We all knew the Barnes and Noble ebook application for Android was coming sooner or later, and now it’s officially available for download from the Android Marketplace. Instead of calling it the “eReader” app for Android, as B&N refers to all their other apps, they’ve decided to call it Nook for Android. In fact, the […]
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New eBook Reader Comparison Tables
It has taken a long week of experimenting with and chopping up HTML and CSS code, of researching and checking facts, of not getting anything else done, only a few scanty blog posts, but I’ve finally finished updating The eBook Reader Comparison Page. The new comparison tables include a lot more ereaders both from the […]
Lots of Entourage Edge News
Entourage Systems, the company that makes the Entourage Edge, released three press releases today and yesterday, announcing some new content partners. First, the Entourage Systems’ ebook store will soon have an additional 1,000 EPUB ebooks from O’Reilly Media. According to the press release, the Entourage ebook store already has over 200,000 trade titles, e-textbooks, magazines, […]
Kindle Sales Triple; Amazon Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcovers
Amazon issued a press release today saying that Kindle sales have increased each month in the 2nd quarter and that sales have tripled since the $70 price-cut down to $189. Even bigger news, Amazon is now selling 43% more Kindle Books than hardcover books over the past 3 months. As always, they haven’t revealed any […]
New Page: Ectaco jetBook, plus jetBook News
The Ectaco jetBook ereaders are very popular in some circles and I’ve been meaning to add them to the site for a long time. So here it is, the new Ectaco jetBook page, complete with specs, photos, and a video review of the jetBook Lite from YouTube. Check it out for a quick look at […]
The iPad Comes to Nine More Countries on Friday
Apple issued a press release this morning announcing that nine more countries have been added to the iPad’s accepted list. The press release states that people in the countries listed below can buy all models of the Apple iPad starting this Friday, July 23rd from Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Oddly, it does […]
The eBook Reader Blog Week in Review – July 12th – July 18th
This Week’s Top Posts Augen The Book e-Reader Video Review, First Impressions – The new Augen ebook reader/multimedia gadget has arrived in an unlikely place and is selling for just $89. It doesn’t exactly do anything great, but it does do some things well enough to consider for the price. Hands-on Kindle DX Video Review […]
The Humane Reader – Read eBooks on TV
Found an interesting article this morning over on the Linux Journal about an ebook reader project that aims to make digital content available to schools and homes around the world that don’t have access to the internet. The device, called the Humane Reader, can be plugged into any typical television set, and can be produced […]