Category: eBook Stores

A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...

Netflix for eBooks?

TheNextWeb Insider offers a report on a rumored move by Amazon.com to sign publishers on to a Netflix for eBooks that would be delivered through the Kindle platform. Not sure how this will develop but the service might be offered as part of Amazon Prime customer’s $79 per year membership. Win or fail, you’ve got …

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Sony Tablet S Reviewed

The Toronto Sun reviews the Sony Tablet S and wonders if it delivers enough for the $499 price tag to stand out against the competition.

Do-it-yourself NookColor Upgrade

NookColor owners/users should check out this PCMag post that allows an easy (do-it-yourself) upgrade to expand your device’s capabilities and make it into a supercharged eBook Reader. The writer, David Pierce, makes the claim that all you need to do is “plunk in an N2A card and the Nook Color becomes a full-fledged Android 2.3 …

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Do your kids need an eBook Reader?

Wired.com’s GeekDad questions whether it’s time to include an eBook Reader in your children’s back to school supplies. It’s just a matter of time… The article and suggestions at the link.

The Sony WiFi PRS-T1 Reader Reviewed

TechRadar has a hands-on review of Sony’s new WiFi PRS-T1 Reader. You’ll find specifications and pictures after the leap. It looks like Sony’s finally going to mark some territory in the wireless eReader market.

Sony launches its tablets in bid for iPad market.

Sony has launched its new tablets making good on its claim to challenge the Apple iPad for market supremacy. Check out the guardian story here.

No eReader? You can still read eBooks…

Friends at Broadband Service Providers stopped by with a list of 10 different ways to read an eBook without an eReader. There are more options than might expect.

Amazon could sell 3-5 million tablets this year.

eBookNewser posted on a prediction by Forrester Research that Amazon could sell as many as 3 to 5-million tablets in 2011. The device is rumored to hit the market for the holiday buying season with a price in the $250-$300 range.

Books with soundtracks arrive on the market…

Many thanks to our friend Jorgen for a link to a Telegraph post on the new enhanced eBooks that are starting to appear on the market. Can you imagine reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” with “rain, thunderclaps and blood-curdling screams” supplied. It will be interesting to see if this is …

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Stephen King releasing a digital-only novella.

Stephen King will soon release his novella Mile 81 in eBook form only. As this GoodeReader story points out, he’s already done this with his Kindle short story UR, but the fact that he’s testing the waters once again is bound to be giving his publisher Simon & Schuster some sleepless nights. They’re involved with …

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