Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for digging up this link to an interesting post at Global SMT & Packaging about the explosive state of sales in the E Ink display market where they’re reporting a 417% increase in sales from 950 thousand units in 2008 to a whopping 5 million electronic display shipments in 2009. …
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Apr 15
The Barnes and Noble nook is now available through Best Buy.
ZDnet says that Barnes and Noble’s nook eBook reader is available for order now at Best Buy, earlier than the April 18 launch date they originally set. With the same $259 price tag you’ll find at B&N’s site, they’re obviously planning to coast on the active interest and stick with the pack of similarly priced …
Apr 14
Developments over at Barnes and Noble
You can see by a MarketWatch.com article that Barnes and Noble continues to think ‘off the shelf.’ In this case, the eBook and book retailer is utilizing its bricks and mortar locations to encourage nook owners to interact with in-store features, exclusive digital-content and specials. Read the post here. I’ve personally seen how eBook reading devices …
Apr 13
3-D eBook Reader?
Ok. Now we’ve got a post at CrunchGear that says Sharp has announced the upcoming release of a 10.6-inch 3-D LCD display that can be experienced without 3-D glasses. The 3-DÂ touch-screen is still at the prototype stage, but Sharp says it’s perfect for eBook readers, tablet PCs and digital photo frames. I get the tablet …
Apr 09
iPad competition from Nokia
iSlate.com has a post on Nokia’s plans to bring a Windows 7 touch-screen tablet to the market. With a predicted Autumn release, the plans are for a tablet that will do everything iPad can and cannot do. (Basically all of iPad 2.0’s upgraded functions.) Read the full story here. If Apple’s assertion is correct that they can’t …
Apr 07
Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle and the Stores that support them…
Remember about a year ago when all we talked about was the Amazon KINDLE? Well, now we’re going on about the iPAD. I guess it’s still exciting so what the heck? (And at least we’re not saying ‘rumored Apple Tablet’ anymore… I was starting to gag on that one.) Here’s a very detailed post at Gizmodo.com.au called …
Apr 05
300,000 iPads sold April 3, 2010
Here’s the first tally at CNNMoney. An impressive 300,000 iPads went to early adopters on the first day of sales. That’s a lot of potential readers suddenly joining the eBook Revolution. So far, the iBookstore is off limits to all but iPad owners. I look forward to the PC version, when they get around to …
Apr 04
Sea Change in Publishing
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an article at the Arizona Republic that outlines some of the changes and challenges facing publishers and authors in the eBook Revolution. An informative read on this Easter Sunday.
Apr 03
More about eBook Readers
Since today marks Apple iPad’s coming out party, I thought I’d post a link to a Canadian Press article that starts to describe both ends of the spectrum in eBook reading, and hints at the crowded and varied future for eBook Reading devices.
Apr 02
Apple iPad Arrives April 3, 2010
Apple’s iPad will arrive in stores April 3, 2010 and the iBookstore will go live. To prepare you for that we’ve got a link to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Ihnatko’s piece “iBooks is worth the price alone for iPad as ebook reader.” A very informative Good Friday article, in it Ihnatko makes some excellent comparisons …
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