Category: eBook Readers

The machines.

eReader Gift Guide from Gottabemobile

With the holiday gift buying season fast approaching, GottaBemobile offers an eReader Gift Guide with some industry leaders you might want to put on your shopping list.

Google eBookstore for Canadians

Good news for Canadian eBook lovers. Google has opened the Google eBookstore for Canada. It has been a long time coming, but a quick look around shows the online search giant is hitting the ground running.

Gunslingers versus the Living Dead in The Fifth Horseman

Looks like another Halloween treat from indie author G. Wells Taylor. The Apocalypse Trilogy Goes Out with a Bang, Scream and Massacre. The Apocalypse Trilogy by G. Wells Taylor gallops to its horrifying conclusion in The Fifth Horseman now available for download at online booksellers. This explosive mix of classic western storytelling and gothic horror …

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Kobo is getting into publishing.

Galleycat has a story about online bookseller Kobo getting into the book publishing business, all as it preps for the launch of its $199 Vox color tablet. The international book seller will act like a traditional publishing house and do book editing, design, marketing, and sell the books. It’s the Amazon model. Now let’s see …

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Pirate women of the digital age.

Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting Pocket-lint story that says a survey found one in eight women 35-years and older (up into their 80s) admit to pirating eBooks. This follows a growing trend as eBook Readers and tablets make their way into the mainstream market with an accompanying increase in piracy across …

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Shop e-Readers offers the full list for the holidays.

A PRWeb press release from Shop e-Readers promises that the online retailer will be offering all the brand name eReaders by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony, etc. to markets in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Sony Reader runs android apps.

Liliputing has a story about a hack that turns Sony’s $150 PRS-T1 E Ink Reader into an android ‘tablet.’  The details and video at the link.

Dell Latitude ST tablet coming soon.

GoodeReader has a post and leaked video of the Dell Latitude ST tablet. The Latitude ST runs Windows and from the video appears to be positioned for entrepreneurial, professional and institutional work. It’s got all of the expected tablet bells and whistles including integrated cameras front and back. Since they haven’t released the price, it’s …

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Is there a good side to ads in eBooks?

GoodeReader’s Michael Kozlowski digs into the notion of advertisements in eBooks. Amazon.com’s recent release of its $79 Kindle with special offers (subsidized by ads on the Kindle) suggests there might be compromises in the future that could make digital publishing affordable for everyone in the mainstream marketplace. It will be a question of balance. And …

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The future of Literature in the digital age.

Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a Lapham’s Quarterly Roundtable feature by Curtis White on the future of Literature in the digital age. It’s well-written and certainly worth your time. It might be a nice read to start your weekend.