Screw Kindle, We’ll be selling our own Colour eReader, but what should we call it?
August 11, 2011 at 9:47 am 19 comments
Pages & Pages have signed up with ReadCloud and will be selling eBooks before Christmas. Not only will ReadCloud provide us with an exciting and innovative software for reading eBooks on the iPad, iPhone, Android Tablets, Android SmartPhones, PCs and Macs but we also have the opportunity to sell our own colour eReader. This is fantastic because it means we can compete against other eBook retailers not just on content but on device. This is doubly important following the announcement that the Woolworths Group (which includes the supermarkets, Big W and Dick Smith) will be selling Amazon’s Kindle from August 29.
So the next question is what should our eReader be called? It won’t be exclusive to Pages & Pages and will include other independent bookshops who have signed up with ReadCloud. It could be a play on the work ‘book’ like Kobo or Barnes & Nobel’s Nook. There is even a device called from Pan Digital called the Novel.
Some ideas that I’ve come up with are:
The IndiEreader
The OzEreader
The ReadClouder
Or it could be named after cloud types:
The Cumulus Reader
The Stratus Reader
The Cirrus Reader
or The Nimbus Reader
I’m sure you can do better, what’s your idea for an eReader name?
Entry filed under: Industry Views. Tags: books, eBooks, ereaders, ipad, kindle, kobo, nook, readcloud.
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favel parrett | August 11, 2011 at 9:59 am
I like the IndiEreader
or maybe just The Cumulus
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Jon Page | August 11, 2011 at 10:13 am
I really like the cloud name ones but can’t choose!
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PM Newton (@pmnewton) | August 11, 2011 at 10:14 am
I like ScrewKindle, but I suspect you may have copyright issues with that one. The IndiEreader has a good ring to it.
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Jon Page | August 11, 2011 at 10:20 am
Yeah ScrewKindle has lawsuit written all over it.
Indiereader has a good ring just have to work on the spelling…
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Andyroflz | August 11, 2011 at 10:20 am
The Nimble
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Jon Page | August 11, 2011 at 10:24 am
I like how that sounds and its connotations!
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Andyroflz | August 11, 2011 at 10:34 am
Will your colour eReader be a tablet? And will it be iPad size?
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Jon Page | August 11, 2011 at 10:38 am
It will be similar to the colour Nook. It is actually a tablet but its primary function will be as a reader (it can browse internet, email etc)
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Jon Page | August 11, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Other ideas via Twitter today:
Silver Lining
Liberty Reader
Clear Reader
Page Tablet, AusReader, MosReader, RealReader, PageReader, AusReader 9000-X, OpenReader, MyPager, CloudReader, EasyReader, PagePad
Page Turner
STK
The Nimble
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Toby | August 11, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Colour reader = perfect for graphic novels!
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Kim Locke | August 12, 2011 at 2:09 pm
OpenMedia Reader?
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Jon Page | August 12, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I like the rhyme
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Tom Dullemond | August 12, 2011 at 2:57 pm
The Ready? ^_^ (see what I did there)
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Jon Page | August 12, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Reedy or Reddy?
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Tom Dullemond | August 12, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Both! I was being clever. Or rather, attempting to be. Seems I just ended up being confusing. D’oh.
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Janet | August 13, 2011 at 1:22 pm
How about the ‘Dear Reader’…Dear being a play on Read??
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Jon Page | November 9, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Our eReader is here, introducing THE CUMULUS
http://www.pagesandpages.com.au/Browse/eReaders/the-cumulus