All the stories tagged with: e-book
E-book has mood-dependent endings
02/20/2012, When you were a kid, do you remember those mood rings that were all the rage? Of course, some swear by them while others think it is nothing but a bunch of baloney, but here we are with a modern [...]
Sony Reader Wi-Fi
08/31/2011, In addition to its tablets, Sony is launching its new elegant Reader Wi-Fi that features a 6-inch e-ink Pearl V220 glare-free touch screen display which gives access to over 2 million titles from the Sony Reader Store. The company partnered [...]
Pandigital STAR e-book reader goes through FCC motions
07/19/2011, The e-book world is littered with plenty of options in this day and age, which is a far cry from what consumers had to put up with a few years ago. Heck, even e-book readers now support color for a [...]
Sesame Street e-book arrives
02/06/2011, ScrollMotion has announced a new Sesame Street e-book that will arrive on both the iTunes App Store and the Google Chrome Web Store – simultaneously. This makes it the first title from Sesame Street which will hit Google Chrome, while [...]
Nook: ‘Biggest bestseller ever’ for B&N
12/30/2010, Barnes & Noble has announced that the Nook has officially become their “Biggest Bestseller” – ever (B&N is a 40-year old company). B&N has announced that the Nook Color has been selling very well and is the number one selling [...]
Ads to Appear Inside Free E-Books
12/13/2010, Marketers are experimenting with new pricing models for e-books. In a twist, marketers may make e-books available for free in exchange for your attention to ads that may appear within the books. Various forms of advertisements are now being explored, [...]
Pedophile’s Guide no longer available on Amazon.com
11/11/2010, Remember “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct” e-book which was on sale on Amazon.com? Well, we covered the hoo-ha that surrounded said title yesterday, and it didn’t take long for Amazon to respond as [...]
Amazon Controversy with Kindle Book: The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure
11/10/2010, Amazon has found itself in the middle of controversy by selling a Kindle digital e-book that, as its title promotes, is a guide for pedophiles. The digital ‘Pedophile’s Guide for to Love and Pleasure’ has prompted 762 1-star reviews, placing [...]
New Kindle Ad Takes Jab at iPad
09/13/2010, Amazon’s recent Kindle ad highlights the benefits of reading with e-ink technology under direct sunlight while taking aim at Apple’s iPad, which functions as both an electronic book reader and a multi-function device offering games, browsing, music listening, and entertainment [...]
Kindle 3 Software Update Allows On-Device Amazon Account Creation
09/10/2010, The Kindle–and by proxy the Kindle 3–should be able to create Amazon accounts on the device just by the nature of its untethered access to books on Amazon’s storefront, but that wasn’t the case prior to Kindle software version 3.0.1. [...]
Kobo Releases Desktop E-Reader Client
09/09/2010, Kobo, which is launching an assault on more well known rivals including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony, already has its own dedicated e-reader hardware, software, and digital bookstore is now hoping to lure customers into its e-reader ecosystem by [...]
Nintendo DSi XL turns into ebook reader
02/25/2010, Guess Nintendo knows that ebooks could very well be the next big thing, so why not push forward the advantage of its DSi XL’s larger display (4.2″) by offering a downloadable package of ebooks known as 100 classic books, where [...]
Acer drops e-book reader idea
02/23/2010, Acer, the Taiwanese computing giant, has issued a statement that they will not jump aboard the e-book bandwagon since the market is not big enough while the business model isn’t right. Could this be a case of sour grapes, otherwise [...]
