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The Nook Tablet Stays True To Its eReader Roots. Is That Good Or Bad?

January 25, 2012

While many so-called “tablet” eReaders seem quick to abandon the simplicity and practicality of their original iterations to offer web browsing, apps, and multimedia applications, the Nook Tablet has pretty much positioned itself as an eReader with some bells and whistles, rather than a tablet PC.
The good news is that the Nook Tablet lends itself [...]

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Qualcomm’s Newest eReaders Are The Thinnest, Lightest To Utilize Mirasol

January 18, 2012

Qualcomm announced at CES the introduction of the Hanvon C18, the unfortunately-named eReader that utilizes Mirasol, a type of display technology that offers brighter colors in the sun, a refresh rate fast enough to play video, and longer batter life than e-ink, the industry standard.
The C18 is so far the thinnest eReader coming in at [...]

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Say Hello To The New eReader From…Polaroid?

January 16, 2012

Wow. In researching this piece, I found out that not only is Polaroid entering the eReader business, but they’re doing so as an extension of their ventures into smartphones and tablet PCs.
While a discussion of the latter two devices are outside the scope of this site, the reviews for the eReader are in. And [...]

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The Best Reader App For iPhone Is…

January 11, 2012

Lifehacker has taken to finding the best ereader for the iPhone, which is a bit like finding the tallest mountain in Kansas, but whatever. I’m sure there are instances when iPhone owners need or want to read, and I suppose an iPhone is better than nothing. Sure, it’s small, but it’s doable, if not ideal.
It’s [...]

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Barnes & Noble To Spin Off Ereaders?

January 5, 2012

It’s not a great time to be a brick-and-mortar book store, so the advent and rise of ereaders has served as a saving grace for all the big retailers. So, it should come as no surprise that when B&N spoke of spinning off their ereader division as a different company, their stock price got hit [...]

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Wi-Fi Or 3G For Your eReader?

December 19, 2011

One more question facing possible eReader customers is whether or not they should pony up the extra $49 bucks to get 3G access from their devices, rather than “just” Wi-Fi. $49 may not sound like a lot, but considering it could be as much as 1/3 of the product’s total price, it’s one of the [...]

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The Next Evolution Of eBooks

December 18, 2011

With ebooks becoming fairly ubiquitous, it seems that we are just now scratching the surface of the potential of the technology. RIght now, the vast majority of the people who use ebooks are simply using them as a more convenient or affordable alternative to regular books. However, ebook technology far exceeds the capabilities to the [...]

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How To Get eBooks For Free

December 14, 2011

Once you get your nifty new ereader, you’re still on the hook for filling that bad boy up with ebooks so that it can fulfill its intended purpose. Fortunately, there are more than a few free ebooks out there, only the titles are constantly in flux based on publishers’ promotions and the like.
So…here are a [...]

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Ereader Sales Expected To Triple By 2016

December 11, 2011

That sounds about right.
Even with the proliferation of tablets, dedicated ereaders are expected to show huge sales increases over the next few years. The surge is anticipated to be due to the positive reception of e-ink, longer battery lives than tablets, and plummeting prices.
Further, some experts believe that the lack of versatility of ereaders actually [...]

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Thinking Of Buying An eReader? Not So Fast…

December 5, 2011

Don’t get me wrong – I still think eReaders are amazing devices, it’s just with this new development, you might not need to buy one. You can check one out from your library. At the Edmonton Public Library system in Alberta, Canada, you can not only check out an eBook, but also the reader to [...]

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Black Friday Fallout For EReaders

November 24, 2011

We (barely) survived another Black Friday, and the winner, at least in the ereader industry, appears to have been the Barnes & Noble Simple Touch Nook.
Which one is that, you might ask? Well, it’s the cheap one. That went from $99 to $79 over the weekend. It’s got a touch screen, but other than that, [...]

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US Authors Aren’t Happy That Amazon Lets People Lend Their Books To Others

November 17, 2011

And understandably so. WIth the advent of Amazon’s new “Lending Library,” Kindle users can borrow one book per month from another user, free of charge. It seems that Amazon has included authors works in this program unilaterally, as the “Big 6″ publishers had refused to participate, but Amazon went ahead and started loaning out the [...]

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Barnes And Noble Reveals Nook Tablet

November 10, 2011

Not to be upstaged by the upcoming Amazon Kindle Fire, brick and mortar retailer Barnes and Noble has unveiled its Nook Tablet PC. Unveiled on Monday, the appropriately named Nook Tablet should be giving Amazon a run for its money, as it competes closely with the behemoth on every front, save for price (at $249, [...]

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Will eReaders Kill Bookstores?

November 7, 2011

The question is more one of tradition and culture than it is of technology. Certainly, eBooks are superior to paper books in terms of reproduction cost, convenience, and ease of access, but the concept of a bookstore goes far beyond that. It serves as a bastion of literacy and a community hub, much as a [...]

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Amazon Has Its Own eBook Library

November 3, 2011

In an effort to differentiate itself from the competition, Amazon has unveiled its own eBook library that will allow Kindle users that are also Amazon Prime members to “borrow” a book a month from the retailers library of 5,000 titles. However, this system will only work with Kindles and the Fire tablet PC, and not [...]

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