{"id":6208,"date":"2010-07-15T23:17:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2010-07-15T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T04:17:52","slug":"summer-holidays-ebook-reading-by-a-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=6208","title":{"rendered":"Summer Holidays &#8211; eBook Reading by a Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to forgive  another week of missed headlines as <strong>eBook  Rumors<\/strong> takes a  short summer break. Thanks for visiting, enjoy the  grab bag of stories  below, and be sure to look for fresh rumors and  posts the week of July  25th. <em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>* Gizmodo  Australia<\/strong> is talking about Video-Capable  ePaper <strong><a title=\"Video in your eBook?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmodo.com.au\/2010\/07\/video-capable-epaper-hints-at-a-fun-ebook-reader-future\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>. Big opportunity for the eBook  Revolution\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6  as long as we can keep ads to a minimum. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* The <strong>$179  Pandigital Novel eBook reader<\/strong> with large <strong>7-inch  colour  touchscreen<\/strong> and runs Google Android in the background, but   someone <em>hacked<\/em> it to run Android direct, turning the machine   into a nice Android OS Tablet.\u00c2\u00a0The full story is\u00c2\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Pandigital  eBook Reader Hacked into a Tablet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gadgetvenue.com\/pandigital-ereader-hacked-run-google-android-os-07142810\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>GadgetVenue<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* <strong>eSchoolNews<\/strong> has a <strong><a title=\"Read OutLoud eBook  Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eschoolnews.com\/2010\/07\/14\/new-readoutloud-university-edition-ebook-reader-helps-postsecondary-students-and-veterans-with-disabilities-read-the-latest-ebooks-and-accesible-textbooks\/\" target=\"_self\">post<\/a><\/strong> about <strong>Read:OutLoud University  Edition  eBook reader<\/strong>. Designed for ease-of-use as an eBook  Reader the  machine will make life easier for\u00c2\u00a0university\/college students  and\/or  veterans with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Educational software provider <strong>Blackboard <\/strong> is  inking a deal  with <strong>Barnes &amp; Noble to<\/strong> get the  bookseller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s  educational\u00c2\u00a0titles into the B&amp;N eBook store for  students. Read more  about it at <strong><a title=\"Blackboard inks deal  with B&amp;N.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/feeds\/ap\/2010\/07\/14\/business-technology-hardware-amp-equipment-us-blackboard-barnes-amp-noble_7767573.html?boxes=financechannelAP\" target=\"_self\">Forbes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>* USAToday<\/strong> has a story about millions of books being   digitized for the disabled. Read more about it <strong><a title=\"Millions of  eBooks for the Disabled.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/education\/2010-07-14-InternetArchive14_st_N.htm\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong><em>The Financial Post<\/em><\/strong> has a Research Report  about the  Chinese eBook Reader market for <strong>2010-2011<\/strong>.  Read the post <strong><a title=\"Chinese eBook Reader Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.financialpost.com\/markets\/news\/Research+Markets+Research+Report+Chinese+Reader+Market+2010+2011\/3273584\/story.html\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* Read another<strong> Kindle DX<\/strong> <strong><a title=\"Kindle DX  reviewed.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/gadgets\/article515392.ece?homepage=true\" target=\"_self\">review<\/a><\/strong> at <strong><em>The Hindu<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* Read <strong><em>the Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/strong> <strong><a title=\"Japanese  publishers love digital...\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/japanrealtime\/2010\/07\/13\/japans-publishers-embrace-iphone-era\/\" target=\"_self\">post<\/a><\/strong> about Japanese Publishers embracing  the  eBook.<\/p>\n<p>* A very interesting read\u00c2\u00a0at <strong>BSCReview<\/strong>. The title  speaks for  itself: <strong><a title=\"Dr. StrangeNook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bscreview.com\/2010\/07\/dr-strangenook-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-ebook-reader\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. StrangeNook, or, How I learned to stop worrying and   love the eBook reader.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>CollegeNews<\/strong> says that half of college students  plan to buy  an eBook reader next year.\u00c2\u00a0Read the story <strong><a title=\"Half of Students  Want eBook Readers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collegenews.com\/index.php?\/article\/half_of_college_students_say_they_intend_to_purchase_e_reader_by_next_year_0712201034251\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Wired.com\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s GeekDad<\/strong> tests <strong>iPad<\/strong> cases <strong><a title=\"GeekDad tests iPad Cases\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2010\/07\/a-look-at-some-m-edge-ipad-cases\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to forgive another week of missed headlines as eBook Rumors takes a short summer break. Thanks for visiting, enjoy the grab bag of stories below, and be sure to look for fresh rumors and posts the week of July 25th. Enjoy! * Gizmodo Australia is talking about Video-Capable ePaper here. Big opportunity for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=6208\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,12,15,14,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6209,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions\/6209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}