Category: eReaders

Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.

Barnes and Noble evens the Gap.

Here’s a link to an AP story about Barnes and Noble’s bricks and mortar effort to remain competitive in a digital world. The statistics suggest that while they have not taken the lead their leap into the eBook Revolution has certainly paid off by evening the gap in lost earnings. It bodes well for them, …

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eBook Readers to Dominate Holiday Buying in 2010

With the holiday buying season of 2010 heralded as the beginning of the eBook Revolution`s adoption by the mainstream, it makes sense to prep the readership with a link to a PCWorld guide on how to buy your eBook Reader. This topic will begin to dominate the eBook blogosphere in the coming weeks so we …

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Disposable eBook Readers?

Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to a story at ITProPortal that starts to explain a new technology that could make future eBook Readers cheap and disposable. Now before anyone gets too offended by the idea of yet another piece of throwaway technology, the advanced display method described in the post uses biodegradable …

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To Russia with eBook Readers

Smartplanet has an interesting story about the eBook Revolution’s overdue arrival in Russia with state nanotechnology company Rusnano investing $150 million to manufacture of eBook reader screens in a partnership with California-based electronics company Plastic Logic.

Pre-Loaded Kobo eBook Bundles

Kobo is offering eBook bundles for the holidays to sweeten the pot for potential Kobo Wireless eReader buyers. The eBook bundles cater to a range of tastes: Nora Roberts, Vampire Diaries, Millennium Trilogy, to name a few. An excellent idea for holiday gifting, the bundles let you personalize a present and make the device ready …

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WOW! Talk about Best Buy! Sony Reader Pocket Edition for $99!

Best Buy is offering the Sony – Reader Pocket Edition Digital Book for an incredible price of $99. With a 5-inch screen, it’s slightly smaller than the industry standard for E Ink devices like Kindle, Nook and Kobo, but the Sony Reader Pocket Edition is a solid, no frills machine that will perform far beyond …

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Mobile TechReview Reviews the Barnes & Noble Nook Color

Mobile Tech Review has a very detailed video review of the Barnes and Noble Nook Color eBook Reader. It also includes a side by side comparison of Nook Color with Sony E Ink Reader Daily Edition, Samsung Galaxy Tab, iPad and Next2 eBook reader. Worth checking out.

Put a familiar face on your Kindle.

Check out DODOcase’s covers and interiors for Kindle 3. It was just a matter of time before the accessories started appearing for the holiday season. I like it because the arrival of accessories like the DODOcase indicates the eBook Revolution is coming of age.

iPad Newspaper on the Way!

Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to an interesting story at the Guardian.co.uk that announces the upcoming release of the Daily, a digital newspaper designed specifically for iPad and similar devices. A brainchild of Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch, the Daily breaks new ground in several ways, most significantly in its adoption of …

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Amazon Allows Kindle eBook Giving for the Holidays

Digital Trends has the story about Amazon loosening up its rules on Kindle Book usage and allowing consumers to give them for Christmas and the holidays. And you don’t have to own a Kindle to give or receive. The service isn’t available yet, but it’s slated to be in place for the holiday buying season.