Feb 25
ITBusiness.ca has an interesting post called “E Ink pushing boundaries of display technology” that chronicles some of the history of E Ink and speculates on its future. Well worth the read.
Feb 24
The Bookseller.com has an interesting post on the impact of digital publishing on the status quo and it looks good so far with statistics showing 3,151 new publishers registering for ISBNs in 2010. (The highest in 10 years.) The story credits print-on-demand technology (POD), eBooks and self-publishing with the change. One can see that the …
Feb 23
PDFDevices.com reports on Hanvon Technology Co. Ltd. of China planning to announce a new line of products that includes the HPAD A112 eReader. This news will come at CeBIT2011 in Hanover, Germany in March. The Android 2.2 driven tablet with a 7-inch color touchscreen is rumored to hit the market at $545 (US) which puts …
Feb 22
The Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles offers us his idea of how a 21st century digital bookstore is going to look and how the bricks and mortar stores we’ve got can remain relevant in the future.
Feb 21
Personal Finance Bulletin posted on the apparent explosion in eBook Piracy. It seems that Kindle Books, Nookbooks and iPad books are turning up on torrent sites in FREE bundles. eBook Pirates cannot be stopped by outrage; but, honest eReaders can be encouraged away from the black market by lowering the price of eBooks, removing the …
Feb 20
David Carnoy at CNET Reviews offers an interesting take on eBook Piracy and gives his reaction to finding his own book in the stolen bundle.
Feb 19
Ubergizmo posted on the NoteSlate tablet, a 13″ E Ink like device that can be used for writing, drawing and reading. Check out the NoteSlate website here. The device is expected to ship in June for a low price of $99, so if you can read on it, this is one intriguing development for the …
Feb 18
MinnPost.com offers a list of the Five signs that eBooks are here to stay. I would add a sixth reason… Any time I tell people over 40 that eBook Readers allow you to adjust font size (e.g. MAKE IT BIGGER), their eyes light up.
Feb 17
Jorgen dropped off a link to a post at eBookMagazine that discusses moves Apple is making to control content for iPad and iPhone. Recent updates to Apple’s Apps has put relationships with online eBook retailers like Amazon and Sony in jeopardy. Now they’re going after ‘jail breakers,’ IT savvy users who modify Apple operating systems …
Feb 16
ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s update of the Kindle eBook Reader software. One of the biggest complaints was the difficulty students were having navigating eTexts via the reflowable text available in Kindles and other eBook Readers. It seems the page numbers changed all the time, making Kindle books difficult to use as reference material. More about …
