This article at A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing leans toward eBook Writers and Publishers, but it’s got some excellent background for those of us with only a general knowledge of the new technologies and exploding eBook Marketplace. There’s a focus on eBook format, too. Something that everyone who’s in the game as a reader or …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Aug 29
Asustek to Launch Eee-Book Reader
This article will remind us that there are more ways to read an eBook than Kindle, Sony or Apple’s. Netbook maker Asustek plans to launch its own eBook Reader under its Eee label. Asustek has been a big player in the netbook market so might prove to be a dark horse in the race. Keeps …
Aug 28
An Aggressive move by Google!
It was a fight between eReaders by Sony and Amazon that Google Books is now going to turn into an outright mugging. Two weeks ago Sony adopted the open EPUB format for its eBooks and various eBook Readers. (Once it’s downloaded the eBook is yours to read on any device you want.) Now Google Books …
Aug 27
Rumored Apple Tablet Responds to Sony’s Daily Edition
I knew this would happen. With Sony’s announcement of a new 3-G wireless eBook Reader (the Daily Edition) set for a Christmas release, the rumor mill started up about Apple’s Tablet. Read a story about how the fabled machine might measure up to the competition at Computerworld. Most of us are wondering whether the Tablet actually exists, and …
Aug 26
Sony Continues Punching, Amazon reels against the ropes!
Okay, Amazon, you better get this straight, if you can even make it back to your corner between rounds: Give your head a shake and come out fighting. Read the full report at PCWorld. Sony is in this to win. Weeks after announcing two new eBook readers, the PRS-300 ($199) and PRS-600 ($299) Sony continues …
Aug 25
iRex adds a wireless feature…
This story at ABC news has IREX Technologies getting into the wireless act. They announced Monday that its upcoming reader will give users access to the upgraded and fully functional Barnes & Noble Inc.’s eBook Store. IREX has several eReaders out on the market and plans a 2009 launch for the wireless machine. This emulates frontrunner Amazon Kindle’s …
Aug 24
Much that has been said before…
In the out-of-the-gates-last department, Businesswire.com presents an article that could have been written months ago. Nothing new really, just the early stages of cogitation about the eBook Revolution, e-Paper’s impact on communications, etc. Presented to you as a recap, and for those who have not yet formed an opinion. As I said, it’s kind of …
Aug 22
A bit technical, but a good weekend read…
Takuya Otani and Phil Keys wrote the following article for Tech-on (Nikkei Electronics Asia). The story includes an introduction to the tech we can expect, and some that’s still out there on the drawing board. Have a look. There are new kinds of ePaper in the wings, and a few really exciting advances in eReader design. This has got …
Aug 20
Digital and paper hook up…
Interesting story over at BBC. The first video ad is about to be published in a paper magazine. The story says the video ad plays on a mini-viewer placed on the page and will appear in special copies of Entertainment Weekly this September. I mentioning this because it represents an excellent mix of digital and traditional …
Aug 19
Imagine a world with only one eBook format…
I really think it’s going to happen. After Sony ditched its proprietary format in favor of the cross platform EPUB, it seems possible that eBook and eBook Reader Retailers might stop trying to control their products and start selling them untethered. Just sell the eBook Reader and allow consumers to decide what and where they’ll get their …
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