Mar 02
God! Just when I thought all the Kindle-talk was winding down, yah? Honestly, there are other eBook Reading devices… If this rumor is true, it proves that the eBook Revolution is kicking into high gear. (and suggests that Amazon is already feeling the heat…) Read the story here.
Mar 01
Here’s another interesting piece of machinery that can be applied to the eBook Revolution. Plustek has the BookReader, a device that will scan in printed text (your books) and convert it into a lifelike voice (voice options there…). Â At $699 you’ve got to be serious about converting books into MP3 audio files, but the application …
Feb 28
Author Patrick Carman (wow…mental gap there…at first I thought Eric Carmen…) is flogging a new multimedia book, Skeleton Creek. See the full story here. The children’s ghost mystery is a hybrid that takes the form of an ‘actual’ book that is also an online movie. Both elements depend on the other for the complete experience. …
Feb 27
You can read it and see it all over the place. But that doesn’t make it true.  This morning CNN had a story about the loss of newspaper jobs and the approaching demise of the newspaper industry. Watch it below. The powers that be blame the Internet for a decline in profitability due to the loss …
Feb 26
Look, you know I have to do this. There’s such a ballyhoo, it wouldn’t be fair to skip over something as important as Gizmodo.com‘s Kindle 2 Review Matrix. You can find it here. Enjoy! Yah? I promise, soon we’ll all be talking about the next eBook reader out of the blocks… Who would that be, …
Feb 25
Here’s a nice warm and fuzzy, environmentally friendly meshing of worlds, perfect for anybody who’s nervous about leaving the Paperback Age behind. It’s another fantastic option, yah? Using print-on-demand technology, the Espresso Book Machine can print a paperback in 3 – 5 minutes. That’s so cool! I can see this working very well. It will take a …
Feb 24
Okay, I’m almost finished with it. (Yah, right!) I might have sounded a bit catty earlier, about Stephen King‘s contribution to the launch of the new Kindle. I don’t want my reservations about his rationale to undercut what I believe to be a sincere effort on his part to embrace the new technology. Mr. King has …
Feb 23
While waiting in line at a coffee shop, I watched an 80-year-old man at a table reading something on his iPhone. The old devil had his specs on deftly flipping through pages…quite comfortably defining his place in the digital age. It really hit home how prepared people are for eBooks and eBook Readers. It also …
Feb 22
Kindle 2 talks and apparently it exhibits this controversial text-to-speech function in a voice similar to Tom Cruise’s. A rumor over at Engadget.com suggests it’s based on or was voiced by Cruise. You can find an analysis of Kindle 2’s voice here at KindleBoards. Give it a listen. What do you think? Is Amazon.com hoping the Top Gun will make Kindle …
Feb 21
WOW! This is happening way faster than I imagined. All of it… Amazon’s already being challenged. I’d say “that will teach them” but it won’t. Even eBook prices are starting to drop! This is the most detailed Kindle 2 review I’ve read so far. Read it here. For good measure, David Berlind of Informationweek.com, throws …
