Category: eBook Readers

The machines.

View Quest BookBox $110 Color eBook Reader

IndyPosted has a report on the View Quest BookBox making it the market in time for Christmas at the staggeringly low price of $110 for a full color device. Check it out here. Just some more options available this holiday season. Might be a perfect first eBook Reader for the curious who must have color!

Consumer Backlash Against Publisher Agency Pricing Model

Thanks Jorgen for a link to a FutureBook update about the ongoing battle between publishers, retailers and consumers regarding the adoption of the agency pricing model in the UK. The publishers are trying to manipulate the market by over-pricing eBooks (often tagged over the price of hard covers) in an effort to maintain control of …

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Kobo eReader and B&N NookColor Reviewed

Tyler Laing contributor to the Phoenix News reviews the Kobo eReader here. Laing sounds like he’s sold on the device. And Matthew Miller at ZDNet offers a hands-on review of the more expensive but full color NookColor eBook Reader. Seems the new device from Barnes and Noble made the grade.

A Record-Breaking eBook Shopping Season in Your Future

The New York Times offers an update on the shape of holiday buying to come, and it’s starting to look like an eBook Christmas. With the 2009 holiday shopping season focused on Kindle, Nook and Sony, shoppers this year can look forward to a wide selection of new eBook Readers and accompanying spectrum of prices …

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$1-billion in eBook Sales by Year End.

The Financial Post reports industry insiders projecting $1-billion in eBook sales by year end before growing to $3-billion by 2015 as the eBook Revolution brings in the new standard in reading. As much as we knew it was going to happen, did anybody think it would happen this quickly?

$99 Barnes and Noble Nook!

Suite101.com points us toward some Black Friday sales with a Best Buy Door Buster Deal offering the Barnes and Noble wi-fi Nook with $50 off at participating stores. The post is worth checking out!

NookColor versus iPad

The News For You compares the new Barnes & Noble NookColor eBook reader and the Apple iPad. Both machines are positioned for a competitive holiday shopping season. I think that NookColor’s $249 price tag will make the B&N device the consumer favorite.

Pre-Order Hanvon E Ink “Triton” Color e-Reader

If you want to get into line early you can pre-order the E Ink Triton ePaper display, Hanvon 9.7-inch color eBook reader. The WiFi only model will retail for $528 while the 3G version will cost a tidy $574. Electronista says the new device will ship February 2011.

More about Color E Ink from its MAKER!

Hanlon announced the release of its Color E Ink device here. Now E Ink Holdings has just officially launched its ‘Triton,’ the first color electronic paper display. (The very technology used in Hanlon’s eBook reader.) Check out the Engadget story. Watch the video too. Flashy and it tells you how E Ink works. E Ink …

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Color E Ink has Arrived!

CNN and just about everyone else is talking about the release of a color E Ink eBook Reader from Chinese eReader manufacturer Hanvon. This device will make quite a splash with publishers of illustrated books and magazines but it remains to be seen whether it’s essential to reading John Grisham–especially with its $440 price tag. …

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