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Sony Resumes Selling Ereaders in Japan After a Three-Year Hiatus [EReaders]






When Japan does something, the rest of the world usually follows—so we could see ereaders get even more popular. Three years since Sony ceased selling Readers in Japan due to low demand, they're flo...
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E-Paper To Be As Disposable As Normal Paper? [E-paper]






Well, as disposable as RECYCLING that paper is, anyway. (You do recycle, right?) University researchers have found a way to turn paper into e-paper—that is, the same electronic screen in a Kindle. ...
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The First Color E-Ink Ereader, From Hanvon, Will Cost $530 in China [EReaders]


It's a little pricier than we'd first heard, but Hanvon's color e-ink ereader (the first-ever color one) will go on sale in February in China for the equivalent of $530—and may launch in the US at a later date. [Digitimes] More&nbs...
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Hanvon's Ereader Uses a Color E-Ink Display, and Will Be the First to Go on Sale [EReaders]






The same Chinese company that took hammers to an apple-shaped ice-sculpture is claiming they have the first color ereader using e-ink, due in China in March. Bet the battery life's far greater than the co...
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Which Ebook Store Has the Best Books? Let the Leatherbound.me Website Tell You [EReaders]






I hadn't realized before fooling around on ebook comparison site Leatherbound.me that the Nook and iBook stores had such a rubbish selection of books. It wasn't until I typed in "Twilight" that I actually...
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Amazon to Sell "Kindle Singles" (Longer Articles or Shorter Books) [Kindle]


Amazon today put a call-out to authors, publishers or anyone keen on scribing between 10,000 - 30,000 words for their new "Kindle Singles" area of the Kindle Store, which will sell texts "twice the length of a New Yorker feature," or on the...
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Promising Qualcomm Mirasol Color eReader Displays Delayed Until Early 2011 [Delays]






For all their critical acclaim, current tablets stink in direct sunlight. That's why Pixel Qi's "transflective" display and similar screens are so promising. Unfortunately, the other serious contender in ...
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Meet Sony's Future Reader Displays, Made From Flexible E-Paper [EReaders]






A few months back Sony demonstrated their ultra-thin flexible OLED panel, which was thinner than a human hair, and could be wrapped around a pencil. While not as visually impressive, their flexible e-pape...
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Kobo Hits the Desktop With New App

I’m a huge fan of Toronto-based Kobo. When I got my iPad I found that not only did they have more books than iBooks, but a better prices as well. I made sure that I had the Kobo app on my iPhone when I bought it so I could have my books with me all...
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A Slim New Crop of Touchscreen Sony Readers Arrive in Town [EReaders]






And lo, the slim and cheap Sony Readers we heard about have arrived, and only the flagship Daily Edition dons a 3G and Wi-Fi coat. All models have new Pearl e-ink displays, 2GB of memory—and touchsc...
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Flexible 19-Inch E-Paper Will be Mass-Produced by LG [EReaders]


Samsung may've ditched the e-paper production business, but South Korean neighbor LG has throw its weight behind producing that 19-inch flexible e-paper we heard about a few months back. A 9.7-inch color e-paper screen is also in the works....
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Amazon Sells Lots of New Kindles, Starts Shipping Two Days Early [Kindle]


Amazon's not one to give exact—or even general—sales figures for Kindle. But just as the previous generation ebook reader was the best-selling thing on the site, so too is Kindle 3. In fact, it's the "fastest-selling" Kindle yet...
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Why the Newspaper Is the Best E-Reader [Humor]






After extensive testing, McSweeney's has declared "the Newspaper" the top e-reader. Despite using an older version of e-ink and lacking Wi-Fi connectivity, the Newspaper was lauded for the size and versat...
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Nook's Kindle Counterpunch: The Hands-On Approach [Nook]






The new $140 Wi-Fi Kindle might have been the latest salvo in the ebook reader wars, but it's definitely not the last. The ball's in Barnes and Noble's court, and they're focused on the home field advanta...
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*New* Nook 3G Outed by FCC Report [Nook]






The news is kind of unsurprising, but there's evidence out today, courtesy an FCC filing, that the Nook is about to welcome a new 3G version to the fold. Perhaps a "Nook 2?" Updated: This is potentially a...
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Borders Opens eBook Store—BlackBerry and Android Apps Arrive as Reinforcements [Ebooks]






Buildings-based traditional retail chain Borders has launched its eBook Store today, selling titles powered by the popular Kobo eReader system. Borders says it wants to capture a rather arbitrary 17 perce...
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Kindle Now Just $190 as Ebook Reader Price Wars Heat Up [Kindle]






