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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Barnes & Noble Dropping Its Blackberry App

October 1, 2011

Well, bad news if you were reading Barnes & Noble eBooks on your Blackberry. Bad news for a number of reasons, actually. First of all, your eyes probably look like raisins after having to read a whole book on that tiny screen. Secondly, you don’t even get to do that anymore, as the book retailer [...]

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What Is Kobo’s ‘Vox’ Ereader?

September 27, 2011

Kobo has had to work harder than a lot of its competition (Kindle, iPad, Nook, etc) in recent months, due to the fact that its retail partner/parent Borders has shut down widely across the country, resulting in lower visibility for the product.
So how do you fix that? Unveil a new product that is shrouded in [...]

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Kobo Pulse Brings Social Media To Ereaders

September 23, 2011

Today Kobo unveiled a social media component to its platform that I just don’t understand. Kobo Pulse was announced to give every page of every book you’re reading a “pulse” which lets you know how many people are reading that same page you are and how many people enjoy it. Should you want to, you [...]

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What’s The Kobo Vox?

September 20, 2011

Well, it’s getting harder and harder to surprise the tech world with eReader developments. People seem to have a pretty good sense of what new iterations from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Borders are going to look like and what features they’re going to have.
Vox is latin for “voice,” so is there a chance that [...]

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Shatterproof eReader To Replace Textbooks?

September 13, 2011

In many public and even private schools around the country, textbooks are bassed down from class to class in the name of budgetary constraints, which may preclude the integration of eReaders into grade and high school classrooms.
However, a shatterproof eReader could be durable enough to pass down from class to class, making eReaders a viable [...]

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Sony Drops The World’s Lightest eReader, The Reader Wi-Fi

September 8, 2011

Well, in case those leaden Kindles, Kobos, and Nooks were causing you arm fatigue, take heed: Sony’s Reader Wi-Fi is now the lightest reader on the market, coming in at only 168 grams for a 6-inch model.
Other than that, don’t expect a whole lot of revolutionary features and add-ons to the Reader Wi-Fi.
Unless you’re a [...]

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Do eReaders Make Sense for Back-To-School?

September 4, 2011

It sure would have been nice to go to school carrying one eReader or tablet PC in your hand and leave the backpack at home. No more sore shoulders!
Well, kids in school today are probably saying the same thing. The technology hasn’t gotten to the point that kids can subside on just one tablet for [...]

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Amazon Kindle Tablet Is Real (According To Tech Crunch)

September 1, 2011

Well, the line between eReader and tablet cpu continues to blur, this time with eReaders actually encroaching on the computer companies, rather than the other way around. It seems that the worst kept secret in the tech world has been confirmed and Amazon’s long-whispered-about tablet computer is going to become a reality.
Not only is it [...]

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Some Clues As To Amazon’s Next eReader Offering

August 25, 2011

Though it’s all conjecture, rumors surfacing today lead some to believe that they can figure out a few details or two about the new eReader offering from Amazon.
Amazon has laid claim to a couple web domains, including kindlescribe.com and kindlescribes.com. Though no background has been given on what those names mean, the term scribe probably [...]

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Apple and Others Sued in eBook Price Fixing Conspiracy

August 20, 2011

In California last week, a lawsuit was filed against not only Apple, but also major publishing companies including Penguin, Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, and Harper Collins.
The lawsuit alleges that the model used by publishers, the “agency” model, is unfair to customers. Wholesalers such as Amazon adopted a different model that allowed more room for negotiations, [...]

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The HP TouchPad

August 16, 2011

Well, those torn between the affordability of a eReader and the versatility of a tablet PC can stop pulling your hair out. HP recently unveiled the $99 TouchPad, which brings together the best of both worlds. Well, maybe not the best of both worlds, but it certainly combines both.
On paper, it does everything the iPad [...]

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Why Do eBooks Cost So Much?

August 10, 2011

The author of this InformationWeekly article poses a question that may seem a little..strange at first glance, but there’s some substance behind the question. While an ebook doesn’t need to be warehoused or even printed, the folks behind their creation, supply, and distribution still need to be paid.
What the author wants to know, more accurately, [...]

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