Topic: Electronic Book Readers

Why is Amazon Selling Pay-per-View Blogs for the Kindle?

Amazon has announced that bloggers of all stripes will be able to publish their feeds in Kindle-friendly format, and then sell that content to users via Amazon. Wait...what? The Kindle has a built in browser--it's somewhat ...READ»

Amazon's '1984' Kindle Recall Was Legal, Not Big Brotherish

A kerfuffle hit the Internets on Friday, as news that Amazon had remotely wiped thousands of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from people's Kindle e-readers hit. As with many Internet rumors though, it entirely missed the ...READ»

Barnes & Noble's Plastic Logic E-Reader to Rival Amazon's

Barnes and Noble just revealed that it's upcoming e-reader is the one from Plastic Logic that we've long heard about. Which means the Kindle may have a decent competitor on the scene.After all, Plastic Logic's e-reader is the most ...READ»

Is This the Kindle Killer?

Plastic Logic was in the news just yesterday for its partnership with Barnes and Noble, but today it's also revealed a tie-up with AT&T that directly pitches it against Amazon's Kindle. And, just possibly, for much more than ...READ»

Sony PRS-300, PRS-600 E-Reader Details Leak Via Service Manuals [UPDATED]

Leaked service manuals for Sony's upcoming PRS-300 and PRS-600 e-reader devices have revealed the specs of the anticipated successors to the Sony PRS-700. Unfortunately, no pricing or release date information was included, but the ...READ»

Sony Pushes Common E-Book Format to Out-Fox Apple

Word is that Sony's due to make an interesting announcement today--it'll be adopting the ePub format exclusively on its electronic book readers. Why such a public push for a DRM'd open-source format? To beat Apple. It's also a move ...READ»

Move Over, Books: The Kindle Is the Carbon Efficiency King

Remember last week when we looked at a study showing that downloading music is more carbon efficient than buying CDs? It turns out the same thing holds true for downloading books on the Amazon Kindle (or other e-readers) versus buying ...READ»

Barnes & Noble Gets Aggressive in the E-Book Wars

Don't buy that Kindle just yet: the Battle of the E-Books is just getting started. Barnes & Noble today announced a partnership with Netherlands-based Irex Technologies to introduce an e-reader in the U.S. later this year (it ...READ»

Sony's 3G-Capable E-Reader Goes Head-to-Head With Kindle

Sony's just pulled the wrappers off its latest electronic book, the Reader Daily Edition. Unlike its earlier siblings, the DE comes with 3G-technology, so it'll pick books up over the air. It's designed, frankly to nip the Kindle in ...READ»

Sony Reader's Edge: Free Books

This morning Sony added to its line of ebook readers with a 7-inch touchscreen device they're calling the Sony Reader Daily Edition. At an announcement at the New York Public Library on 42nd street, Steve Haber, president of Sony's ...READ»

Is Your Kindle Cracking Up? Amazon Sued in $5 Million Class Action [Updated]

Amazon's Kindle may be selling incredibly well and transforming the publishing world, but it looks like some users are finding its build quality lacking. A $5 million class action has just been targeted at Amazon, in fact. The suit ...READ»

Amazon's Kindle Gets Tempting $60 Price Cut

Amazon's Kindle 2 just got a pleasant $60 price cut, so it's now just $299. Admittedly that's still expensive, but it'll likely boost sales of the e-reader a little in the flat economy. There's a little more to it than that, ...READ»

In-Book Ads Coming to the Amazon Kindle?

Amazon's just filed a number of patents that point to the inevitable but perhaps undesirable expansion of advertising onto its much-vaunted Kindle e-reader. If it happens, would you tolerate in-book or in-magazine embedded ads? The ...READ»

New Samsung Alias Shows E-ink Potential Goes Beyond the Kindle

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Bokeen's Cybook Opus E-Reader Beats Kindle to a Pocket-Friendly Size

E-reader manufacturer Bookeen recently revealed details on its newest hand-held device. Unlike Amazon, which recently super-sized the Kindle 2 into the larger DX, Bokeen's innovation goes in the other direction: the Cybook Opus ...READ»

Will Plastic Logic's E-Reader Knock the Kindle Off Its Pedestal?

Despite our rumor-based hopes, Kindle DX turned out to be just a big Kindle 2, giving Plastic Logic plenty of room to maneuver to the top of the big e-readers list. More details have surfaced about this product, and it's plenty ...READ»

E-Ink's Sale Clears Path for Color Kindle in 2010

The sale of E-Ink, the company that makes the display for the Kindle, will fast-track the development of color e-readers. Here's why.READ»

Simon & Schuster Pens Deal With Scribd to Sell Digital Titles, Should Amazon Be Scared?

Book publisher Simon & Schuster will offer 5,000 of its titles for sale digitally via document-sharing site Scribd.com, opening a fresh chapter in Amazon's epic struggle to dominate the e-book market with its Kindle e-reader. ...READ»

Amazon Formatting e-Books for Non-Kindle Readers, Opening Kindle to Outside Titles?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced this morning his intention to make Kindle books available on mobile devices other than Amazon's own Kindle e-reader and the iPhone. Speaking at Wired magazine's Disruptive by Design Conference ...READ»

Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple

By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on.READ»

• Big Bangs

Amazon's Kindle DX Sells Out (Again)

The online retailer has sold out of the latest incarnation of its e-book reader for the second time this month, but this time no more of the devices will ship for at least four to six weeks.READ»

Barnes & Noble Follows the Leader (Amazon) With $9.95 E-book Pricing

When Barnes & Noble scooped up e-book seller Fictionwise.com--owner of eReader.com and eBookwise.com--back in March, the company said the purchase was part of an overall digital strategy that would culminate with the launch of ...READ»

iRiver "Story" E-Reader Has Looks to Kill the Kindle

For a while, rumors suggested that iRiver would enter the e-reader battle, and now an image and specs have surfaced for its Story device that looks like iRiver's not just joining the battle--it's leaping in to the fray, guns blazing. ...READ»

Is the Kindle Destined for SkyMall?

Five strategies to save Jeff Bezos' e-ink empire before it's too late.READ»

• Robert Fabricant's Design4Impact blog

Three Mobile Music Apps That Rule

iTunes 9 is the most bloated version yet: The app alone is 160MB, even bigger than iMovie. And while the it is pretty slick, and Genius can now make you the personal mixtape you always wanted, iTunes 9 also tries hard to woo you into ...READ»