E Readers

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• Barnes & Noble Nook failing to download purchases

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 599
  It seems that Barnes & Noble was able to deliver some of its Nook e-readers at the last minute for Christmas, but the unexpected side order of headaches for the new owners was an unexpected bonus.There had been a lot of doubt about Barnes & Noble being able to deliver the Nook e-readers that had [...]Related ...
  11 hours ago

• How to boldface ALL of a book so it’s easier to read on your E Ink gizmo: Easy Calibre tweak

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  E Ink’s low contrast—between the text and  background on the screen—annoys many an e-book-lover. I’m one of them. My wife has an even worse problem with the low contrast and refuses to mess with E Ink gizmos. And here E Ink is supposed to be nicer for human eyes than LCDs are. But what if you could use ...
  12 hours ago

• Apple tablet inches closer to reality—but will e-book consumers buy it?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  The waveform is collapsing. Schroedinger’s Box is starting to crack open. The Apple tablet is slowly drifting out of the realm of rumor and toward the realm of sure thing. But is it really meant to be an e-book reader? At a time when e-ink readers are gradually starting to come down in price, Apple—who has never ...
  22 hours ago

• My perfect FrankenReader: What would yours be like?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  How about this as a holiday present a year from now—a Kindle - Gen3 - Sony - Nook hybrid, as perfect as the landscape to the left, including the sky above? A nice Frankenstein with just the right parts. Yes, tech will get better, one way or another , but I’m talking about the next 12 months. My dream ...
  1 day ago

• Would you want an XO-3 as your e-book reader? And what do you think of OLPC’s current direction?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  Enjoying your new Kindle, Nook or Sony Reader? Good for you. But, whether it’s the need for improved e-book standards or an end to DRM abuse of consumers, we need to look ahead. And the XO-3, from One Laptop Per Child , would be good to include in your view or at least consider as a possibility . Check out ...
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• Cherrypal’s Max Seybold talks ‘Africa’: $99 netbook no Kindle—but can run e-book software like FBReader

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  People read e-books on a variety of devices: dedicated readers, PDAs, iPhones and iPod Touches, and computers. Until recently, the price of most netbooks has been about on a par with or slightly more than e-book reading devices—meaning that people who are only interested in e-books might have incentive to choose the ...
  2 days ago

• Is Amazon Working Backwards?

  
  Bits — Authority: 775
  Newsweek’s current issue features some impressive Q&As with people in business and politics “who impact the big stories of the day”.In the technology portion, Newsweek interviews Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, in order to explore some of the thinking behind Amazon’s business strategy as it moved from ...
  2 days ago

• Is Amazon Working Backwards?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Although Amazons Jeff Bezos says, "We start with the customer and we work backward," a solid core of customers remain unsatisfied with the Kindle.
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• New Crack for Amazon’s Kindle E-Books Emerges

  
  WSJ.com: Digits — Authority: 569
  A blogger who goes by the name i♥cabbages claims to have created software that removes the digital rights management (DRM) software embedded into Amazon Kindle e-books PC reading application.
  2 days ago

• Sony Reader Daily Edition: Share first impressions

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  Any TeleRead community members gotten the Sony Reader Daily Edition yet ? Sony is striving to get Daily Editions before Christmas to people who preordered them as of December 20. We’d be keen on seeing a video—but if nothing else, how about a first-impressions write-up? Use the comments section of this post, ...
  2 days ago

• Hackers Break Kindle DRM

  
  OhGizmo! — Authority: 716
  By Chris Scott Barr How many of you actually appreciate having your legally-purchased digital media locked down by DRM? I’d be surprised if a single one of you said yes. The only thing it’s truly good for is aggravating the loyal paying customers. When you take away the DRM, people will still purchase the goods, ...
  2 days ago

• Ah, the mysteries of the Amazon! STILL no official Kindle numbers. Guardian quotes TeleRead’s Paul Biba on issue.

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  So why hasn’t Amazon revealed Kindle sales numbers? All it does is tease us with ballyhoo about the K machine being the “most wished for, most gifted and number one best-selling product”—“record-breaking,” of course. Well, a knowledgeable source close to TeleRead, notably Co-Editor Paul Biba , a retired ...
  2 days ago

• 60,000 Nooks shipping this year, half a million in Q1 of 2010?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  Accurate or not—we don’t know—those stats show up in a TechCrunch post . Excerpt: “Between online and brick and mortar demand, the company is expecting to sell half a million Nooks in the first three months of 2010, way beyond their initial projections. “The biggest problem with the device was on the ...
  3 days ago

• 2010: The Year of the Tablet

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  There was a lot of talk about tablets in 2009 as magazines and newspapers worked on various concepts for content. Next year we may get one.
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• 2010: The Year of the Tablet

  
  Bits — Authority: 775
  uspto.govAn image from an Apple tablet patent.Publishers made 2009 the year of the concept newspaper and magazine. Time Inc. teamed up with design company The Wonder Factory to create a fun concept video of the Sports Illustrated of the future. Then there was another concept video from the Bonnier Group, a Swedish ...
  3 days ago

• Quick Note: More Apple tablet rumors

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  According to Silicon Valley Insider , Apple has been telling some app developers to prepare apps for a demo in January. The developers were told to support full screen resolution, rather than a fixed 320×480. If the rumors are true and the Apple screen is as readable as expected, this could be a boost for e-books. ...
  3 days ago

• Nook Not Coming for Some this Holiday Season

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 563
  New York based bookseller Barnes & Noble notified some of its customers recently that even though they had ordered the Nook (the companys new e-reader) in a timely fashion, they will not be receiving them in time for the holidays.  For these customers, the company will be issuing them $100 gift certificates. ...
  3 days ago

• Why can’t I send an ePub file to Amazon for conversion for my Kindle?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  SF writer Robert J. Sawyer ’s review of the Foxit eSlick reader will appear in the TeleBlog later today. Same for Ficbot’s thinking on E/P synergies and other ways p-bookstores can survive. But meanwhile here’s a question. Why the devil can’t Amazon’s conversion service for Kindle owners handle even ...
  3 days ago

• Kindle for PC DRM cracked, says the Reg—but is this really fresh news?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  DRM is a joke to smart hackers, using the cyber equivalent of lock-picking tools . And sure enough, an Israeli says that he’s cracked Kindle for PC. So reports the Register . The word is that techies can turn encrypted Kindle files into unprotected Mobipocket, then get the files into whatever format they want ...
  4 days ago

• Two weeks with an Astak 5”: Text-to-speech mode and parting thoughts

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 650
  There is one last aspect of the Astak that I need to review before shipping it back in. That is one of the major ways it differs from the Sony, and one of the ways it is similar to the Kindle 2: text-to-speech read-aloud mode. Note that with the version of firmware with which the Astak shipped, only PDFs could be ...
  4 days ago

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