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eReader News – 7/7/2010 no comments
Lots of ereader news today, and not all of it good.
First of all, there are reports that Interead has gone into liquidation. Nothing seems to be confirmed yet. At the COOL-ER online store the ereaders are out of stock for every country I searched in.
Sad news, but I’m not surprised. The main thing Interead’s COOL-ER ereaders had going for them was their jelly bean colors. Before the agency pricing model took over the COOL-ER ebook store was much pricier than the competition as well, although the prices there seem more in line now.
At CES Interead announced new models that were supposed to be out about now with Wi-Fi and 3G.
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Amazon’s new Kindle DX graphite has started shipping and is shown as being in stock on the Amazon site. I ordered one a few days ago, but mine has not shipped yet – can’t wait!
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Hachette Book Group announced that bestselling author James Patterson has sold over one million ebooks – the first novelist to do so.
James Patterson said, “Things have really changed in the digital space. With more and more people reading on iPads, Kindles, and Nooks, taking time to create interesting, user-friendly, enhanced ebook editions is becoming more and more important. And if ebooks get people who might otherwise not be reading to pick up a book, then that makes me happy.”
James Patterson has to date sold more than 205 million copies of his books worldwide.
