May 11
Honestly, other than a few stories about people debating copyright (yawn) and digital rights management (when will they learn?) it seems to be a slow news day for the eBook Revolution. After a week of exciting KINDLE DX mania…what can we expect? Announcements are definitely in the pipe. And rumors suggest something is coming from …
May 10
Of course, we knew this would happen… all that giant Kindle talk, and now Sony’s rumored to have a bigger (and color version) of its eBook Reader in development. Read the full story here at techradar.com. On a more original note, Sony is releasing a Danielle Steele Special Edition Reader. The story’s here at slashgear.com. …
May 09
It seems every time Amazon does something with Kindle, we get a bunch of new eReaders jumping onto the market, and the debate over copyright and paying for content flares up again. I can understand why they’re talking about it all over the news and here at CNN.  KINDLE DX is ‘perfect’ for displaying large format content …
May 08
Amazon’s Kindle DX is sweet, but overpriced. (How many times will we have to pay for the same R&D.) Predictably, the other kids on the block step in to steal a bit of thunder. Sony is making its eReaders available to purchase online through BestBuy.ca and Futureshop.ca. Check out the press release here. This is a …
May 07
So Amazon is releasing a very expensive and somewhat larger version of their Kindle tricked out to read magazines and newspapers as well as eBooks. Okay. It looks beautiful. Nice piece of technology. Read the story about the announcement at CNNMoney here. The Kindle DX features: 9″ screen, a built-in PDF reader, enhanced Internet navigation, storage for up to …
May 06
According to a story at cnet.com here Amazon’s new large format Kindle, the “KINDLE DX,” will be introduced Wednesday morning at Pace University in Manhattan. No word on price but some of the specs are listed in the cnet.com piece. 9.7″ inch screen compared to Kindle 2’s 6″, that type of thing. We’ll be watching this …
May 05
There’s a rumor that Amazon is getting ready to release a large format Kindle (roughly letter-sized), maybe this week, designed to handle newspaper and magazine-sized displays. Read the full story here at the New York Times. Kindle 2 already offers some specially formatted news feeds, but lacks the display ad capability that is integral to …
May 04
Read a press release from Kitabe announcing the expansion of DRM Free MP3 Audio Book Downloads here. So, if a leading audiobook retailer understands its product should be DRM-free, why are the eBook heavyweights Amazon, Mobi, Fictionwise, etc. still pedalling that contentious form of content control? DRM HURTS CONTENT CREATORS and CONSUMERS by PROMOTING PIRACY! When …
May 03
An article at wired.com talks about BooksOnBoard, the largest independent eBookstore, announcing a $99 eBook Reader. It’s a little misleading. Read the story here, and you’ll see there are strings attached. You can buy the reader for $99 after you shell out $500 for a Gift Certificate. They’re offering the older Sony PRS-505 model Reader …
May 02
For your weekend reading pleasure Wattpad.com offers eBooks to Mobile users. They’ve got a really interesting and large selection of free eBooks formatted for your favorite device. Not just the old public domain stuff either. (Ever read Moby Dick on a cell phone?) Writers and publishers are using it to show off their wares, and …
