Last week when Amazon officially unveiled the new Kindle UK ebook store, I compared some of Amazon’s ebook prices with WHSmith and found that Amazon had much lower prices in most cases. Here’s the post with the information about Kindle UK and the price comparisons. So now WHSmith is countering by cutting their prices by […]
GooReader Review – An App for Google Books
The GooReader application for Windows was announced today. It allows you to search, download, and read books and magazines available on Google Books in yet another app that tries to look like a virtual bookshelf. There are two versions of the app, a free version and a paid version if you are insane enough to […]
This Week’s Free B&N Classic eBooks: Tearjerkers
Barnes and Noble’s free classics promotion expires after just one week, so get them now before it’s too late!
New Sony Reader PRS-350 and Sony PRS-650 Coming Very Soon
Over at SonyInsider, there’s an interesting article about two new Sony Readers set to launch soon, the PRS-350 and the PRS-650. Both are upgraded versions of the current 5 and 6-inch models. Given Sony’s history of releasing new ereaders at this time of year, expect an official announcement within the next few weeks. According to […]
E Ink Says Color Displays on the Way (Yet Again) This Time With Touchscreens
There’s an article over at Digitimes about E Ink, the company behind the display technology used in most ebook readers today, sampling out two new color touchscreen electrophoretic displays to their vendors. One of the new displays uses a capacitive touchscreen similar to those used on some cellphones and the Apple iPad, and the other […]
Calibre eBook Management User Interface Tutorial
In a followup to an earlier post, getting started with Calibre ebook management, this post and video demonstrates some advanced tips and tricks for getting the most out of the Calibre user interface. Getting Familiarized With the Calibre UI There are 4 main parts to the Calibre user interface, the book list, tag list, book […]
Waterstones Selling the PRS-300 for £99.99
Finally a big price cut on a Sony Reader in the United Kingdom, the Sony Pocket Edition is down to £99 at Waterstones. The PRS-300 usually sells in the neighborhood of £129 – £169 in the UK, so that’s quite a decent amount of savings. Considering the new Kindle 3 starts at £109 for the […]
Plastic Logic Moving to Russia?
According to an article on the Financial Times, Plastic Logic is looking for funding and are in advanced talks with a Russian state-owned company called Rusnano. Rusnano is a nanotechnology corporation that, if the deal goes through, would get control of the UK-based company and require it to move its production facility for the next […]