Coming out of the blocks looking a lot like front-runner Amazon’s Kindle 2, the ‘wired’ eBook reader DITTO has leapt into the race with a crowd pleasing price of $249. Read the story at Publisher’s Weekly here. (Ditto = Digital Interface Total Text Organizer… glad they went with Ditto…) It’s clear that Kindle 2’s solid …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Jul 03
There is no page…Damn it!
I’m not sure what happened to Daniel Terdiman of cnetnews in his piece called “Trying to turn the page on a Kindle” but I’m glad he got through it. Since it’s a slow eBook news day I’ll share it with you. I don’t know if he experienced a mental vapor lock from too much travel or if …
Jul 02
Another competitor climbs into the ring…
Borders UK launched its own eBook reader exploiting the European loophole in Amazon Kindle’s landlocked business plan. Borders’ Elonex eBook is a direct contender for Amazon Kindle’s and Sony Reader’s success, boasting a similar 6″ screen and competitive £189 price ($308 USD). Read the story and Elonex’s specifications here at bookseller.com. One place Elonex has Kindle beat is the …
Jun 24
As Kindle and Sony focus on North America…
A worthy contender in the Digital Reader market stands poised to capture Europe. I like the article “Beyond the Kindle…” here at ReadWriteWeb.com because it illuminates something that we in North America are often encouraged to forget. There’s a whole big world out there. (And an eBook market to match.) The article highlights a discussion with …
Jun 23
It’s the Pirate’s Life for Me!
DRM is EVIL… Remember when you could buy a book, read it and then loan it to a friend? I started buying books that way. A friend loaned me a novel, the first in a series, and I went on to buy the rest of that series, and more titles by that author. Imagine buying a book on …
Jun 22
Breathing down Kindle DX’s Neck: Plastic Logic’s eReader…
Take a look at this video. Plastic Logic’s eReader is due out on the market in 2010 to give Kindle DX a run for the money. I wish it looked a little less like Kindle, to make the comparison more exciting, but what are you going to do. We talked about this eReader earlier in the …
Jun 20
eBook Sales on the Rise despite Down Economy
Read a Fiction Matters story here about the eBook’s continued success. The numbers suggest a widespread and rapid adoption (despite some faltering moments) regardless of the ridiculously high prices for eBook Reading devices (Kindle & Sony almost $400) and the eBooks themselves ($9.99 and up). Can you imagine what will happen when the $99 eBook Reader hits …
Jun 16
Kindle DX ‘sold out…’
Amazon.com’s new Kindle DX with the 9.7 inch screen and $489 price tag sold out within three days of its June 10 release. Read a story about it here. The Kindle DX should be back on sale (restocked) by June 17. I’ve been skeptical of market babble like ‘sold out’ ever since I discovered that …
Jun 14
The Revolution Continues…
An excellent article here for a Sunday read suggesting the shape of things to come. Scott Stein at CRAVE the Gadget Blog from Cnet details an interesting experience in which he ends up favoring the present over the past. And I think you’ll find that common sense and economic realities are the driving forces behind …
Jun 12
Where is Apple’s Tablet?
Ok. We know Apple released its new iPhone 3G on Monday and re-priced it to sell at $199 (with strings attached.) Read about it here. But where is their Media-tablet (Media-pad)? We’ve reported rumors here and here about something bigger and sleeker on the drawing boards at Apple. Something with superior eBook reading capability… Steve Jobs didn’t …
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