E Books Archive

  • Mag+ Expands Tablet Publishing Platform with New Enterprise Offering and Single-Issue Solution for $199

    Mag+ Expands Tablet Publishing Platform with New Enterprise Offering and Single-Issue Solution for $199

    Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Storage Options launches UK’s first 3D content tablet under £200

    Storage Options launches UK’s first 3D content tablet under £200

    Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
    The new Scroll Excel to appear on The Gadget Show Storage Options, the UK-based technology brand, has launched its fastest ever tablet PC and the country’s first tablet under £200 to handle 3D content. The new Scroll Excel 7″ has been added to the...

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  • From Playful to Practical: Belkin Unveils a Range of Innovative Accessories for New iPad 2

    Posted on March 3, 2011 | No Comments
    PLAYA VISTA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Belkin announces innovative solutions for iPad 2 with the introduction of the FlipBlade Adjust, the ViewLounge, and a new line of Folio Stands ...

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  • Blio to Revolutionize Digital Reading Experience, Launches September 28

    Blio to Revolutionize Digital Reading Experience, Launches September 28

    Posted on September 15, 2010 | No Comments
    WELLSELEY HILLS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–K-NFB Reading Technology, creator and developer of Blio, today announced that the world’s most advanced, flexible and engaging e-reader application, will be available for download beginning September 28...

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  • Borders’ Kobo e-reader now comes with $20 gift certificate; iPhone, iPad App now available

    Borders’ Kobo e-reader now comes with $20 gift certificate; iPhone, iPad App now available

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The wonderful thing about all these e-readers is that so long as you buy one that has honest-to-goodness E-Ink (Kindle, nook, Kobo, etc.) you're basically using the same device. The most important part of an e-reader is the screen, so when all the big guys use the exact same technology, well, you should be just fine. Then it comes down to store quality: does Amazon have the books you want to read or does Barnes & Noble or Borders? That's the most "research" you'll have to conduct. Moving on... in light of the nascent price war between Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Borders would like you to know that its Kobo e-reader now includes a $20 gift card and double Borders Bucks for whenever you drop cash in the store.

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  • LeapFrog announces Leapster Explorer on exactly the wrong day

    LeapFrog announces Leapster Explorer on exactly the wrong day

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Way to get your news buried, LeapFrog. Oh well. Anyway, LeapFrog just announced the Leapster Explorer, a crazysexycool handheld device for four- to nine-year-olds. The device has a high-res touchscreen and allows for online play. The Explorer takes over where the Leapster 2 left off and supports online play with the LeapWorld kit as well as [...]

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  • Sony Reader spreads its wings, will be available internationally later this year

    Sony Reader spreads its wings, will be available internationally later this year

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The Sony Reader, going international. The electronic book reader, which is only available here and there, will spread to Japan, China, Australia, Italy, and Spain before the end of the year. Shocked.

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  • Sony: E-books are here to stay (so get used to it)

    Sony: E-books are here to stay (so get used to it)

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony says there will be more digital book content than physical book content within five years. Or, in English, e-books will overtake "regular" books by 2015. This is terrible news for people like Devin and John, people who appreciate books not merely for the words they contain but for the form they take. It's less of an issue for people like me, people who are, in fact, merely interested in reading the words, whether they're on paper or papyrus or on an e-ink screen.

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  • Kindle application pre-installed on Asus laptops and netbooks

    Kindle application pre-installed on Asus laptops and netbooks

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Notebook and netbook maker Asus is pre-installing the Amazon Kindle for PC application, allowing Asus owners to access Amazon's selection of e-books without having to suffer through the pain of software installation on their own time. Not much more to say about this, except that it further cements Amazon's hegemony in the e-book market. How will Barnes and Noble respond, I wonder?

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  • iPhone app review: GoodReader

    iPhone app review: GoodReader

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    One of the things I've always wanted to do with my smartphone -- whether it was my original Palm Treo 650, or my current iPhone -- was to read books while on-the-go. Unfortunately, the screens on these smartphones have all been way too small to make reading comfortable for anything more than a screenful or two. Even reading long email messages can be a strain on my eyes. It doesn't help that many e-books are formatted for a full screen, so they require vertical and horizontal scrolling to read. Thankfully, GoodReader exists, and only costs a buck.

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  • Review: enTourage eDGe dualbook

    Review: enTourage eDGe dualbook

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    To say that the enTourage eDGe dualbook is "just an e-reader with a bolted-on netbook" (or vice versa) is to pretty dramatically miss the entire point of this thing. The eDGe exists in a category all by itself, because it does an awful lot more than just an e-reader or just a netbook. As a unique product, there are a couple of unfortunate shortcomings, but on the whole the dualbook represents an exciting glimpse at new ways to access and use technology and content. Devin pooh-poohed the eDGe recently, but I'm pretty excited about it.

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  • Barnes & Noble launches Affiliate Program, will pay 6% commission on nook sales

    Barnes & Noble launches Affiliate Program, will pay 6% commission on nook sales

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    According to Best-eReaders.com, Barnes & Noble just sent out an email to its business partners, announcing that will start paying a 6% commission fee on sales of nook devices, ebooks, warranties and accessories. Commissions will be paid on shipped orders only.

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  • Author Solutions To Distribute Indie E-Books Through B&N Website, Nook

    Author Solutions To Distribute Indie E-Books Through B&N Website, Nook

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Fresh off the heels of a distribution agreement that brought many of e-books in its catalog to Scribd, indie book publisher Author Solutions (ASI) has inked a similar deal with bookseller Barnes & Noble. Under terms of the agreement, e-book formats of all new ASI titles published through the AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris imprints will be made available for purchase through the B&N website on its nook reader.

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  • E-E-book readers for kids. The first “E” stands for educational.

    E-E-book readers for kids. The first “E” stands for educational.

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    With all the flaws that e-book readers have, they don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. VTech, makers of fine educational electronics, are rolling out the Flip animated e-book reader, so now, your kids can get in on the action too. I always loved to read as a kid, so on family trips I’d bring [...]

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  • Amazon fighting with publishers over pricing

    Amazon fighting with publishers over pricing

    Posted on January 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Apparently all is not well in e-book land. In an unusual move, publisher Macmillan took out an ad in the Publishers Marketplace magazine protesting the tactics being used by Amazon regarding pricing. The issue is Macmillan is trying to price at $9.99, and Amazon is trying to lock the lowest price at $15 per title.

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