Aug 13
I mentioned this site before, and thought I’d bring it up again for all you early adopters building eBook libraries. It has to be their name: getfreeebooks.com (just about a perfect!). Anyway these guys are driving a ton of traffic and pushing a lot of E-ink. Check out getfreeebooks.com. They’ve got a wide selection that …
Aug 12
Are they just catching up to the leak with an official release of PRS-300 and PRS-600 or is Sony going to announce a rumored third wireless eBook Reader? It’s all going to happen on August 25th, so stay tuned. More on the story here at Slashgear.
Aug 11
MarketWatch has an excellent article that highlights the dangerous game that Amazon’s playing. While the rest of the eBook world moves toward some kind of universality with the EPUB format, Amazon’s sticking to its guns and selling a version of its Mobipocket format for KINDLE’s only. (Or the Kindle Reader for iPod.) That presents a …
Aug 10
Another new, more affordable kid on the block, the Astak EZ Reader 5 is available for pre-order here. Coming in six colors and compact with a 5-inch ePaper 600×800, 8-level display, the EZ Reader Pocket Pro priced at $199 is an obvious challenger to Sony’s new PRS-300. Get a full list of specifications and ordering …
Aug 09
Sorry folks. Here’s yesterday’s news that failed to post for some reason… Here’s an Associated Press story about established authors doing what independents have been doing for years. Believe me, James Patterson’s not taking the same risk. I’m glad he’s taking the risk and adding his heft to the eBook Revolution, but his motivation is …
Aug 07
Ok, it doesn’t have a name yet, nothing cool like Papyrus or Kindle or what have you, but this week Plastic Logic unveiled a lightweight E-Ink newspaper reader roughly 8.5″x11″ that updates wirelessly. Its touch-screen interactivity allows users to make notations and offers video, if you can imagine. Read the full story about it here. It …
Aug 06
Granted publishing billionaire Rupert Murdoch is a smart cookie, but we’ve been wondering if perhaps he’s finally hit the wall with the digital age. First he boasted getting onboard by designing his own handheld reading device, and then he more recently about-faced and was going to dump his ‘eReader’ in favor of providing content to existing eReaders. …
Aug 05
We talked about Amazon’s dictatorial ways a few days ago. Read it here. Well, they finally received enough complaints for entering the Private Property of Kindle owners–their Kindle eBook Collections–and deleting copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm without warning or explanation. So they’re apologizing. They later claimed the evil deed was due to a mix …
Aug 04
To give you an idea how slow, I’m posting a link to an article at InfoWorld.com that talks about ePub eBook format being the new PDF. Read it here. It’s not the sexiest story in the world, but it speaks to the next major step in the eBook Revolution: the adoption of a universal eBook file format. The …
Aug 03
We mentioned the ‘leaked’ specifics a couple days ago. Now Sonyinsider.com has the full specifications for Sony’s new eBook Readers including price. Check it out here. At $199, the PRS-300 sets the stage for some real savings as the other eBook reader designers are forced to respond to that price. Even with the slightly smaller …
