Barnes and Noble is offering frustrated Nook buyers in the US a $100 coupon if they do not receive the popular eBook reading devices in time for Christmas. Read the full story at TechRadar.com. Now cut to the festivities at Amazon.com where the Kindle eBook Reader continues to dominate the market this Christmas for no other reason than …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Dec 22
eBook Privacy Addressed…
Jorgen gave us this fantastic link to An eBook Buyer’s Guide to Privacy by Ed Bayley at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Here’s a quote from the article to capture your interest: “E-readers possess the ability to report back substantial information about their users’ reading habits and locations to the corporations that sell them. And yet none …
Dec 21
Have You Got a Minute?
Amber Johnson popped in to offer a link they posted at OnlineCourses.org called “101 Tips for All Your eBook Reader Needs.” An excellent checklist for the would-be adopter, and probably the most comprehensive list I’ve seen a long time. Now the question: Does anyone have 102 Tips?
Dec 20
More manipulation from publishers…
It seems publishers are still promoting piracy and illegal file sharing as suggested by this story at Bookseller.com about the dirty trick of deferring the publication of eBooks to force anxious fans to buy the much more expensive hard cover editions. John Makinson, Penguin Group c.e.o., said, “We need to try to understand those dynamics …
Dec 19
Borders to Launch eBook Reader Platform on Kobo
Thanks Jorgen for a link to the deal inked between Borders Group, Inc. and the newly renamed global eReading service Kobo, Inc (formerly Shortcovers.) Read the story at Pocket-lint, here. That link led me to the actual press release here where I could dig up a bit more background. Through this partnership, Borders will launch …
Dec 18
Another list of predictions for 2010!
Our friend Jorgen dropped off a link to Ja Konrath’s list of interesting predictions for 2010 at A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. Check it out here. I have to say I’m in complete agreement with Konrath. Even on the $99 eBook Reader hitting the market sometime in 2010. It just makes sense. I think we’ll …
Dec 16
Is there enough to read on Kindle’s cross-platform connection?
A special thanks to Jorgen who stopped in to deliver this link to a story at The Telegraph.co.uk that questions, among other things, whether there are enough eBook titles available to justify joining the revolution. Writer Shane Richmond later relents suggesting that the future promises much more, and goes on to deliver an excellent review of …
Dec 15
Plastic Logic to unveil QUE proReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
On Thursday, January 7, 2010 Plastic Logic is unveiling QUE proReader at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For anybody in the neighborhood you can find their eBook TechZone at booth 11840 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. They’re offering demos and hands-on ‘experience a QUE proReader for yourself’ sessions. This is …
Dec 14
Kindle, Nook now Joo-Joo?
Jorgen pointed us to a CNET story where they’ve nabbed a journalist’s demo of the new JooJoo Web Slate for appraisal. They seem to like its lines and stylish profile. And functionality gets passing grades as well, but at $499, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnans has his work cut out for him. With one look at …
Dec 13
12 DAYS to Enter Contest!
I’ve been reminded AGAIN to remind you about a contest to win a free Sony eBook Reader Touch Edition at BentSteeple.com. It’s to celebrate the release of BENT STEEPLE a new Horror novel by author G. Wells Taylor. There are other prizes too. I’ve looked around the site(s) and he seems to be into everything. The …
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