Barnes and Noble’s pursuit of the higher education market continues to move forward as they’ve partnered with Blackboard to make it easier for millions college students to access interactive e-textbooks as part of their online courses. The partnership between the two companies will give students more options for digital learning material through the Blackboard Learn […]
How to Get Kindle, Nook, Sony e-Subscriptions for Free
Before you buy a newspaper or magazine subscription for your Kindle, Nook, Sony, or other ebook reader, you should try using Calibre’s news fetch feature first. While reviewing the Graphite Kindle DX this past week, I download the Kindle Edition of USA Today and compared it to Calibre’s free version—the results were surprising. First off, […]
New iRiver Story WiFi up for Pre Order
Just happened to check this morning and the new iRiver Story with WiFi is up for pre-order on WHSmith in the UK, with a release date of July 28th, 2010. When the new WiFi Story was first announced last week, the price was listed at £250, and a lot of folks grumbled about the £100 […]
Read:OutLoud University Edition eBook Reader
Today Don Johnston, a company designed to help students with unique learning disabilities use specialized technology and resources to maximize learning, announced the Read:OutLoud University Edition eBook Reader. Here’s some of the key details from the press release: The Read:OutLoud University Edition ereader comes at a time when government and disability advocates are urging equitable […]
Coupon Codes for eBooks.com: Back to School and Summer Promotions
Just about every month eBooks.com offers coupons codes and promotions on a wide range ebooks in various categories and subjects. This month they are taking 12% – 20% off of Education and Academic books, as well as Architecture, Computers, History, Music, and Science books. They are also offering $5 – $15 off orders of all […]
Get a Sony Reader PRS-505 for $99
BooksAMillion is not only giving away Sony Readers this month, they are also selling the PRS-505 for just $99, or $89.10 for those with a club card. They have the silver model and the red one pictured left. The Sony Reader PRS-505 is one of if not the most popular Sony Reader of all time. […]
Hands-on Kindle DX Video Review in Direct Sunlight
Here’s a look at Amazon’s new Graphite Kindle DX outside in the 90 degree blazing sunlight, showing off the new higher contrast Pearl screen from E Ink. The review demonstrates everything about the Kindle DX’s ebook viewing features, text-to-speech, how newspapers work, how to use the notepad from EduKindle, and a brief look at the […]
NOOKstudy: B&N’s New Online Reading and Study Platform
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 […]