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iTablet Beta Tester Breaks Embargo

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Steve Jobs, Itablet, Mac, Apple Tablet Computer, Apple, Kindle, Publishing, Ereader, Beta Test, Embargo, Books News
Gerald Sindell

Recently I was given just 24 hours to explore a first production build of the Apple iTablet -- and here are my first impressions and discoveries.

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Smartphones Challenge The Rise Of eReaders

nytimes.com | MOTOKO RICH and BRAD STONE | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Smartphone, Smartphone Ereader, Smartphone Reader, Amazon Kindle Smartphone, Kindle, Phone App Reader, Ereader, Kindle Smartphone, E-Reader, Smartphone E-Reader, Reading Phone, Phone App Reading, Amazon, Technology News

Many people who want to read electronic books are discovering that they can do so on the smartphones that are already in their pockets -- bringing a w...

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All Hail, or Hurl -- The Hybrid Book is Here!

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Video, Kindle, Hybrid Books, Ipod, Vook, Level 26, Csi, Audiobooks, Ereaders, Simon & Schuster, Writing, Iphone, Vooks, Books, Ebooks, Anthony Zuiker, Nook, Digi-Novel, Ereader, Bestsellers, Books News
Tom Alderman

"Level 26: Dark Origins" is the first of it's kind, but it's just the beginning of a whole new species of hybrid books that may change the publishing landscape.

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Schools Shun Kindle: eReader 'Discriminates' Against Blind, Colleges Say

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two uni...

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"Nookie" For The Nook And "Kindling" For The Kindle

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Nook, Dennis Smith, Sex Books, Firefighters, Ereader, Sebastian Junger, The Joy of Sex, Fire, Berman, Nookie, Erotica, Kindle, Slideshow, E-Book, Ground Zero, Books News

If The Joy of Sex is on the Nook, will it be called "Nookie"? And if Sebastian Junger's Fire is on the Kindle, will it be called "Kindling"? We...

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Barnes And Noble Lawsuit: Spring Design Sues Over Nook eReader

Mashable | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

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Spring Design, makers of the Alex dual-screen eReader, are suing Barnes & Noble over their Nook eBook reader, another dual-screen device announced the...

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Alex E-Reader: Spring Design Unveils Google Android-Based Reader

Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

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One more e-reader is throwing its hat into the ring: Spring Design has just unveiled its new "Alex" e-reader, a Google Android-based, dual screen e-bo...

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Barnes & Noble E-Reader: First Pictures Leaked (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology

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As we reported before, the "e-reader wars" are going to be heating up given that book retailer Barnes and Noble's new, branded e-reader is looming on ...

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Barnes And Noble eBook Reader To Challenge Amazon Kindle (VIDEO)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

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In a move that promises to intensify the "ereader wars," book retailer Barnes & Noble is planning to announce the release of its own brand of ebook re...

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My Kindle Ate My Homework: Amazon Pays For Deleting Student's eBook

Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Kindle E-Book, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Ereader, Amazon, Justin Gawronski, Ebooks, Ereaders, Technology News

Justin D. Gawronski, a high school senior from Michigan, has just made history, twice: not only did he settle a lawsuit that forced Amazon.com to clar...

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Back To School Kindles

Giles Slade | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon.com, Sony, Boston Globe, Kindle, Ereader, New York Times, Washington Post, Ebooks, Google, Eink, Prs-700, Ereaders, Media News
Giles Slade

The freshman class of 2009 can be expected to arrive as every other freshman class does in new clothes, excited, well-scrubbed and horny, but many of them will also have Kindles under their arm.

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The Answer for Amazon's Kindle Catastrophe Can Be Found In The Twilight Zone

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon Kindle, Copyright, Twilight Zone, Text to Speak, Kindle, Ereader, Kindle Voice, Media News
Art Brodsky

Amazon folded like a flimsy book page on the issue whether their new Kindle should be able to sound out words.

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Making Books for Gadgets

Hugh McGuire | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Iphone, Publishing, Stanza, Kindle, Ipod, Ereader, Books, Digital, Design, Layout, Text, Ebooks, Reading, Typesetting, Ereaders, Media News
Hugh McGuire

I no longer have to carry a book, because I have 75 of them sitting on my iPod, which I have anyway. The Kindle & Sony Reader both say: carry me the way you used to carry your book.

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Hybrid Readers

Hugh McGuire | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Kindle, Ereader, Writing, Books, Stanza, Digital, Reading, Paper, Ebooks, Iphone Ebooks, Media News
Hugh McGuire

One thing did become clear when I spoke to other people about ebooks though. They are seen as a supplement to the printed word, not a replacement for it.

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40,000 E-Books a Day

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Lexcycle, Literature, Ipod, Apple, Kindle, Ereader, Writing, Stanza, Digital, Ebook, Book, Reading, Ebooks, Media News
Hugh McGuire

That's how many e-books are getting downloaded through Stanza, the simple e-book platform for the iPhone/iPod.

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On Books and Ebooks

Hugh McGuire | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Literature, Publishing, Kindle, Writing, Ereader, Books, Digital, Reading, Ebooks, Sony, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Reading an ebooks is just "another way" to be reading, it's not necessarily a replacement of a hard copy. I prefer to talk to people face-to-face, but I recognize the utility of the telephone.

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