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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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Ereaders Actually Get (Slightly) Heavier WIth Each Book You Upload. Seriously.

October 25, 2011

Ok, so you won’t be able to feel the difference, but there is a VERY small one. Despite the fact that ebooks are just digital collections of one and zeros, scientists at Cal Berkeley have determined that your ereader will get slightly heavier every time you upload a book, due to the arrangement of electrons [...]

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Ebook Sales Lag The US In European And Other Markets

October 19, 2011

Why is that? Isn’t an eBook just as convenient if it’s written in French than if it’s written in English?
The fact is that electronics in general are more expensive in many markets than they are in the US. As such, they haven’t fallen in price the way they have here. Higher price means less sales, [...]

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How To Download Free eBooks

October 16, 2011

Legally. “How to Download Free eBooks…LEGALLY.”
Take note, eBook readers, there is something in the works called Project Gutenberg that aims to digitize all works in the public domain, for the taking. All of Shakespeare’s plays, Jane Austen’s works, and anything else that’s over 100 years old is free for the taking. The only problem is [...]

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Kindle WhisperSync Goes After Apple’s iCloud

October 14, 2011

While Apple’s iCloud was much ballyhooed a few months ago, many people overlook that Amazon had a similar service offering since the release of its first Kindle. WhisperSync allows users to pick up and run with whatever ebook they happen to be reading on any device. In fact, they not only get access to it, [...]

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Amazon Reveals Some Black Friday Clues

October 10, 2011

Amazon revealed a few changes this week to its Personal Documents feature which allows you to store and view (but not really edit) non-book documents on your ereader. It used to be that if you needed work done on your Kindle for any reason, under warranty, then you had to send in your old one, [...]

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As Expected, eReaders Getting Cheaper And Cheaper

October 6, 2011

The prices of eReaders keep falling and falling, as now Amazon has offered two Kindles that allow entry-level customers to by in at less than $100. I would think that it’s only a matter of time before companies start giving these things away just like cell phones so that users will be beholden to their [...]

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