Thought I'd recommend some good speculative fiction that I've enjoyed reading. These books all link to Kobo Books for Adobe EPUB, but they can be found at most ebook stores. These all cost around $6-$7, except Stephen King's The Stand, regarded by many as his best book (me included). If you have any ebook recommendations […]
Nook Best Buy Ad
Now that the Nook officially sells from Best Buy, I noticed while leafing through the newspaper this morning that the Nook is on the first and second page of this week's Best Buy flyer, and it is also the first product advertised on their website's homepage. The Nook sells for the exact same price as […]
New Nook Firmware Update
Barnes and Noble has released another firmware update for the Nook, version 1.3. The most notable additions are a web browser and some games like Sudoku and chess, along with improved speed for turning pages and opening ebooks. They've also added in-store ebook reading, where you can read any ebook while in a Barnes and […]
Target Stores To Sell Amazon Kindle
A couple of weeks before Barnes and Noble officially announced the Nook last year, Amazon casually announced Kindle International, making it available to over 175 countries. And now that Apple has released the iPad, Amazon is again taking steps to make the Kindle more widely available. First, of course, the new Kindle iPad app. And […]
iPad 3G Release Date (US)
Apple issued a press release today announcing that the iPad 3G models will arrive to customers who've pre-ordered them on Friday, April 30th (no special Saturday delivery this time). The iPad 3G models will also be available from Apple retail stores on the same date at the interesting hour of 5:00 p.m. Good luck to […]
Nook News: New Nooks and Firmware Upcoming
There's some interesting Nook rumors floating around the web. Gizmodo and some other websites are reporting that a Wi-Fi only Nook (dubbed Nook Lite) is coming within the next couple of months that will supposedly sell for just $199. And there's also supposed to be a Nook 2 sometime later this year that has something […]
The Apple iPad as an eBook Reader
Find out how the Apple iPad stacks up as an ebook reader, how it compares to other ereaders, and find reviews of iPad ebook reader apps: iBooks, Kindle, Kobo.
Apple iPad International Release Delayed
Apple announced today that the demand for the iPad in the US is more than they anticipated and that the international release of the iPad will be delayed until the end of May. Pre-orders will start on May, 10th. From the press release: “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, […]