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Spring Design Alex Android Ereader Hands On: Shut Up, Nook

The Spring Design Alex, the other dual-screen Android ereader, is what I had hoped the Nook would be: an ereader for hardware nerds. https://gizmodo.com/spring-designs-alex-ereader-runs-android-has-dual-disp-5384709 The hardware is thin to the point that you worry it might snap—a common thread in ereader design, actually—but it feels about as sturdy as a Kindle. The screen is standard…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 5

iRiver Story Ereader Hits US Shores This Month; Pricing Still a Terrifying Mystery

iRiver’s Story eReader has taken its sweet time making a stateside appearance, and as of today, it’s still not here. But it’s coming! Sometime in January, to be “specific.” But will it be as comically expensive as its European counterpart? https://gizmodo.com/iriver-story-reviewed-nice-but-no-kindle-or-reader-5417004 Hopefully, no. But probably? Yes. The Story has reviewed fairly well, with testers citing…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 5

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. Danie Ware, a PR gal for comic book store Forbidden Planet, describes her plan to capture the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 4

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. Connecting to the upcoming Skiff digital store via Wi-Fi and Sprint’s 3G network, the Skiff Reader will…

Commerce Mark Wilson Jan 4

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). I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but apart from COOL-ER’s crazy-colorful models, most ereaders tend to be white for some…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 31

Full Color Paradigm Shift Ereaders For Under $200 Shown Off Next Week at CES

At what point does a supposed ereader become a tablet? When it has a color screen for viewing photos and YouTube videos? Built-in MP3 player? Someone needs to have a quick word with Paradigm Shift‘s marketing department. The company will be announcing two ereaders next week at CES, the 5-inch EER-051 and 7-inch EER-071WF. The…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 30

Jeff Bezos on the Inevitable Obsolescence of Books

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells Dan Lyons, aka FSJ, just how deep his “missionary zeal” for spreading the gospel of the Kindle runs: One day, it’s going to kill books entirely. The full quote: Lyons: Do you think that the ink-on-paper book will eventually go away? Bezos: I do. I don’t know how long it…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Dec 28

Is Your Kindle Spying On You? (Yes.)

If you don’t want other people to know what you read, you probably shouldn’t own an ereader. And you really shouldn’t get a constantly connected Kindle or Nook, at least according to the EFF’s eye-opening guide to ebook privacy. The Kindle and Nook are tied to Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s respective bookstores, meaning every…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Dec 27

Sony Reader Daily Edition Starts Shipping, Adds More Newspapers

Wall Street Journal and the New York Post not your favorite rags? Sony’s signed up a couple dozen more newspapers for its Reader Daily Edition, with the New York Times, The Financial Times, and The Denver Post included. https://gizmodo.com/wall-street-journal-and-new-york-post-confirmed-for-son-5429451 Other regional papers, such as The Baltimore Sun, The Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 22

Rumor: Nook Update to Focus On Performance, Page Refresh Rates

A “reliable” source has claimed at Engadget today that the Barnes & Noble Nook will soon be on the receiving end of a “major update.” Updated. The update will address many of the quirks users have experienced thus far with the new e-reader. Topping the alleged list are performance improvements and a faster page refresh…

Books & Comics Jack Loftus Dec 20

Wall Street Journal and New York Post Confirmed For Sony Reader Daily Edition

When Sony announced the Reader Daily Edition back in August, they hadn’t confirmed which newspapers would be offered alongside the ebooks. It’s just News Corp titles for now, with The Wall Street Journal and New York Post being confirmed. https://gizmodo.com/sony-daily-edition-reader-3g-7-inch-touchscreen-in-de-5345112 A daily news summary will be on offer for WSJ readers, in addition to the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 18

Amazon Has the Kindle and Barnes & Noble the Nook…So What About Borders?

We’ve all heard about the Kindle. And most of us know about the Nook. And while Borders is not selling a dedicated eBook reader of their own, they have just doubled down on digital distribution. While Borders already sells electronic books (in ePub format), they’ve bought a fair chunk of eBook retailer Kobo. What’s this…

Commerce Mark Wilson Dec 16

Borders and Kobo Team Up to Develop a New Reader

Borders is teaming up with a company called Kobo and making some grand plans. They apparently intend on developing a new ebook reader, a new ebook service, and having all the content be “device neutral.” Pretty big task there, fallas. The Kobo service is already live and will apparently allow downloading of “content to the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 15

The Fight for eBook Publishing Rights

For the past 15 years or so, most authors who’ve signed with publishers have explicitly defined their ebook publishing rights. But who owns the rights to the bazillions of books published before ebooks existed? There’s a battle raging (okay, it’s actually being handled rather quietly through proper legal channels) right now between publishers and authors…

Commerce Chris Jacob Dec 12

Why I Hate Ereaders, And Doubt They’ll Ever Hit the Mainstream

It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the Japanese titan, 2004’s Librie ereader promised a revolutionary new way to perform an act you never realized needed an overhaul. Reading. Books, in the paper and ink form, have been around for over a thousand years. You can bet your prized copy of…

Commerce Kat Hannaford Dec 10

Books, and the iTunes Problem

Ransacked by the internet and teetering on the edge of the real ebook revolution, the publishing world is understandably afraid of what’s next. But their skittish plans to shoehorn digital books into the old publishing cycle are stupid. And doomed. Simon & Schuster sees what’s happening: Real people are buying ebooks now, and the market,…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Dec 9

French President Implies Google Books Will Strip Their Heritage

While French President Sarkozy didn’t namecheck Google directly, he more than alluded to them, claiming that their aim of scanning out of copyright books and putting them online will damage France’s own book digitization plan. Speaking at an event yesterday about France’s plans to place the nation’s books online, he said: “We won’t let ourselves…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 9

Aluratek’s $179 LCD-Based Libre eBook Reader Goes Cheap

The Libre eBook Reader PRO has a 2GB SD card with a monochrome reflective light LCD instead of an e-Ink display, which puts into a different bucket than the other eBook readers shipping recently. Plus, it’s only $179. The reader has 24 hours of continuous use (not too shabby for an LCD, even if it…

Books & Comics Jason Chen Dec 8

Audible Menus and Giant Fonts For Blind and Vision-Impaired Kindle Users in 2010

After an acrimonious decision earlier this year to let authors determine text-to-speech availability in their e-books, Amazon has vowed to roll out new Kindle features for blind and vision-impaired readers in 2010. According to a post on their site, the updates include audible menus and a new super size font for easier navigation. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/photos-and-video-from-the-national-federation-of-the-bl-5202554

Commerce Kyle VanHemert Dec 8

Sony’s BBeB Ebook Format Joins ATRAC In The Land of The Dead, EPUB Ushered In

Sony’s making good on their promises, rebranding its “eBook Store” as “Reader Store” (see what they did there? Err…) but more importantly, changing formats from BBeB to ePub, like they said they would. https://gizmodo.com/sony-of-all-companies-to-ditch-proprietary-ebook-form-5336304 The big change happens this Friday, with all books downloadable in the open EPUB format only. The other news is that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 8

Spring Design Alex Android Ereader Hands On: Shut Up, Nook

iRiver Story Ereader Hits US Shores This Month; Pricing Still a Terrifying Mystery

How Will Writers Autograph Ebooks?

Skiff Reader: The Largest Yet Thinnest eBook Reader to Date

Owen E1 Ereader Suits Dirty-Fingered Readers

Full Color Paradigm Shift Ereaders For Under $200 Shown Off Next Week at CES

Jeff Bezos on the Inevitable Obsolescence of Books

Is Your Kindle Spying On You? (Yes.)

Sony Reader Daily Edition Starts Shipping, Adds More Newspapers

Rumor: Nook Update to Focus On Performance, Page Refresh Rates

Wall Street Journal and New York Post Confirmed For Sony Reader Daily Edition

Amazon Has the Kindle and Barnes & Noble the Nook…So What About Borders?

Borders and Kobo Team Up to Develop a New Reader

The Fight for eBook Publishing Rights

Why I Hate Ereaders, And Doubt They’ll Ever Hit the Mainstream

Books, and the iTunes Problem

French President Implies Google Books Will Strip Their Heritage

Aluratek’s $179 LCD-Based Libre eBook Reader Goes Cheap

Audible Menus and Giant Fonts For Blind and Vision-Impaired Kindle Users in 2010

Sony’s BBeB Ebook Format Joins ATRAC In The Land of The Dead, EPUB Ushered In

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