Apple sells 1.7m iPhone 4s in three days during the 'most successful launch in Apple's history' (and research suggests that 23% of the buyers were new to the platform):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/28/apple-iphone-4-sales
Amazon has updated its Kindle apps for the iPhone and iPad, adding video and audio capabilities to some of its titles. Around 10 titles are currently available from the store, including cookery titles, travel guides and a book on knitting:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/121830-amazon-adds-video-and-audio-to-kindle-apps.html
The New York Times reports that with the introduction of Apple’s iPad, the manufacturers of other eReading devices have suffered a drop in stock value while Apple has given publishers ammunition to demand higher prices for digitized books. In the meantime, Apple’s stock is rising and more than five million books have been downloaded to the iPad, suggesting that consumers prefer a more versatile device:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/technology/28views.html?src=busln
Innovative Thunder, a digital advertising company, has introduced a new service called "Pay With a Tweet,” where consumers purchase a product through Twitter and, at the same time, tell all of their followers about it:
http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/social_networks/paying_for_ebooks_via_twitter_165870.asp
Joel Friedlander (thebookdesigner.com) compares the evolution of the television to the rise of the eBook and looks at what we may expect from the eBook in 5-10 years time:
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/06/the-e-book-in-2020-whats-on-your-wishlist/
As of yesterday, travellers in the US will be able to buy the Amazon Kindle in HMSHost branded stores - Simply Books and Authors Bookstores - at airports across the country:
http://newsblaze.com/story/2010062808043700004.bw/topstory.html
Google is making a final attempt to retain a presence in mainland China after the Beijing government threatened to close its Chinese operation (and put a stop to its practice of automatically redirecting users in mainland China to its Hong Kong site)
- please see Word doc for full article:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3ea0fa9c-8352-11df-8451-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Authors fear cut in income as the budget for Public Lending Right scheme faces a 3% reduction (currently, authors receive just over six pence per library loan, up to a cap of £6,600, through the PLR scheme, and many describe this as a "lifeline"):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/28/authors-fear-cut-library-income
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