I’m sure it’s more than that, I really am; but the Telegraph.co.uk reports a spike in library membership since those staid old institutions started offering eBook downloads. Thanks to Jorgen for this link to a story about libraries that had been bemoaning a decline in membership suddenly marking increased interest in digital books and media. Only …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Oct 26
enTourage eDGe DualBook Reader/Netbook
Okay, in the “keep a cool gadget a secret” department I give you the enTourage eDGe DualBook Reader / Netbook. Check it out at its homepage. So, am I the last to hear about this thing? A very cool machine with an E Ink display on one side and a 1024 X 600 pixel color touchscreen on …
Oct 24
E Ink teams with Freescale for Integrated Processor Development
Thanks to Jorgen for stopping in with this link. The writing’s a trifle technical, but it promises enormous potential for designers in the way of innovation for product development. As the release explains: “Collaboration between [these] market leaders [will] speed eBook evolution and enable new product categories.” Read the full release here. It’s that product …
Oct 22
The NOOK continued…
It’s only fair to keep talking about Barnes and Noble‘s new eBook Reader, the Nook. We burned up a lot of net time on the Kindle, after all. This link from Jorgen (thanks) that takes us to an excellent display set at engaget.com. Lots of pictures, even video. Well worth a look. All this excitement, and …
Oct 21
Introducing Barnes and Noble’s “Nook”
The Barnes and Noble eBook Reader the “Nook” was launched yesterday at a 4 p.m news conference in Manhattan. Read the play by play on The New York Times Technology page here. At $259 it’s priced to compete with Kindle, also priced at $259. (That’s a missed opportunity… $239 would have sold a million of them and made …
Oct 20
Global Kindle Finally Out of the Gates!
Amazon is shaking off those dreams of market monopoly, smelling the coffee and realizing there are some real world-class competitors coming into the game with the same grand ambitions. Yesterday Amazon started shipping a souped-up Kindle for U.S. and International adopters. Read here at Channel Web for a story about the global Kindle’s migration to one hundred countries with …
Oct 19
Que, the ProReader coming January 7, 2010
News at SoftSailor.com seems to confirm the rumors that have been bandied about forever regarding the Plastic Logic eBook reader. Read about it here. Called Que, the proReader, this device features an 8.5 x 11-inch capacitive touchscreen. Soft Sailor’s got pictures, or for more specifics you can take the link here to Que’s homepage at …
Oct 17
Will Your Brain Like This Article?
Here is a thought-provoking read for your weekend. The New York Times offers an opinion piece on whether the brain is willing to go along with the switch to eBooks and eBook Readers. They asked five experts from different disciplines and areas of study these questions (from the article): “Is there a difference in the …
Oct 16
Google Editions in 2010
More tough news for Amazon. Google will sell eBooks for any device through an online store called Google Editions that they plan to launch next year. The development announced in a release here at Reuters is a nice change for Google’s otherwise complicated press life as they battle the many challenges to Google Books. Google Editions …
Oct 15
Barnes and Noble eBook Reader to Launch Next Week
ZDNet’s got the scoop and apparently pictures of the rumored Barnes and Noble eBook Reader designed and set to launch through a partnership with IREX and Plastic Logic. Read the story and see the pictures here. So this is going to heat things up, with Barnes and Noble’s long track record as book seller and distributor, …
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