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Will gadget revolutionize our reading habits?
Pacifica :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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However, he believes "the Kindle is not going to revolutionize books in the same way as the Internet and the iPod have revolutionized how we take in music." Shoppers may be pondering whether to buy a handheld e-reading device this holiday season, but...
Tags: Allen Weiner, Kindle, Sony's Digital Reading, Seattle's Amazon.com Inc., Bob LiVolsi, electronic books, Pacifica, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Electronic paper, E-book, Amazon.com, Technology Internet, Electronic publishing, Publishing, Entertainment Culture, Linux based devices
New chapter
Toronto :: Canada | 20 days ago
Credibility I like to think of myself as a guy on the cutting edge of tech trends, willing to take a chance on any new gadget that promises to enrich, entertain or excite...Don't get me wrong, the idea of having books in electronic format ready to download and read...
Tags: Sony Readers, electronic books, touch edition, Amazon Kindle, Canada, Toronto, E-book, Book, Amazon.com, Digital newspaper technology, Linux based devices, Electronic publishing, Sony Reader, Technology Internet, Entertainment Culture
Google to launch new book platform
Frankfurt :: Germany | about 1 month ago
Credibility EDT Last updated on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 8:02AM EDT G oogle Inc. Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them anywhere on gadgets ranging from cellphones to possibly e-book devices. It's the first foray into charging for books for...
Tags: google, Google Editions, Google Books, Google Inc., Economist.com Google, electronic books, online store, launch google, search giant, online bookstore
World's largest online bookstore launched
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The New York retailer announced on Monday that the bookshop would provide nearly half a million free books including William Shakespeare's plays or Dante Alighieri's Inferno . The free downloads include the works whose copyrights have expired or were...
Tags: AT&T Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble, electronic books, wireless connection
Barnes & Noble Launches eBookstore
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Barnes & NobleInc. launched an eBookstore that plans to offer electronic books for platforms including the Plastic Logic eReader device as well as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod Touch, BlackBerry smartphones and most Windows and Mac laptops or full-sized...
Tags: Barnes & Noble Inc., Yahoo Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., noble launch, retailer stocks, electronic books
Google to enter book sales
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Google has told publishers it will let them decide what to charge consumers, as long as the prices set aren't exorbitant. "We want to build and support a digital book ecosystem to allow our partner publishers to make their books available for purchase...
Tags: The New York Times, Kindle DX, Amazon, books market, electronic books
Sony, Google Challenge Amazon
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility In a strike against Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader, Sony and Google plan to launch a partnership Thursday that will give users of the Sony Reader device access to more than half-a-million public domain books from Google's ambitious book digitization...
Tags: Sony Reader, Sony Corp, Google Challenge Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Google Inc, Amazon.com Inc., domain books, electronic books, books reader, public domain
Amazon sued over Kindle sales
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility District Court in Delaware, alleging that the Seattle-based Internet retailer's sales of the Kindle device infringe a patent awarded to Discovery in 2007. Discovery provides cable and satellite programming in the U.S., including the Discovery Channel...
Tags: Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., District Court, Discovery Communications Inc., electronic books, Delaware, U.S
Amazon updates Kindle
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Amazon updated the Kindle on Monday, increasing the battery life and adding more storage. It held firm on the current $359 price, a potential risk considering the economic climate. The first Kindle, released before the 2007 holiday season, has been considered...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, books reader, Jeff Bezos, Morgan Library & Museum, Stephen King, ceo jeff, electronic books, Bernard Madoff, New York
Amazon unveils new, thin Kindle
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Ending months of speculation about Amazon.com's electronic book project, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos presented the Kindle 2.0 on Monday at an event at the Morgan Library in New York. Amazon began taking orders for the $359 device Monday morning and plans...
Tags: Kindle Ebook, Amazon.com, Amazon Inc., amazon unveils, Jeff Bezos, battery life, Whispersync, electronic books, faster kindle, New York
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