: Metallic Raspberry, Metallic Jade or Metallic Charcoal. £189.99/$199.99

The Kindle Scribe has white borders around the screen, which has a new paper-like texture, and an AI feature to summarize English text.£379.99/$399.99

The Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite SE should be available very soon
The Kindle Coloursoft will start shipping on 30th October
The Kindle Scribe will start shipping on 4th December

UK Press release Kindle Colorsoft
UK Press Release Kindle Family
USA Press Release Kindle Colorsoft
USA Press Release Kindle Family

First Look on Youtube: