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Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent

The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself. More »

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By matt buchanan

#nook

The Nook Drought Has Ended

02/08/10

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Amazon's Working on a Full-Color Multitouch Kindle With Wi-Fi

After buying that little multitouch company Touchco last week and merging it with Lab126—their Kindle division—Amazon's now got job listings looking for a Hardware Display manager that knows LCDs, and a Wi-Fi specialist. You do the math. More »

02/08/10

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By matt buchanan

#ereaders

Internal Memo Shows Nook Firmware Update 1.2 Will Hit "This Week"

02/05/10

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#amazon

Hello Kindle Touch: Amazon Buys a Little Multitouch Company

Ker-BOOM. That's the thundering explosion of Amazon purchasing Touchco, a little company that makes incredibly cheap, infinitely multitouchable displays, and merging it into their Kindle division. Kindle Touch. It actually sounds kind of nice. More »

02/03/10

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By matt buchanan

#apple

Apple iPad: Books, Magazines, Movies and Music

We said it long ago: The Apple iPad will redefine newspapers, textbooks, magazines. Were we right? Is Apple bringing a media revolution? Oh, it'll get there. More »

01/27/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#nook

The Nook and Barnes & Noble's Super-Polite, Absolutely Awful Customer Service

The Consumerist, as always, is right on top of Barnes & Noble's recent Nook-related failings. Yes, people are still without their Nook, and yes, customer service woes are still running rampant at the fledgling eBook retailer. More »

01/24/10

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By Jack Loftus

#readers

Asus DR-950 eBook Reader Gets Its Close-Up

The announcement that Asus was getting into the eBook reader game was a bit of a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. Now that new hands-on pics have hit Flickr, it looks like our initial enthusiasm was founded. More »

01/22/10

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By Brian Barrett

#amazon

Amazon Forgot to Mention That Publishers Can Skip DRM on Kindle Books

Yesterday Amazon surprised us a bit with news of a Kindle app store, but there's a change they haven't mentioned: Publishers are now being allowed to skip adding DRM to Kindle books. Updated. More »

01/21/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#rumors

Rumor: Ebooks for Apple Tablet, From Harper Collins

According to the WSJ, HarperCollins Publishers is in talks with Apple about providing ebooks for Apple's tablet. It's speculated that ebook markets such as Amazon's would seriously suffer if such an arrangement were finalized. More »

01/18/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#readers

Asus DR-950: Yet Another eBook Reader That's More Impressive Than the Kindle

Out of nowhere, Asus has announced two promising eBook readers. The first had an OLED screen. And now their second reader, the DR-950, promises less color but still appears to be at least a generation beyond any Kindle. More »

01/18/10

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By Mark Wilson

#readers

The Ultimate Guide to Ebook Readers We Care About

There are too damn many ebook readers and it's tough 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. Updated. More »

01/15/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#ereader

E-Ink Is Dead, Pixel Qi's Amazing Transflective LCD Just Killed It

Pixel Qi's magic transforming displays seemed too good to be true: One screen that's both a bright, full color LCD and a reflective, E-Ink quality display for reading in light. It is pretty damn incredible. More »

01/08/10

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By matt buchanan

#readers

Plastic Logic's Que Reader Is Tall and Slender With a Fat Price Tag

While Plastic Logic's Que reader is intended for business-minded folks and has a focus on schedules, BlackBerry syncs, and documents, it would still make a fantastic reader due to its size and design. If it weren't $650, that is. More »

01/07/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#skiff

Hands On: Skiff Reader

I just got a chance to play with the big-screened, touchscreened Skiff Reader, which is targeted at periodicals. It's incredibly thin, incredibly light, and they've even got a color screen prototype—Kindle and Nook should be scared. More »

01/07/10

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By Dan Nosowitz

#colorebook

Hands On: Fujitsu FLEPia Color eBook Reader Should Stay In Japan Until It's Done

I just tried out the Fujitsu FLEPia, which has been shown in 2007, talked about in 2008 and finally released in Japan in 2009. It's slow and janky. More »

01/06/10

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By Jason Chen

#ereaders

Full Color Ereader Shown Off By Liquavista

Coming from the womb of Philips' Research Labs, Liquavista is working on a full color ereader. Specifications aren't offered as yet, but you can tell by the picture above that it's very much angled at magazine and newspaper reading. More »

01/06/10

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By Kat Hannaford

#ebooks

How Will Writers Autograph Ebooks?

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. More »

01/04/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#readers

New Cool-er Line Includes One of the Smallest Ebook Readers in the Land

Cool-er's lineup of readers is getting new models such as the super-small Compact, the Wi-Fi-enabled Connect, and the appropriately named 3G. Based on previous models, it's quite possible that these will find a place in the hearts of bargain shoppers. More »

01/04/10

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By Rosa Golijan

#skiff

Skiff Reader: The Largest Yet Thinnest eBook Reader to Date

It's bigger than any Kindle or device from B&N. Optimized for magazines and newspapers, the Skiff Reader offers a durable 11.5-inch (1600 x 1200) "Metal Foil" touchscreen display, but it's still just a quarter of an inch thick. More »

01/04/10

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By Mark Wilson

#ereaders

Owen E1 Ereader Suits Dirty-Fingered Readers

Yet another ereader has floated face-up to the surface of the pool, with Owen's E1 being one of the smallest around. The screen is a small 5-inches (compared to say, the Kindle, which is 6-inches). More »

12/31/09

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By Kat Hannaford

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