Browse tag: e-books

Browse tag: e-books

Kindle 2 gets native PDF support, improved battery life
A new firmware release improves the Kindle 2's battery life and adds a long sought after feature: native PDF support.
Some Sony e-readers may not arrive for the holidays
Sony may not be able to ship its Reader Daily Edition to customers in time for the holidays.
CES 2010 Preview: Gloom, but not doom
Consumer Electronics Association officials see some breaks in the clouds for rising technologies such as e-book readers, 3D televisions, and mobile apps, as the group that organizes the CES trade show gave its forecast for the coming year.
Does Apple really want to sell magazines?
Jason Snell hopes that Apple won't get in the e-book business, but will instead just let publishers create apps.
Wallace and Gromit comes to iPhone, iPod touch
A range of comics celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first-ever screening of Wallace and Gromit.
Barnes and Noble sued over Nook intellectual property
Book-seller Barnes & Noble has been sued by a company called Spring Design, which alleges that the recently announced Nook e-book reader infringes on its intellectual property.
Amazon says Kindle reader coming for Mac, too
The enormous e-tailer recently announced Kindle software for PCs. Mac users can rest assured, OS X-friendly software is also coming.
Meet Nook, Barnes & Noble's e-book reader
Barnes and Noble enters the e-book reader fray with the nook, which includes 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and an expansion slot.
Google Editions embraces universal e-book format
Google will launch an e-book store that won't be device-specific, allowing for e-books bought through Google Editions to be read on a far greater number of e-book readers.
Amazon takes Kindle global, lowers price
Amazon plans to start selling its Kindle reader in over 100 countries and territories on Oct. 19.
Review: iPhone audiobook apps
iLibrary +audio and Audiobooks have clear bottom-line advantages and trade-offs. The former app lets you read books as well as listen to them, while the latter offers a huge selection.
Amazon.com to pay $150,000 to settle suit challenging take-back of 1984
Amazon.com has settled a lawsuit seeking damages from its decision to delete the novels 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindle devices of its users.
Wattpad adopts open e-book standard
Wattpad, an online site for publishing, sharing, and reading e-books, plans to support the EPUB standard, which should translate to more content for Wattpad users.
E-readers could push growth in e-textbook market, analysts say
With more e-readers hitting the U.S. market, analysts predict a big uptick in sales in late 2010 with a strong surge in the popularity of electronic textbooks.
Best Buy, Verizon promote iRex e-reader
Starting in November, Best Buy will stock both the new Royal Philips Electronics' e-reader, the iRex DR800SG as well as Sony's new line of e-readers. Also, Verizon will support the new iRex with unlimited data connectivity to wirelessly download titles from Barnes & Noble's e-book store.
Amazon offers to return Kindle users Orwell books or $30
Amazon.com is trying to make amends to Kindle users affected by a remote deletion of a book back in July by offering to give them back the book or a $30 gift certificate.
Promising Prospect: Read Right
Read Right is a specialized PDF reader that turns your MacBook into an e-book.
Sony releases Mac eBook Library Software
Sony has released the first version of its eBook Library software for the Mac.
E-Reader vs. Kindle: Five reasons Amazon should worry
Sony has been all about the e-reader lately, announcing the Digital Reader Pocket Edition and Touch Edition earlier this month, then following up yesterday with...
Apple looms large over e-reader market
Apple's much-rumored tablet could upend the e-book reader market just as it's getting interesting.
Sony moves its e-book reader technology in the right direction
By announcing its support for the open ePub standard for its line of e-book readers, Sony gives consumers an increasingly attractive option in the burgeoning e-book market.
Apple news and e-book lock-in
Though we await the big events of autumn, Apple news never sleeps. And because it doesn’t, we devote the bulk of this episode to the hot topics of the past two weeks.
Do we really want vendor lock-in with e-book readers?
Amazon's recent moves with the Kindle recall some of the decision Apple made with the iTunes Store and iPods. And that's not a good thing for consumers, Peter Cohen says.
Make e-book readers accessible to all
The Kindle and other e-book readers offer lots of advancements, but they don't do much for people with disabilities.
Amazon apologizes for Kindle book deletions
Amazon's Jeff Bezos apologized Thursday for the company's remote-deletion of several books from its Kindle e-book reader.
Barnes & Noble makes a big splash into e-books
Barnes & Noble made a two-pronged announcement Monday: unveiling an e-bookstore along with plans for an e-book reader.
Amazon will replace cracked Kindles
Amazon says it will replace Kindles damaged by the official protective case free of charge.
Kindle 2 price plunge signals e-book reader competition
Could Amazon's $60 price reduction on the Kindle 2 signal trouble in digital reading paradise?
Slideshow: Hands on with the Kindle DX
Amazon's e-reader gets bigger and better with the debut of the Kindle DX. We like its lean and elegant style, but we still found plenty of DX features to criticize.
Report: Sprint working with Barnes & Noble on e-reader
Barnes & Noble, Sprint Nextel, and an unnamed manufacturer are reportedly teaming up to build an e-book reader to compete with similar devices from Amazon and Sony.