This morning, Amazon's Kindle set you back $260. Now, presumably in response to Nook's steep price drop earlier today, it's $190. That means the best ebook reader out there is now also one of the cheapest...
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$150 Wifi-Only Nook Appears In Barnes & Noble Database [Nook]






In late May we spotted what looked to be a wifi-only "lite" version of the Barnes & Noble Nook. Tonight, more evidence that this new Nook is coming soon. How soon? Wednesday, for $150. [Engadget] More&...
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Kindle Receives 2.5 Update For Twitter and Facebook Support [EReaders]


The 2.5 update for Kindles, first let from the starting post late-May, has now been released onto the track for all keen book-jockeys out there. It includes Facebook and Twitter support for sending out a few lines of the book you're reading...
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Skiff, the Giantest, Skinniest Ereader, Is Dead [Skiff]






Skiff looked like an ideal, if gigantic, dedicated ereader—especially as a newspaper facsimile. Dan liked it in January. News Corp. has purchased the software platform from Hearst—but not the ...
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Take Your Kindle Swimming With Its First Waterproof Case [EReaders]






Now you can float on your raft, minus the fear of getting your digital copy of Twilight waterlogged. M-Edge's Guardian case is a bloody expensive $80, but if that means protecting your $260 ereader, then ...
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November Delay Could Doom Notion Ink Adam Tablet [Notion Ink Adam]






As the tablet market gets even more crowded and competitive (read: Did you see Computex this year?), any delay could effectively end a company's chance at making that all-important first impression. Notio...
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ASUS Eee Tablet: Call It A Kindle-Slayer, Not An iPad-Killer [EReaders]






Normally we'd be running to the hills in fright of clocking a stylus within 50-feet of a tablet, but in ASUS' case they're claiming that "the humble notepad is in line for a digital makeover." More&nbs...
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Acer Shows Off an Android Tablet (Which Looks Like an Ereader) [Tablets]






Regular readers will know that Acer's been planning ereaders and tablets for some time, but the Dubai-based Shufflegazine saw Acer's CEO fondling what looks like an ereader (check out the QWERTY keypad)&m...
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Don't Hold Your Breath For the Color Kindle [Blockquote]






Despite signs that they're beefing up the Kindle team, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the company is "still some ways out" from delivering the color Kindle, according to MarketWatch. Not much of a surpr...
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The Electronic Book, Radio Shack 1986 [Retromodo]






I wish I lived in the alternate reality where Radio Shack's 'Electronic Book' was a runaway success, Amazon copied their design and every eBook reader was actually a paper book that required a tower PC to...
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Borders' Semi-Official eReader, the Kobo, On Pre-order Now [EReaders]


The Borders-backed Kobo eReader is officially on pre-order to be delivered by June 17. It's not as flashy as a Kindle or nook, but the barebones platform is only $150. Drop that price to $99, and Borders may find itself a market. [Borders] ...
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JooJoo Now Available To Unsuspecting Europeans [Joojoo]






Perhaps JooJoo will be one of those things—you know, like David Hasslehoff or cheese fondue. Big in Europe. Maybe they'll even sell more than 64? Available to France, Germany and the UK now, for €35...
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Nook Update 1.3 Brings Apps, A Web Browser and Faster Page Turns [EReaders]






If you've not received it yet, don't worry—it's speeding its way through the air, headed to your Nook with delicious promises of apps, games and a web browser amongst other little gifts. More&nbs...
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Kobo eReader Looks Pretty Nice for $150 [EReaders]






Kobo, who you know from their relationship with Borders, has revealed their own eBook reader. And for $150, it may be the first semi-premium option for those too thrifty to buy a Kindle or Nook. More&...
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The iPad Kindle App Is a Peek at Kindle's Full Color Future [Kindle]






The Kindle iPad app is more than upscaled iPhone port, with a new "tablet-based interface that redesigns the core screen and the reading experience," says Kindle VP Ian Freed. In other words, it's a peek ...
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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: What's Next Edition [Remainders]






In today's Remainders: the next step. Fort John Grisham, it's e-books. For the television-viewing public, it's viewing television while surfing the web. For Google, it's controlling the internet. And for ...
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Spring Design's Alex Ebook Wi-Fi Reader Ships April 14; 3G Version In the Works [Ebook Readers]






