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Sony may have been the first major electronics manufacturer to bring ebook readers to the US, but a series of unfortunate products saw them cede the race to Kindle and Nook. The PRS-T1, though, could be S... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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For those who've considered abandoning their first-generation Kindle or bit of Sony ebook awkwardness, Barnes & Noble just sweetened the pot. The book and Nook seller is offering 30 free Nook books when you exchange your old ebook reader fo... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Oh gosh, this is awkward. Please no one tell Kobo that their first actually interesting product—an E-Ink ebook reader with a touchscreen—is about to get blasted out of the water by a new Nook that does the same thing. More&nb... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Barnes & Noble has cordially invited us to special announcement next Tuesday morning! They're playing it coy on the invite, but they already let it slip in a filing that May 24th happens to be the day the... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Rumors of an Amazon tablet—we'd say something like an über-Kindle—started all the way back in September. But with speculation sizzling that the device might ship later this year, the company's apparently decided to start banging... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon's announced—but not yet activated—a new service that will let you take out (read: download) ebooks from your local library and enjoy them on your Kindle or Kindle app. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Want to save a few bucks on a Kindle and enjoy being told what to buy? Well! Amazon's set to unleash Kindle with Special Offers upon Best Buy and Target next month, a device that costs $25 less than a Wi-Fi Kindle—but makes up for it ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Much like Type n Walk shows you what's on the other side of your phone while you text, MegaReader creates a transparent backdrop for ebooks. Let's read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn in front of a tree growing... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Most textbooks and e-readers tend to follow the same idea when it comes to their fonts: Easier to read means easier to absorb and recall later. Looks like they were wrong. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon promised ebook loans back in late October, and today it looks as though they've finally delivered. And while Kindle loans have matched the excellence of Nook loans, the real shame is they haven't i... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon isn't rushing to confirm the numbers, but there are reports that the company is on track to sell eight million Kindles in 2010. Sounds like a very happy year for the e-commerce giant. [Bloomberg vi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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E-book reader options are better than ever for digital bookworms. Here are some favorite choices from the folks at Wired along with the basic things you need to know when buying an e-book reader. More&... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Between the major software overhaul in November, a mystery announcement next week, and the introduction of Nook to the all-powerful Walmart ecosystem, it looks like Barnes and Noble might be making the ebook reader race interesting just in ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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With a $140 price point, the next generation Kobo ebook reader might struggle to compete with devices such as the Kindle, but its still got some reasonable upgrades since the last generation—such as... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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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... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Rumor is that there's a new batch of Sony Readers coming soon: The PRS-350 and the PRS-650. They are described as being under 10mm thick and all-around better than previous models. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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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... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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People sure are making hay out of Amazon being fresh out of Kindles! And while there's certainly a chance this could herald the imminent arrival of Kindle 3, it seems more likely that Amazon hit an unexpe... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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You can, of course, already download tens of thousands of free classics for your eBook reader of choice. But now Barnes & Noble is hopping on the bandwagon of including free books as part of their retail store (making the download process s... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Highly regarded Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami isn't releasing his next novel on hardcover or paperback. He's releasing it exclusively on iPad, and including all the multimedia goodies that the platform a... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Users of the B&N iPad app, your day just got .07% better. A new version is out that includes brightness controls within the app so you no longer have to close out to settings to adjust the display. Other improvements include a smaller "smal... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon today announced Kindle Previewer for HTML5, which will let you preview Kindle books before you buy them on any device with a browser. That'll be huge improvement over having to preview it on a Kind... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The nookDevs have updated their guide to gaining root access to your nook (and installing third party programs) so that it's compatible with the latest firmware 1.4. I've yet to see any demos that make the hack much more than a novelty, but... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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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... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Good news all around for those of you considering a nook. An all-white, Wi-Fi only version, which leaked a bit early, goes on sale today for $150. That sounded pretty exciting...before the 3G version simu... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The iOS's Kindle reader app has had its first update since arriving on the iPad. Beyond UI tweaks, the 2.1 version allows iPad users to increase font sizes, while iPhone users can now search within books. The next update looks even better, ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Asus' Eee Tablet sounds incredible at first—from the company that invented the netbook, a tablet with a specially designed LCD that rivals the convenience of E-Ink tech without the lag. But are you... