Category: eReaders

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

Publishing Logs Growth in the eBook Revolution

The Bookseller.com has an interesting post on the impact of digital publishing on the status quo and it looks good so far with statistics showing 3,151 new publishers registering for ISBNs in 2010. (The highest in 10 years.) The story credits print-on-demand technology (POD), eBooks and self-publishing with the change. One can see that the …

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Watch out iPad. Here comes the HPad…

PDFDevices.com reports on Hanvon Technology Co. Ltd. of China planning to announce a new line of products that includes the HPAD A112 eReader. This news will come at CeBIT2011 in Hanover, Germany in March. The Android 2.2 driven tablet with a 7-inch color touchscreen is rumored to hit the market at $545 (US) which puts …

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The Digital Bookstore of the Future

The Online Journalism Review’s Robert Niles offers us his idea of how a 21st century digital bookstore is going to look and how the bricks and mortar stores we’ve got can remain relevant in the future.

More on eBook Piracy

Personal Finance Bulletin posted on the apparent explosion in eBook Piracy. It seems that Kindle Books, Nookbooks and iPad books are turning up on torrent sites in FREE bundles. eBook Pirates cannot be stopped by outrage; but, honest eReaders can be encouraged away from the black market by lowering the price of eBooks, removing the …

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NoteSlate Tablet

Ubergizmo posted on the NoteSlate tablet, a 13″ E Ink like device that can be used for writing, drawing and reading. Check out the NoteSlate website here. The device is expected to ship in June for a low price of $99, so if you can read on it, this is one intriguing development for the …

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Five Reasons eBooks are here to stay.

MinnPost.com offers a list of the Five signs that eBooks are here to stay. I would add a sixth reason… Any time I tell people over 40 that eBook Readers allow you to adjust font size (e.g. MAKE IT BIGGER), their eyes light up.

Apple Continues to Tighten the Leash.

Jorgen dropped off a link to a post at eBookMagazine that discusses moves Apple is making to control content for iPad and iPhone. Recent updates to Apple’s Apps has put relationships with online eBook retailers like Amazon and Sony in jeopardy. Now they’re going after ‘jail breakers,’ IT savvy users who modify Apple operating systems …

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Kindle eBook Reader Updated

ReviewsofElectronics posted on Amazon’s update of the Kindle eBook Reader software.  One of the biggest complaints was the difficulty students were having navigating eTexts via the reflowable text available in Kindles and other eBook Readers. It seems the page numbers changed all the time, making Kindle books difficult to use as reference material. More about …

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The eBook Revolution in the UK

InternetRetailing has a post outlining the eBook Revolution’s impact in Britain. Looks like things are progressing in the same explosive way they are happening in North America. Mainstream adoption is underway!

Google Books is Strangely Quiet…

So, we mentioned Google purchasing eBook Technologies back in January, not long after the search engine giant opened their online eBook store, Google Books. eBook Technologies specialized in eBook software and held a handful of eBook-related patents. Since then, the GoogleBooksphere has been kind of quiet. I mean, no discussion of eBook sales, or mention …

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