Amazon Kindle

In episode 115, Andy and Sean look at new electronic book devices including the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. video.aol.com

By a TeleRead Contributor 2009 will be remembered as the year ebooks took off. Ebook sales are experiencing over 100% year-to-year growth. E-readers such as Kindle and Sony E-reader are selling like hotcakes. However, the way ebooks are produced has not been very different than that of paper book, which has changed...

By Paul Biba I’m currently reading Imperium, by Robert Harris, on my Kindle and so I tried it out on that. It found the book available on 14 different sites ranging in price from $8.87 to $16.99. It will search in Epub, eReader, eBookwise, PDF, Kindle, HTML, Mobipocket, Palm, audio, Microsoft and Sony form...

By Ficbot The Sony Reader is my only hardware besides a proper computer on which I can read library books—and my local library system seems to loves the Sony just as much as the Sony loves them, because they have about 200 novels, as recent as the new Dan Brown best-seller, available in ePub and PDF via...

Bookeen has delivered its promised e-book reader, the 5-inch Cybook Opus. It is meant as a simpler and more affordable alternative to the likes of the latest Amazon Kindle and Sony Readers. It lacks a touchscreen and at just a third of a pound is much lighter than either. Internal storage capa...

By Amy-Mae Elliott But content could be improved Feature - The complete guide to eBook readers Tags: Gadgets E-Books E-Book readers Survey YouGov Poll Statistics Apple Amazon Sony Kindle E-book reader owners in UK happy with hardware originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:02:11 +0100

 PA UP PERISCOPE: Need something techy for a booklover but not ready to take the plunge for a Kindle or Sony e-book? The Periscope Book Light in a Cover ($39.95, www.periscopelight.com) combines a leathery bookcover with a built-in telescoping arm topped ...

 MI s Portable Reader System. This review covers one user's brief experience with the Kindle 2 and more extensive knowledge of the Sony PRS-505. The latter is not the latest Sony e-book reader (the PRS 700), but it was the one available, since I own it and ...

By David Rothman The p-book version featured  at Amazon goes for $299.00 new, just $56 more. You can buy other copies via Amazon for $186.40 new and used paper codies for $50.48 on up. Reminder: In case you didn’t pick up on it already, Oxford University Press is the real culprit here—not Sony or Amazon.

E-book readers are getting a lot of buzz, so we’re throwing them into the Prizefight ring. fr.truveo.com

Somehow, I doubt that even at the cheaper price point this will be a Kindle 2 or Sony Reader killer, though hopefully it will get enough attention to encourage Amazon and Sony to drop their e-book reader prices a bit. What do you think? ...

By Ficbot How the Sony changed my reading choices So, how are things going with my week-old Sony Reader? Great, thanks. I love it. It was a wonderful buy for me. Now that I have had time to put it through its paces, here are my thoughts on how it stacks up as a book reader. Ease of Use My Sony may not have [...]

According to published reports, Sony Electronics Inc. will offer users of its e-book reading devices more than 500000 public domain books from Google Inc. via Sony's eBook Store. The venture increases the number of titles at Sony's store to more than ...

By a TeleBlog Reader For what’s it’s worth, I’ve never actually seen a Kindle in the wild. Furthermore, the DRM and hacked proprietary Mobipocket format are down right offensive to anyone who has built up a catalog of ebooks over the years. The same is true for the Sony Reader, except that Sony got smart and jumpe...

The MiBook, from Ohio-based startup Photoco Inc., is also considerably cheaper than Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle or Sony Inc.'s Reader, which start at $300. The list price for the MiBook is $120, but it's available for as little as $75 online, including two books. Extra books are $20 each.

By David Rothman Tech isn’t necessarily going to stand still for Amazon and its Kindle—that’s the point we made earlier this week. But what about the number of books available for the Kindle vs. a big rival, the Sony Reader? Some just-out statistics suggest that Sony has more of a chance on the content front t...

By David Rothman In 10 linux-powered e-book readers, the Bohol tech source site lays out the pros and cons of the Kindle, the Sony readers, the Cybook and other linux-powered E Ink Machines Related: The linux-oriented OpenInkpot project developing free open source apps for E Ink machines.

By David Rothman Gizmos like the Kindle and the Sony Reader still cost hundreds of dollars, rather steep for devices intended mainly for book-reading. But sooner or later, as E Ink and the rest drop in price, we’ll see $100 machines. Meanwhile, the news is good for thrifty people who favor the multi-use appr...

By Bill Janssen I’ve been pondering the ebook situation with respect to the upcoming (Friday) launch of the iPhone App Store. One of the problems hardware devices like the Sony Reader and the Kindle have to contend with is competition with other reading platforms like the paperback book, or the library b...

By switch11 Supported Formats include DRM Text : BBeB Book (Marlin)Image : JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMPUnsecured Audio : MP3 and AACUnsecured Text : BBeB, ePub, TXT, RTF, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC).        Updates everywhere (wired, yahoo,...

