Category: Kindle

Was Reading Always a Social Experience?

Thanks Jorgen for this link to a Booksquare feature that questions whether digital publishing is really changing the way we read. A thought-provoking piece for a Sunday afternoon.

Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-650) Reviewed at PCMAG.com

PCMag.com reviews the Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-650) ($229.99). This is Sony’s answer to Nook and Kindle and hits the market with the (unfortunate) higher price and USB-only connectivity. Despite the lack of wireless there have been several improvements including screen contrast and a drop in actual weight. Read the review, and before you pass …

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Google Editions set to Rock the eBook Revolution!

And Google Editions is bound to cause some major waves in the eBook Revolution when it arrives later this month as it’s described in TechCrunch’s post. The actual ‘shape’ of this new net-wide eBook Store is still nebulous but we’re told it will decentralize eBook sales and make any eBook-related site an eBook store. We’re …

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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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A Paper Book Lover Converts to Digital

L.A. Times writer, Michael Hiltzik offers his adventures in the world of eBook Readers, and chronicles his eventual adoption of the devices over his true love (paper books). I think it’s a phenomenon we’re going to see over and over this holiday season. I’ve always said an eBook Reader in hand will convert the most …

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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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