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 …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
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 …
Jul 31
Papyrus = Samsung SNE-50K reader.
We talked about this back in March when it was still hidden behind the lovely name Papyrus. Well Samsung Electronics finally broke cover and has announced the new SNE-50K reader that it will sell in South Korea–at first. They’ve got plans to take over the world later, probably next year, according to Samsung. Read the …
Jul 29
Barnes and Noble Shifting into High Gear.
Barnes and Noble is charging into the fray and looks ready to do some serious damage. The book retail giant that abandoned eBook sales in 2003 started making up for lost time by opening its own eBook Store to challenge Amazon.com, produce its own eBook reader through Plastic Logic to take on Kindle and Sony, and …
Jul 28
Sony’s New Reader and Apple’s Rumored Tablet
The new Sony PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book is reviewed by Computer Shopper here. The updated reader offers PDF support and built-in book light (which gets high marks at eBook Rumors) and a sturdy all-metal frame. That trumps Kindle’s plastic body that reports suggest is brittle for a hand-held device. They’ve also continued with their broad …
Jul 27
Better late than never…
Just got back (ran into a headwind) and I’m working through a pile of updates and releases. I’ll get something up later about Sony’s new PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book. Looks promising. Also have some new rumors about Apple’s tablet. More soon, yah…
Jul 19
You mean for the high price of $299 you’ll control what I read?
Amusing thought-police associations aside, it is clear to see in this article at the Register.com why Amazon Kindle’s high-price, expensive eBooks, and locked and managed personal libraries are a business model doomed to fail in an age when digital information and machinery are designed to promote accessibility, convenience and practicality. Every time I read a …
Jul 18
Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009
Walter Cronkite was a consummate news professional: perhaps the last of his breed. “The Most Trusted Man in America” helped to shape this new media that we’re bending out of true; that we’re beaming around the world and now reading and viewing on all manner of space age gadget and gizmo. I have missed his …
Jul 17
Another new eBook Reader!
Jointech’s JE100 eBook Reader is a $270 mystery that I just found out is delivering to first adopters. Two words for Jointech to remember:Â press release. Click here to visit Jointech for the full specifications. (Mystery or not, it is a sweet looking ride.) This is the first I’ve heard about the JE100 eBook Reader with …
Jul 16
On its way to Ubiquity! (Damn things will be everywhere!)
A florida hotel’s EPIC Page Turner program loans free eBooks and a Sony Reader to their Club level guests. This perk includes an EPIC Virtual Nightstand for reading exerpts from eBooks. Read the full article here at Gadling.com. I’ll give top marks to this hotel for embracing the eBook Revolution. The full scale adoption is …
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