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Another Voice for the Codex
V Klnkenborg (in today’s NYT Op-Ed), an electronic reader from way back, counts the ways he still loves print books, and the potential danger of tangential distraction with e-reading. “But what I really love is their inertness.”, he states, fearing that too much dependency on electronic reading media, with all its interactivity, might wean us [...]
Amazon Kindle Pays For Ads, Apple iPad Doesn’t
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Amazon’s Kindle Reader Breaks Monthly Sales Record
U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of December, as the battle for the digital reader market heats up. Without giving figures or comparisons and barely halfway through the month, the online retailer said that the Kindle was the most [...]
Sony adds newspaper subscriptions to ebook reader
Sony believes it can beat the Amazon Kindle to become the dominant ebook reader US users of Sony’s Reader range of ebook readers will soon be able to download the latest news from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post to their device, Sony has confirmed. The Japanese electronics giant has signed an [...]
Barnes and Noble Nook Meta-Review: “Not Fully Baked”
Mashable has compiled a list of reviews about the Nook, and in the battle of Kindle Vs. Nook , Kindle wins for now. Here are some of the reviews: Engadget: “In the end, the Nook is an intriguing product launched by a powerful force in the world of booksellers, but the initial offering feels long [...]
Holiday guide to e-readers
A holiday shopping guide, with head-to-head comparisons of six (yes, Virginia, six and counting) dedicated e-readers now on the market appears in the Thursday Dec 3 2009 New York Times. Ranging in price from the QVC Cool-er at $249 to the Kindle DX at $489, like lap top computers in retail competition, they mix and [...]
Amazon Kills U.S. Kindle, Cuts International Price
Perhaps to avoid consumer confusion, or to grab back a few headlines from Barnes and Noble’s sweet looking Nook e-reader, Amazon has dropped the Sprint-powered U.S. Kindle and now sells just the international version along with the super-sized DX. And the price has also been dropped to $260, the same as the old Kindle 2 [...]
