I have to hand it to the people at Sony. (Read their press release.)Â They’re charging into the eBook Revolution with their eyes wide open and market dominance in mind. After a few stumbles with outmoded attempts at DRM and proprietary formatting that were corrected with their adoption of the ePub format, they’ve gone on to …
September 2009 archive
Sep 29
Know Your Mobile
KNOW YOUR MOBILE is a really cool web site that gives the lowdown on pretty much every mobile, cell or smart phone out there. All makes and models are linked to pages with specifications, reviews, themes and downloads. It’s certainly time to give the mobile it’s due as the unsung hero of the eBook Revolution since …
Sep 28
New Alliance Joins the Fray
Arbor Books dropped a press release about Best Buy and Verizon joining forces with the new iRex DR800SG wireless reading device to tackle the exploding eBook Marketplace. Europe’s most popular e-reader, the iRex is pricy at $399 but a worthy adversary for Amazon’s Kindle and the Sony Reader Touch with its wireless 3G network access to Verizon, …
Sep 27
Astonishing Adventures Magazine – Issue 7 … Revisited
Forgive for the repeat, but tech issues kept us off the net for most of the day, so we’re running this article and interview about Astonishing Adventures Magazine again. It’s worth another view. Look around the issuu.com site, you’ll see the first six issues are available too… (J.C.) I found an interesting online magazine while …
Sep 26
Audio Books Need Love too…
“By way of introduction, our friend Jorgen sent in this post to draw attention to the audio book features on various eBook Readers out there. Many thanks! J.C.” Since many ebook-reading devices can play mp3, I thought some of you would find the following links interesting. I prefer reading to listening, but the history podcasts …
Sep 25
eBook Format Options
What’s new about this article at the New York Times is the rather matter-of-fact tone it takes when discussing a relatively new technology. That suggests a comfort level that few expected this early in the eBook Revolution. What also stands out is that the number of eBook formats is shrinking rapidly, with ePub (as predicted) moving quietly into …
Sep 24
eBook Apps for iPhone
Okay, we’ve been so obsessed with the rumored Apple Tablet that we’ve quite neglected the iPhone and iPod Touch, both technological workhorses (wonders?)Â making their own contribution to the eBook Revolution. Macworld Canada’s Danny Bradbury offers a list of new and upgraded free (or mostly free) APPS that will transform your handheld device into an eBook …
Sep 23
Barnes and Noble’s eBook Reader Closer to Reality…
Barnes & Noble has competed with Amazon as an online book retailer for years and now stands poised to open the battle on another front. Brighthand.com has a story about Barnes & Noble’s own eBook reader receiving FCC approval. (That approval is a clear signal that the B&N device will offer wireless eBook downloads similar to Amazon’s Kindle.) …
Sep 22
IN SEARCH OF…
The Apple Tablet: Beast of Myth and Legend. Imagine Leonard Nimoy saying that, and you’ll get the picture. Well, anyone over thirty will… Jeff Bertolucci, at PC World is wondering about the rumored Apple Table in an article. It’s full of speculation (understandable since the thing’s existence has never been confirmed) but it’s a good read. Some of us …
Sep 21
Interesting article at Computer World
Computer World writer Mike Elgan offers a list of suggestions to improve eBooks. While I don’t agree with everything Mr. Elgan has to say, I do like the uncompromising stance in this well-written piece. The moral of the story is clear. If publishers don’t correct their courses and adapt, the marketplace will fix things for them. Times …
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