E-Readers

Book orgs call out HarperCollins silence (This week in books)

April 25, 2025 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Murdoch-owned publisher HarperCollins was a very notable non-signer of a letter from major publishers speaking out against the Trump administration’s move to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an institution that provides crucial support for the nation’s museums and libraries. Advocacy organization Authors Against Book Bans, the HarperCollins union, and […]

Will you ever buy mostly ebooks? (10th annual poll)

November 30, 2016 by Nathan Bransford

Well by golly we made it to ten years of this poll. I have been asking this question every year since 2007, when the Kindle was brand new and the iPad did not yet exist. So. Do you think you’ll ever buy mostly ebooks? Do you already? Caveats, because even ten years in I still […]

Will books lose out in a tablet world?

February 25, 2013 by Nathan Bransford

One of my favorite predictions I have put down on pixel and screen is this one from 2007, when the Kindle had just been announced, e-book sales were virtually nonexistent, and the iPad was but a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye: In my opinion there will never be a widely used iPod of books, a […]

Will You Ever Buy Mostly E-books?

November 26, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

It’s official: We’re all getting old! It’s time for the SIXTH ANNUAL poll on our e-book future, which I have asked every year since 2007 when the original Kindle was barely a newborn. Yes, caveat: I’m aware this is an unscientific poll. Entertainment purposes only. Here are the past polls: 2007 2008 (technically beginning of […]

Your E-reader is Watching You

August 6, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

For the first time ever, actual science can be derived from reading habits. Thanks to e-books, companies like Amazon and B&N now know whether people are actually reading the e-books they buy. Better yet, they even know where in books people are leaving off, which books are most likely to be read all the way […]

Are Non-Interactive Books Going to Be the Black & White Movies of the Future?

June 19, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

When we talk about e-books, we mainly think of them as rough, imperfect translations of a paper book. The illustrations within a paper book go straight into the e-book, and while interactive e-books exist and offer some intriguing potential, they haven’t yet gone mainstream. There was another time in another medium where there was a […]