GoodeReader.com has a how-to post and video on adding eBooks to the Kobo Wireless eReader. PCMag.com offers more here on Google eBooks and experiences in a Cloud. Pocket-lint.com has a review and pictures of Asus’ Eee Note EA800, a new competitor in the tablet market. PublishingPerspectives.com says US children’s publishers are embracing eBook Readers. Read …
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Dec 09
All Aboard… well, except Amazon Kindle.
This is when playing well with others pays off. A story at Reviews of Electronics highlights the perils of proprietary formats. Google Editions titles are now available on pretty much every eBook Reader on the market other than Amazon’s Kindle. While it hardly leaves Amazon out in the cold, since Kindle eBooks are available through …
Dec 07
Early Google Editions Review at CNN
Google has already said that its new eBook store Google Editions would take some time to roll out, but it doesn’t hurt to get an early peek at it. CNN has a story on it here. Up to now, the biggest complaints from eBook adopters have been about DRM and proprietary formats used by Amazon’s …
Dec 06
View Quest Bookbox eBook Reviewed
The View Quest Bookbox eBook is reviewed at ComputerActive. Looks like the budget color eBook reader gets a passing grade as an economy video player but its low-resolution screen comes up short for eBook reading. Who knows, it might still be a nice option for anyone who’s curious about digital publishing or tablets.
Dec 04
Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-650) Reviewed at PCMAG.com
PCMag.com reviews the Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-650) ($229.99). This is Sony’s answer to Nook and Kindle and hits the market with the (unfortunate) higher price and USB-only connectivity. Despite the lack of wireless there have been several improvements including screen contrast and a drop in actual weight. Read the review, and before you pass …
Dec 02
Google Editions set to Rock the eBook Revolution!
And Google Editions is bound to cause some major waves in the eBook Revolution when it arrives later this month as it’s described in TechCrunch’s post. The actual ‘shape’ of this new net-wide eBook Store is still nebulous but we’re told it will decentralize eBook sales and make any eBook-related site an eBook store. We’re …
Nov 30
eBook Readers to Dominate Holiday Buying in 2010
With the holiday buying season of 2010 heralded as the beginning of the eBook Revolution`s adoption by the mainstream, it makes sense to prep the readership with a link to a PCWorld guide on how to buy your eBook Reader. This topic will begin to dominate the eBook blogosphere in the coming weeks so we …
Nov 29
A Paper Book Lover Converts to Digital
L.A. Times writer, Michael Hiltzik offers his adventures in the world of eBook Readers, and chronicles his eventual adoption of the devices over his true love (paper books). I think it’s a phenomenon we’re going to see over and over this holiday season. I’ve always said an eBook Reader in hand will convert the most …
Nov 28
Disposable eBook Readers?
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a story at ITProPortal that starts to explain a new technology that could make future eBook Readers cheap and disposable. Now before anyone gets too offended by the idea of yet another piece of throwaway technology, the advanced display method described in the post uses biodegradable …
Nov 27
To Russia with eBook Readers
Smartplanet has an interesting story about the eBook Revolution’s overdue arrival in Russia with state nanotechnology company Rusnano investing $150 million to manufacture of eBook reader screens in a partnership with California-based electronics company Plastic Logic.
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