By Branko Collin A friend lent me his Sony Reader for a couple of weeks. He wasn’t using it as much as he used to, so he wouldn’t miss it. The Sony Reader has no problems on that score. For me it was incredibly straight forward to operate. My friend had told me how to work the power button, and the rest I figured out by my...

and the Sony Reader Digital Book. Students John Riggs (left) and Nathan Shin check out the Kindle e-book while Payton Gerencir looks at the Sony e-book. ... With Kindles back in stock, Amazon drops price of ebook reader BetaNews Amazon Kindle Back in Stock, Price Dropped Laptop Logic

By Augustine Source: http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/computers/oplc-xoxo-tablet-alternative-to-kindle-sony-book-reader/3362/. You thought the $100 "Open Laptop Per Child" program was meant for providing low-cost computers to kids in developing nations ...

By Tech Dispenser Digital Inspiration – The new XOXO tablet computer that One Laptop Per Child plans to sell for $75 in 2010. It could well be used like a book reader as you have Kindle or Sony Reader. read more.

computer won’t ship before 2010 and that’sa very long period. For more on the XOXO laptop, check out PC World, Laptopmag and IHT. Forget Kids, $100 Tablet Targets Amazon Kindle & Sony Book Reader - Digital Inspiration | FAQ | RSS.

By David Rothman Uh-oh. Sony’s Timebook Town is winding down efforts in Japan to deliver e-books to PCs and the Librie dedicated e-book reader, which in fact is no longer even made. Pity the people who spent good money on the Librie expecting that Sony would support it forever. Photo below is of Librie.

Astak's e-book reader beats rivals in price The latest runs on Windows CE 5.0 and has a 6-inch screen that's similar to the displays on the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, as well as the Bebook. ... Astak's Mentor E-Book Reader Priced Below US$200 Gizmodo Australia

The SDC displays use the same E Ink Vizplex™ technology that is shipping in popular electronic book devices such as the Amazon Kindle, SONY Reader and iRex iLiad. The advantage of SDC over regular LCD is that SDC platform provides ...

Borders to offer e-book reader and store HEXUS.channel, UK - Unless “the latest thing” exercises an irresistible attraction, most will await the UK release of the Sony Reader and Amazon’s Kindle, which sell for a ...

By spolanka eBooks are in the news. Check out new articles, featuring updates on the Kindle and Sony Reader, in these publications:. The Elusive E-book: Are e-Books finally ready for prime time? By Stephen Sottong. American Libraries, May 2008. ...

press release) E Ink Announces Next Generation Custom and Standard Segmented ... press release), CA - May 9, 2008 The SDC displays use the same E Ink Vizplex™ technology that is shipping in popular electronic book devices such as the Amazon Kindle, SONY Reader and iRex ...

Waterstone's to stock Sony ebook subscription), UK - May 1, 2008 Waterstone's is believed to have signed a deal to stock Sony’s e-book reader when it is introduced into the UK later this year. It is understood that the ...

Waterstone's to stock Sony ebook subscription), UK - May 1, 2008 Waterstone's is believed to have signed a deal to stock Sony’s e-book reader when it is introduced into the UK later this year. It is understood that the ...

Waterstone's to stock Sony ebook subscription), UK - May 1, 2008 Waterstone's is believed to have signed a deal to stock Sony’s e-book reader when it is introduced into the UK later this year. It is understood that the ...

Waterstone's to stock Sony ebook subscription), UK - May 1, 2008 Waterstone's is believed to have signed a deal to stock Sony’s e-book reader when it is introduced into the UK later this year. It is understood that the ...

Another Kindle Complaint: Cancellation Hassles  - I've owned Amazon's Kindle e-book reader for over a month now, and have come to two key conclusions about it: It's an incredibly clunky and poorly-designed ... First look: Sony Reader PRS-505/SC vs. Amazon Kindle San Jose Mercury News

First look: Sony Reader PRS-505/SC vs. Amazon Kindle San Jose Mercury News,  USA - The Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle are signature products in the emerging electronic book reading category. The new Sony Reader PRS-505/SC, ... Amazon's e-book reader is almost useful Daily Press

Another year, another e-book. Since the late 1990s, we've been hearing about newer, better, faster electronic readers that will put printed media on life support. Last month, Amazon launched much-ballyhooed Kindle. It certainly sounds like an improvement over past devices.

Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader PRS-505 Video Review  - It's pricey, but Amazon's Kindle is the e-book's best hope to make the Best Seller list. When you're finished watching the video, read our full review of ...

By Dwight When Amazon launched its Kindle e-book reader last week, I was both intrigued and skeptical. Based on my experience with the Sony Reader earlier this year, I know there's a lot to like about this type of device -- but there are also ...

By Caroline McCarthy Currently, the screen is black-and-white; Amazon executives have confirmed that E Ink, which manufactures the screen technology for Kindle as well as for other e-book readers like the Sony Reader, has a prototype of a color display; ...

By igorsk Related: Hachette acquiert Numilog, proposera le Sony en France http://www.mobileread.com/upload/news/2007-10/Press_Release.jpgWell, at least according to this article (http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2008/05/06/04002-20080506ARTFIG00007-nourry-pas-de-menace-d-un...