Mar 10
Sorry folks. Turns out this is Read an eBOOK WEEK! Apparently it runs from March 8-19, 2009. How was I to know, I mean, come on… I’ve been busy, and… But there’s a new technology for you. It’s being celebrated and few of us know. (I’m assuming few of us know…yah?) Anyway, I’m not going …
Mar 09
…and it couldn’t come too soon. This all reminds me of the early days of digital photography and web design when there were multiple image file formats fighting it out for dominance. Windows Bitmaps versus GIF’s and TIFFS and little ole’ JPG’s brawling it out in the back alleys of the Internet Highway. While we know the …
Mar 08
Sony is offering the Ian Fleming Limited Edition Reader Digital Book. Check it out here. Model Number: PRS-505SC/007 this bad boy is built to enjoy more than it’s intended to break any boundaries. I’m just pleased the technology is already being co-opted by Hollywood… or advertisers… (What’s the difference, yah?) Next up: Something from Hogwart’s.
Mar 07
 It’s amazing…I don’t know how this has happened! But there are second-generation eBook Readers out there other than Kindle 2 … BeBook 2 e-reader is revealed at CeBIT 2009! Read the story here over at engadget.com. No slouches at one-upmanship, BeBook 2’s creators (Endless Ideas) are dropping it on the market at a yet undisclosed price, but we’re watching …
Mar 06
All right. They’re waking up over at Barnes and Noble. I hate to say I told you so, but Dec. 30, I kind of inferred it so, in my mildly catty way, that the old flagship Barnes and Noble was missing the boat. Read this story. Barnes and Noble has acquired Fictionwise (15.7 million cash) …
Mar 05
This article about eBooks and eBook Readers from the snooty bastards at Time Magazine got my dander up. Read it here. I don’t offer it to venerate the snobbish tone, but to illustrate the kind of mocking resistance eBook and other technologies face from the establishment. (When I say “establishment” I mean, powers-that-be, status quo… …
Mar 04
Over at the theiphoneblog.com you can hear rumbling that is being felt deep inside the Amazon, and might be the reason the tribe there is getting ready to launch a new touch-screen Kindle 3 in the fall. The growing phenomena of iPhone & iTouch eBook reading has the people at Apple watching with great interest, …
Mar 03
Ok… I’m just going to put up a couple links to new eBook Readers. Why two at a time? They’re coming that quickly. It’s like everyone in the tech industry has been waiting for the release of Kindle 2, because it’s been one after the other ever since. The latest development in the evolution of …
Mar 02
God! Just when I thought all the Kindle-talk was winding down, yah? Honestly, there are other eBook Reading devices… If this rumor is true, it proves that the eBook Revolution is kicking into high gear. (and suggests that Amazon is already feeling the heat…) Read the story here.
Mar 01
Here’s another interesting piece of machinery that can be applied to the eBook Revolution. Plustek has the BookReader, a device that will scan in printed text (your books) and convert it into a lifelike voice (voice options there…). Â At $699 you’ve got to be serious about converting books into MP3 audio files, but the application …
