While his sample size is hardly representative, Brad Stone’s recent article in the New York Times suggests that e-book fans are reading more because of the device.
There a few notable points made, but this one I particularly like:
Ms. Howard now buys books any time she wants. She recently downloaded a fantasy novel at 2:30 a.m., [...]

I’ve been on a remasters binge lately. First the Beatles and now I’ve been retracing the Peter Gabriel back catalogue (long overdue since those remasters are already seven years old—but hell if he takes ten years to make a record, then I get ten years to buy it, deal?).
It strikes me that a big factor [...]

Okay, so I’ve been through the process of transmogrifying text into Kindle friendly format. It’s not too difficult to do, but there are a couple of significant things to note:
Alas, people outside the US can do everything except sell Kindle-formatted texts. Amazon requires a US bank account to complete the final stage of the process. There [...]

Mattia Dempsey, editor of Bookseller+Publisher writes in Crikey that Amazon’s Kindle is finally being made available to international buyers meaning for the princely sum of around A$313 non-Americans too can read Amazon’s version of books on a screen.
While it’s good to see such devices attracting interest and more than likely a few buyers at home, [...]

The long song is generally maligned in the critical music world. Dismissed as overblown, egotistical, superfluous, or simply loathed for its mere existence, long songs get a raw deal in both their critical appraisal and the popular imagination.
Well no more! I’ve always had a soft spot for long songs. Proper long songs, not crappy dance [...]

Well, no sooner have I declared that the e-book would be unlikely to find its own iPod, I read  that Apple are reportedly in contact with print publishers in preparation for a rumoured new tablet-like device.
It seems unlikely that Apple would opt to create a dedicated e-reader like Amazon’s kindle. More likely is a complete lower [...]

A post a little while back on the Penguin blog includes the following assessment of the current global recession:
Books are getting more expensive to manufacture. The best way to bring down the cost of an individual book is to print a higher quantity, spreading set-up costs over a larger volume. But if people do actually [...]