Here’s a very interesting story and video at Liliputing where a ‘hacked’ Sony PRS-T1 Reader running Google Android shows the true potential of E Ink displays.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Jan 16
Libraries struggle with eBook success…
The Washington Post reports that the eBook Revolution is having a major impact on the public library system. It’s a case of being too successful for your own good. With limited digital editions to loan, the library waiting lists are growing insanely long for readers willing to wait. And could any wait feel justified if …
Jan 15
Kobo Vox eReader/Tablet Reviewed
The Kobo Vox full color tablet is reviewed at TheRightClick.
Jan 13
Publishers less optimistic about eBooks in 2012
PaidContent has a post about a recent poll suggesting publishers are not as optimistic about digital publishing as they were a year ago. That’s a blast from the past. Remember when publishers vocally denounced eBooks? Well, they’re feeling a little bit nostalgic now that the writing is on the wall. They’re going to have to …
Jan 12
eBook Revolution developments, news and updates.
FierceMobileContent has a post on Amazon’s tricky browser-based bypass of Apple’s restrictive in-App buying policies. Bookseller.com reports on the rise in book sales over the holiday buying season despite the explosive growth in eBook purchases. Engadget offers some video on the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol screen that combines the best in E Ink and full …
Jan 11
Sell used eBooks? Nobody’s going to buy it!
In the Nice Try department of the eBook Revolution, here’s a story at eBookNewser about a company called Lexink that plans to sell ‘used’ eBooks. They claim their Unloder software allows the consumer to sell an eBook by permanently removing the file from your eReader library, so that this ‘used’ file can be sold again. …
Jan 10
eBooks sales surge after holidays.
USAToday offers this sidebar to the gift giving season reporting a surge in eBook sales after the holidays. Millions of eBook Readers and tablets were given away this year, and the weeks following are heady moments for new adopters as they head out onto the web to make their first eBook purchases.
Jan 09
Protest books for the eBook Revolution
While we wait for eBook Revolution news from the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 Jan. 10-13 in Las Vegas we’ll ‘occupy’ the eBook news for a moment with a link from Kaitlyn Cole at OnlineUniversities.com entitled “The 10 Best Protest Books of All Time.”
Jan 08
No final edit. Continuous eBook launch.
Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a Wall Street Journal article about the future of publishing where writers never have to finish writing a book because they can edit and update digital files forever. No final edit. No final draft.
Jan 06
Post Christmas early New Year eBook Revolution update.
GoodeReader says Kobo experienced record growth during the last six weeks of 2011. PdfDevices compares the readability of Christmas market leaders Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle Fire. GoodeReader gives us a list of the 10 most-borrowed library eBooks for 2011. CanadianBusiness posted on the poor market performance suffered by Barnes and Noble as it ponders selling off its …
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