All the stories tagged with ebook
Loan Kindle eBooks to your friends
12/30/2010, Way back in October, Amazon announced that they will be adding the loan a book feature to Kindle. Looks like it’s finally here, while it’s nothing groundbreaking (Nook already has it) for what it’s worth, it’s a pretty handy feature. [...]
Kobo breaks eBook records this Holiday Season
12/27/2010, Kobo, the only pure-play global eReading service running on an open platform, has just revealed some interesting stats this holiday season. The kobo book service has managed to break their own records they set previously, and became the first eReading [...]
Sony’s eBook Reader Almost Sold Out In Japan
12/17/2010, While the world is busying itself with eBook readers such as the Kindle and Nook, Sony has happily announced that its Reader electronic eBook reader has been selling well in Japan. According to the company, the best selling model is [...]
NOOKcolor starts to ship for $249
11/16/2010, Barnes & Noble announced their NOOKcolor ebook reader around three weeks ago, and it is nice to see the device fleshed out to the masses, as it has started to ship for $249 a pop. Just to recap (in case [...]
Ebook sales to hit $1 billion in 2011
11/09/2010, Forrester Research predicts that ebook sales will surpass the $1 billion mark next year, while keeping their fingers crossed that this year will see a total of $966 million worth of sales. This is a vast improvement compared to last [...]
Hanvon improves on e-ink technology
11/08/2010, E-Ink technology has certainly served the older e-book readers of yore pretty well, but the time has come for it to move forward – and Hanvon Technology of China has a way of doing this thanks to their color E-Ink [...]
Pandigital AW-NU706 ebook reader arrives on the FCC
11/03/2010, The FCC has taken a look at the Pandigital AW-NU706 ebook reader, and those who are more observant might be able to guess correctly that this device will feature a 6-inch display of the E-Ink variety, while its back end [...]
FCC takes a gander at iRiver Cover Story eBook reader
11/01/2010, The FCC have taken a look at the iRiver Cover Story eBook reader over the weekend, which is always a good omen if you’re thinking of picking one up Stateside since all devices need to go through the machinations of [...]
Nook Color Preview
10/27/2010, Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor, the first full color ebook reader, presents a series of dilemmas for interested buyers. B&N referred to it as a tablet, but NOOKcolor is really more like half a tablet. It literally is a read-only device. [...]
Nook Color just announced
10/26/2010, In a fanciful introductory event filled with swirling dancers, Barnes & Noble introduced the Nook Color, a full color ebook reader with a 7-inch color LCD and runs a version of the Android smartphone OS. It goes on sale on [...]
Bookeen to release Cybook Orizon next month
09/22/2010, Bookeen has jumped into the e-book reader game by preparing to release the Cybook Orizon next month for €229.99. Touted to be thinner than a newspaper (Fido won’t be able to fetch the paper to you every morning now) and [...]
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. [...]
iPads Now Powering 8th Grade Algebra Textbooks
09/09/2010, As a sign of the changing times, four pilot eighth grade classrooms will be using Apple’s iPad tablets as digital readers to learn algebra. The iPad will come pre-loaded with the textbook from publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and according to [...]
