Daniweb.com is offering five reasons you need the rumored Apple Tablet here. This much-touted, near-mythical device is going to have to be magical to live up to the hype. That’s something that Apple usually delivers on in the hand-held section of life. They’ve taken their time too, allowing front-runners Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader to take the awkward first …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Aug 17
Da Vinci Code Sequel Set for eBook Success?
Here’s an interesting (if a trifle inflated) article at the guardian.co.uk about Dan Brown’s Davinci Code sequel The Lost Symbol arriving in time to SAVE the publishing industry. It more reasonably goes on to talk about the book’s positive impact on the burgeoning eBook marketplace. That’s the meat of the story for me since it …
Aug 16
Sony explains change of heart…
Here’s a story at BBC.COM about Sony’s adoption of the EPUB format. I’m mentioning it again because the move is revolutionary for eBooks and begins opening up the market to the practical and flexible features of the Internet and digital technology. And because of this quote: “Partial figures gathered by the International Digital Publishing Forum …
Aug 14
Sony Goes EPUB
In the intensifying battle for eBook supremacy, Sony has announced that it will use the XML-based EPUB format in the Sony eBook Store, opening the door to consumers buying from the list without having to own a Sony Reader. Seems like a logical move, but it’s a departure from Sony’s proprietary format beginnings. It’s a …
Aug 12
Sony’s Going to Announce Something…
Are they just catching up to the leak with an official release of PRS-300 and PRS-600 or is Sony going to announce a rumored third wireless eBook Reader? It’s all going to happen on August 25th, so stay tuned. More on the story here at Slashgear.
Aug 11
Is Amazon painting itself into a corner?
MarketWatch has an excellent article that highlights the dangerous game that Amazon’s playing. While the rest of the eBook world moves toward some kind of universality with the EPUB format, Amazon’s sticking to its guns and selling a version of its Mobipocket format for KINDLE’s only. (Or the Kindle Reader for iPod.) That presents a …
Aug 10
Astak Pro Releases $199 eBook Reader
Another new, more affordable kid on the block, the Astak EZ Reader 5 is available for pre-order here. Coming in six colors and compact with a 5-inch ePaper 600×800, 8-level display, the EZ Reader Pocket Pro priced at $199 is an obvious challenger to Sony’s new PRS-300. Get a full list of specifications and ordering …
Aug 05
An Apology from Amazon…
We talked about Amazon’s dictatorial ways a few days ago. Read it here. Well, they finally received enough complaints for entering the Private Property of Kindle owners–their Kindle eBook Collections–and deleting copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm without warning or explanation. So they’re apologizing. They later claimed the evil deed was due to a mix …
Aug 02
It ain’t easy being a dictator…
Amazon is being sued for remotely deleting copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from Kindles. It later explained the action was taken because the copy in question was provided by a third party that did not have the right to sell it. Read the full story at Reuters. It seems that in one of the cases …
Aug 01
An actual RUMOR at eBook Rumors
This is fantastic! It seems that the service manuals for two new Sony Reading Devices have ‘accidentally’ found their way onto the net. Read the full article about the leak at ChannelWeb here. Apparently the new devices, the PRS-300 and PRS-600, have made it off the drawing board and are on their way to the …
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