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Is wireless really even necessary in an ebook reader?
The has been a lot of ebook news this week with the new Daily Edition Reader added to the latest Sony Reader trio, the launch of the Sony eBook Store on the Mac, and the roll out of over a million free public domain books in EPUB format from Google....
Tags: e-book, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, ebook reader
News items 2009-08-27
Que: Plastic Logic's Capacitive-Touch Ebook Reader [Ebook Readers]
Plastic Logic is a dark horse in the ebook reader business, having shown off prototypes of a large, decent-looking capacitive touchscreen ebook reader. Today that reader gets a shiny black finish and an official name—Que. Yes, they're calling it the Que, not like "what" in Spanish, but like the letter...
Tags: Touch Screen, e-book, Plastic Logic
News items 2009-10-19
EBook Reader Market Overview And Future Prospects
Interest in eBook contents or device business is growing from small and medium sized manufacturers to big players, such as Google and Apple, and companies brace for competition to challenge Amazon's Kindle, the market leader. However, even before Kindle was launched, there were other eBook readers with similar specs available,...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology
White papers 2009-06-01
Eucalyptus eBook Reader: A Glimpse of the Future?
Over the past week, both out in New York and here in San Francisco, I've had dozens of conversations with people -- mainly in the publishing industry -- comparing the user experience of reading an eBook compared to the good, old-fashioned type we've all grown to love these past 554...
Tags: App, E-books, Document Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, David Weir
Blog posts 2009-04-29
netLibrary Provides Off Line eBook Reading Experience With Launch of netLibrary eBook Reader Software
Business Editors & Publishing/High-Tech Writers BOULDER, COLO.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 7, 2000 In another step toward its goal of providing eBooks for use on multiple reading platforms, netLibrary Inc. today announced the availability of the netLibrary eBook ReaderTM, a free personal software application that users can download to their PCs...
Tags: netLibrary Inc.
Research articles 2000-07-07
New version of Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader now available
Worldwide Computer Products News-26 April 2001-New version of Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader now available C1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., e-book
Research articles 2001-04-26
NetLibrary Releases Downloadable netLibrary eBook Reader Software
netLibrary, Inc. has announced the availability of the netLibrary eBook Reader, a free, personal software application that users can download to their PCs to read e-books without being connected to the Internet. netLibrary distributes full-length digital versions of publishers' books that can be searched, previewed, and accessed over the...
Tags: netLibrary Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-01
Now Australian media corps. leak Apple's eBook tablet plan...
Another day, another Apple media-related tablet rumour, and this time the leak's coming from way down under, Australia. That's where the Sydney Morning Herald has reportedly been chatting with high level media people as it ties deals together to present Slate as the world's best eBook reader....
Tags: tablet, device, e-book, Apple Inc.
News items 2009-10-27
Sony eBook Library now available for Mac, Windows
Filed under: Windows, Macintosh There's been a lot of buzz this week about Sony's new eBook readers which will go head to head with the Amazon Kindle. But it's not all about hardware. Sony also released version 3.0 of its eBook Library desktop software this week. It's available for Mac...
Tags: e-book, Sony Corp.
News items 2009-08-27
EBOOK MARKET OVERVIEW 2000.(Technology Information)
The Electronic Book ebook marketplace has continued to grow during the last year as publishers, aggregators (e.g. netLibrary) and ebook reader manufacturers are offering more titles in electronic form. Mass distribution of ebooks to the general public has yet to be seen as portable ebook readers...
Tags: netLibrary Inc.
Research articles 2000-03-01
Barnes & Noble Intros Nook eBook Reader
The Nook, which is based on Google's Android operating system, offers a 3.5-inch diagonal color touch screen for navigation and a six-inch electronic paper display based on E Ink technology. In addition, the device has integrated access to AT&T's 3G wireless network to buy e-books or subscribe to magazines and...
Tags: e-book, Forrester Research Inc., E-reader, Device
News items 2009-10-21
ASUS to launch Eee-book reader this year?
According to DigiTimes, ASUS president Jerry Shen says he plans to launch an Eee-branded ebook reader by the end of 2009 at the earliest. That's a tasty nugget of news all on its own. However, what would DigiTimes be without adding some good ol' Taiwanese rumor-mongering? As such, they add...
Tags: Engadget, e-book, industry source, ASUS, nugget, ebook reader
News items 2009-08-27
Is Discovery Communications Working On eBook Reader? [Voices]
Discovery Communications DISCA has filed for a patent on an e-book reader, the Baltimore Sun reported over late last week. The Sun notes that Discovery, which owns Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and other cable properties, filed a patent for the device in February; but the Sun notes that the patent...
Tags: Patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., Discovery Communications Inc.
News items 2009-09-01
The Crook in the Nook: Barnes & Noble ebooks are overpriced compared to Amazon
By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Yesterday, I excitedly preordered Barnes & Noble's "Nook" ebook reader . Today, I cancelled the order -- and I'm none to happy about it. Why can't Barnes & Noble learn from its past mistakes? The bookseller's digital titles...
Tags: e-book, Amazon.com Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc.
News items 2009-10-21
Sony turns e-reader page
When Sony introduced the first commercially available electronic book reader in Japan four years ago, I was among the lucky few in the west to get their hands on a review unit. I liked the hardware but was disappointed by the lack of low-cost content. The Sony Librié was a...
Tags: Touch Screen, e-book, Sony Corp., E-reader
News items 2009-08-27
New e-reader carves out Android 'nook'
Barnes & Noble, the largest bookseller in the US, has launched an e-reader, running Google's Android operating system, and analysts say it might be a Kindle killer US bookseller Barnes & Noble has unveiled an e-reader in the US, called the nook , to compete with Amazon's...
Tags: e-book, Amazon Kindle, E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.
News items 2009-10-21
Barnes & Noble's Nook eReader Launches Today: Here Are the Details
Barnes and Noble will launch its rumored Nook eBook reader later today at an event in New York City. Thanks to an early leak of the device on the B&N Web site , however, we already know most of the details about...
News items 2009-10-20
Your Kindle can't do this, local library ebooks now available on the Sony Reader
I wrote about the new Sony Reader devices and how we would eventually be able to actually check out ebooks from our local libraries and read them on the Sony Readers. The press release and press coverage focused on the New York Public Library so I didn't give much thought...
Tags: e-book, Sony Corp., Sony Reader
News items 2009-08-27
Sony Adopts Open (But Still DRMed) Format for eBooks
In a move that took most industry pundits by surprise, Sony today announced that it will adopt the open ePub standard as the default format for books in its eBook store by the end of the year. EPub is an XML-based standard for publishing eBooks that has been adopted by...
Tags: e-book, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.
News items 2009-08-13
Color Plastic Logic eReader Will Have Barnes & Noble eBook Store in Spring 2010 [EReaders]
Copy this whole post to another site B&N will be on the color reader via an eBook store app, according to the gushing rep in this video from CTIA. Interestingly, the news follows rumors that B&N's own (possibly Android-powered) reader may arrive as early as next month. And as you...
Tags: e-book, app, Plastic Logic
News items 2009-10-09
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