You can see by a MarketWatch.com article that Barnes and Noble continues to think ‘off the shelf.’ In this case, the eBook and book retailer is utilizing its bricks and mortar locations to encourage nook owners to interact with in-store features, exclusive digital-content and specials. Read the post here. I’ve personally seen how eBook reading devices …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Apr 13
3-D eBook Reader?
Ok. Now we’ve got a post at CrunchGear that says Sharp has announced the upcoming release of a 10.6-inch 3-D LCD display that can be experienced without 3-D glasses. The 3-DÂ touch-screen is still at the prototype stage, but Sharp says it’s perfect for eBook readers, tablet PCs and digital photo frames. I get the tablet …
Apr 09
iPad competition from Nokia
iSlate.com has a post on Nokia’s plans to bring a Windows 7 touch-screen tablet to the market. With a predicted Autumn release, the plans are for a tablet that will do everything iPad can and cannot do. (Basically all of iPad 2.0’s upgraded functions.) Read the full story here. If Apple’s assertion is correct that they can’t …
Apr 07
Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle and the Stores that support them…
Remember about a year ago when all we talked about was the Amazon KINDLE? Well, now we’re going on about the iPAD. I guess it’s still exciting so what the heck? (And at least we’re not saying ‘rumored Apple Tablet’ anymore… I was starting to gag on that one.) Here’s a very detailed post at Gizmodo.com.au called …
Apr 04
Sea Change in Publishing
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an article at the Arizona Republic that outlines some of the changes and challenges facing publishers and authors in the eBook Revolution. An informative read on this Easter Sunday.
Apr 03
More about eBook Readers
Since today marks Apple iPad’s coming out party, I thought I’d post a link to a Canadian Press article that starts to describe both ends of the spectrum in eBook reading, and hints at the crowded and varied future for eBook Reading devices.
Apr 02
Apple iPad Arrives April 3, 2010
Apple’s iPad will arrive in stores April 3, 2010 and the iBookstore will go live. To prepare you for that we’ve got a link to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Ihnatko’s piece “iBooks is worth the price alone for iPad as ebook reader.” A very informative Good Friday article, in it Ihnatko makes some excellent comparisons …
Apr 01
The Peril for Publishers
We found an excellent article at The Economist describing the perilous questions that digital publishing poses for the traditional publishing world. It’s a very detailed discussion of the difficulties awaiting traditional publishers as they are forced by market and technological advances to adapt their business models to the eBook Revolution. The problem these corporate giants face is …
Mar 30
Pioneer Computers Unveils their $149 eBook Reader.
Here we go. I think it’s a horserace. I’d put Kobo’s $150 eBook Reader first out of the gates but Pioneer Computers didn’t waste any time getting their DreamBook Color eBook Reader W95 into the race. Their machine offers a 5-inch TFT (LCD Display) screen with a native resolution of 800 x 480. It offers a portrait …
Mar 27
More on Kobo’s $150 eBook Reader
This time Gadget Lab picks up the story and puts Kobo’s $150 E Ink eBook Reader on a collision course with Amazon’s Kindle. I mentioned the device the other day and called it a game changer for the eBook Revolution, but I have to agree with Gadget Lab. This $150 machine is going to be …
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