Spring Design's Alex, the $399 not-necessarily-a-Nook dual-screened Android ebook reader, is available for pre-order now, ships April 14, and will be in Borders and Books-A-Million stores this June. A 3G ...
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Samsung's Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders]
I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I'm glad Samsung's finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $400 for this thing? Really?A six-inch-screened device with ...
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Freescale's i.MX508 Chip Will Make E-Ink Readers Way Cheaper and Turn Pages 4X Faster [Guts]
The silicon inside 90 percent of ereaders out there is made by Freescale, and their new chip, the i.MX508—based on a ARM Cortex A8 (sorta like the iPad!)—will make them cheaper, and page turns 4x faster.
The chip's a custom SoC that integrates...
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Amazon's Desperate Phone Calls to Publishers [Amazon]
Amazon started calling publishers before Steve Jobs had even left the stage at the iPad event, according to the NYT. They wanted to know what Apple promised them—and more importantly, what they promised Apple.
The deal Amazon's been trying to ink wi...
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enTourage eDGe On Sale Next Month, "Comfortable Reading Experience" Will Win Over iPad Fans [NetBooks]
The half ereader/half netbook from enTourage eDGe was one of the best gadgets CES threw up in my opinion. While the sale date has been pushed back by a month to March, some more details have been drip-fed to us.
In an interview with e-reader-info, enToura...
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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Coming Right Up Edition [Remainders]
In today's Remainders: the upcoming. The Spring Design E-Reader, soon to be available for presale; 4chan's mainstream embrace, as signaled by their Jeopardy mention; an idiotic Mall Cop's impending termination; a backlash to RFID gravestones, and more.
Oh...
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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Caught on Video Edition [Remainders]
In today's Remainders: video! And in many cases, things caught on video for the first time, like Samsung's E6 and E101 ebook readers, Apple's $1 billion data center, Big Bloom's "miraculous" fuel cell, and a modern day Superman.
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We got a l...
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VTech Flip: The Ebook Reader Your Kids Never Knew They Wanted [We Love Toys]
With the era of the tablet upon us, eBook readers were the gadget du jour in a technological moment that is about to pass, if it hasn't already. But your kids don't know that, now do they?
The VTech FLiP, an eBook Reader geared towards preschoolers, is de...
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LCDs or eReaders, Which Are Worse for Your Eyes? [Ebooks]
The NYT published an interesting piece on display technologies, allowing doctors and professors to attack the age old question, are LCDs worse for your eyes than eReaders. The answer? It depends.As Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Labora...
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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Wait For It... Edition [Remainders]
In today's Remainders: patience. Or at least, it's what's required by today's items, including Lumix camera pricing, Google's acquisition of Aardvark; LG's forthcoming e-reader, and the great Palm Pre manufacturing halt that wasn't.
Aardvark Party
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The Nook Drought Has Ended [Nook]
Hey, that Nook reader thing? From Barnes & Noble? You can actually buy one now. At least, starting this week. Probably! You can check here starting Wed. to see if your local store's got it.
BTW, I do know for a fact they've shipped at least two, since th...
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Kindle Development Kit Now Available In Limited Beta [Kindle]
A few weeks ago Amazon announced they were opening up the Kindle for development, and as of today they are accepting requests for the Kindle Development Kit in limited beta. Head over to Amazon to sign up to be a beta developer and to request the KDK. The...
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Yinlips iPad Clone Ditches LCD For E-Ink [EReaders]
If you saw the iPad and said "Yes!" but then heard that it had an LCD screen and said "No!," Yinlips is making the clone for you: their iPad lookalike has an E-Ink screen.
Okay, it's not color and it won't run any of those apps you cherish so much, but if...
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Color Touch-Sensitive Ereader Screens Coming This Year, Sez Kindle Supplier [EReaders]
The company that supplies Amazon with its Kindle displays is working on touchscreen electrophoretic panels according to Digitimes. This doesn't necessarily mean Amazon will be using them, considering their recent snap-up of Touchco.
Scott Liu, chairman of...
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Internal Memo Shows Nook Firmware Update 1.2 Will Hit "This Week" [EReaders]
Pre-ordered Nooks have only just started arriving on people's doorsteps, but already Barnes & Noble is planning firmware update 1.2 for new units, with already-bought models having to wait a little while longer. No clues on what 1.2 will hold for the eboo...
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Amazon Gives In, Will Sell eBooks On Macmillan's Terms [Amazon]
Amazon has given in to Macmillan, and will switch to a pricing model that sees bestseller and new hardcover releases offered to customers at $12.99 to $14.99. The official statement is as follows:Dear Customers:
Macmillan, one of the "big six" publishers,...
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Asus Ereaders Could Be Launching Much Earlier Than Expected [EReaders]
The DR-950 and DR-570 weren't expected to go on sale until the very end of the year, but Digitimes is quoting sources as placing the two ereaders on a second quarter release schedule. Asus has commented they haven't yet started producing enough of the ere...
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The Kandle Is a Really Good Name For an eReader Light [EReaders]
It's a pun that works on every level. Plus, it will be compatible with kinds of eReaders—not just the Kindle thanks to a WideLip grip. Also features double pivoting arms and 2 LED light source.
[Amazon via The Gadgeteer]




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