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Borders may not be the biggest name in eBook readers. They may not have the nicest devices or the most robust selection. But by god, they're going to win on price if it kills them. Enter the $120 Aluratek... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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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... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Barnes & Noble's free eReader app is here, and shockingly, it's probably the best ebook app on the iPad, for now. Better than Kindle, and better than iBooks. More » Barnes & No... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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If a paper book contains an embarrassing error, publishers and authors just grit their teeth until the next edition comes out. If an ebook contains the same, publishers can just issue a correction, right?... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Netbook sales aren't as brisk as they used to be, and some are blaming the iPad. Well, Morgan Stanley's released an enlightening chart that pegs the victims of the iPad as, well, just about everything. It... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Starting on April 18th, you supposedly won't have to run to a Barnes and Noble to get a Nook because it seems that the ebook reader is starting to pop up in Best Buy's inventory system. [Engadget] More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The iPad may seem like Apple's move to cockblock Amazon in the Ebook Wars, but Amazon's Kindle app makes it part of Amazon's larger ebook ecosystem. In many ways, the iPad is the best Kindle yet. More&... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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If publishers are good at one thing, it's publishing. If they're good at two things, it's publishing and consecrating every aspect of the paper book, until changing anything about it seems unthinkable. T... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Like pop-up books from our childhood, South Korean scientists are working on 3D ebooks that animate the stories when tilted— though 3D glasses are a must, so far. It won't be incorporated into the n... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The company's departing CEO, Steve Riggio, has been selling books for 30 years. His replacement, William Lynch, has been selling them (online) for about two, following 10 years in e-commerce—and fou... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon is getting serious about getting its way with ebook pricing, threatening to do what they did to Macmillan (pull physical and digital books) unless publishers agree to certain demands. More ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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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 ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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The Plastic Logic QUE, also known as the promising but $650 Nook alternative, has been delayed until summer. By then, will you still actually want an oversized eBook reader? For $650, upcoming Apple and/o... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Our friend Mark Spoonauer at Laptop published the first major review of Sony's 3G-connected Daily Edition ebook reader. Despite Mark's diplomatic tone, you can tell he thinks it sucks. As a side note, I don't have a review unit of my own to check out. But... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Right now, the best eBook readers are from the big guys—B&N and Amazon—in terms of both the hardware and the convenience of use. But what it someone else developed a killer feature, like multitouch? What then?The Bookeen Orizon eBook reader, d... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Now that we've seen the iPad in the light of day, there's a lot of chatter about what it can't do. But Apple is now a massive threat to anything not a PC or smartphone. Here's why: Generally speaking, the iPad's goal is not to replace your netbook, assumi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Now that we've seen the iPad in the light of day, there's a lot of chatter about what it can't do. But Apple is now a massive threat to netbooks and ebook readers. Here's why: Generally speaking, the iPad's goal is not to replace your netbook, assuming yo... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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Amazon's finally got some competition—and may be about to get even more—so they're doing everything they can to stay competitive, and to keep publishers happy. This means higher revenue cuts, but also new rules. Interesting rules.The new syste... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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There are too damn many ebook readers and it's a struggle to figure out what's worth buying and which reader will even survive the market. To make things easy, here's our guide to the readers that matter—for now. Of course we're skipping some of the... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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A couple years back, we condemned digital photo frames as the spam of CES—this year, in the wake of the Christmas of Kindle, every company has its own ebook reader. And that's a bad thing. There will soon be two kinds of happy ebook-reader owners. T... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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My favorite books have something very special between their pages: Inscriptions and autographs. Unfortunately, that special quality can't be replicated with ebooks or readers. Not exactly, at least, but Danie Ware has an idea that might almost work. Danie... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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I've got a bunch of complaints coming in about the Nook's e-book purchase servers being robust enough to take your money but the downloads are not going so well since new xmas owners came online. Any info, Nookers? 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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According to those lucky enough to have a Nook, firmware 1.1 is live now. Forums are full of sporadic claims like faster page turns and tweaked file handling. Have you noticed anything special? Because in the words of our own Wilson Rothman, "It feels lik... 0 Published 100+ days ago in
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