Today Barnes and Noble announced plans for a new online study program called NOOKstudy. NOOKstudy is a free application for PC and Mac computers developed for the higher education market that gives students easy access to eTextbooks, syllabi, lecture notes, etc., with features like being able to add notes, highlight, search, zoom, and have multiple […]
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Another eBook Reader Company Bites the Dust
Some of the smaller companies in the growing ereader field are starting to thin out. The next to go is the Cool-er ebook reader by Interead. It has been confirmed that Interead has been put into liquidation as of June 8th, according to a petition submitted to the Liverpool District Court in late March by […]
The eBook Reader Blog Week in Review – July 5th to July 11th
This Week’s Top Posts Graphite Kindle DX PDF Review and Video Review – A review of how the new Graphite Kindle DX handles various types of PDF files, including single and double column layouts, regular text documents, complex graphical PDFs, and some comics and graphic novels too. Graphite Kindle DX First Impressions, E Ink Pearl […]
Pandigital Novel Update
The Pandigital Novel finally got another firmware update on July 4th of all days (at least that’s the date on the zip file). The update can be found on Pandigital’s download page, and requires the use of an SD memory card. Working on the review for the new Kindle DX, I haven’t had much time […]
Entourage Edge Comes to the Netherlands, Costs a Mint
The first dualscreen ebook reader laptop hybrid, aka the Entourage Edge, has reached the windmill-swept plains of the Netherlands. The most surprising news of this is the €599 starting price for midnight blue model, and €639 for the black, white, red, and ice blue models. The latter price converts to about $800 USD! In the […]
Samsung E-6 Removed From JR.com, US Release Doubtful
As noted in the previous post about the Samsung E-60 being available in France, Korea, and the Netherlands, I had sent an email to JR.com inquiring about the US version of the Samsung ebook reader, the E-6, that has been listed for pre-order on their website for several months. Yesterday I received two emails from […]
New iRiver Story With WiFi Coming to the UK
Buried at the bottom of pages and pages of news articles about the launch of the Borders ebook store, there’s one single article with a press release that reveals an interesting story. As it turns out, there’s a new iRiver Story with WiFi coming to the UK “soon”. It will sell from WHSmith and will […]
The Borders eBook Store is Now Open – Why?
News sources all over the web are asizzle with the monumental news story that the Borders ebook store, powered by Kobo, is now live and open for business. Additionally, Borders released Android and Blackberry apps to complement their apps for the iPad, iPhone, iPod, plus PC and Mac computers. Wait. Hold on one second. What? […]