May 5 2009
The newest Kindle is to be announced tomorrow and from leaked pictures on the internet, the device is to have a 9.7″ screen (the currently Kindle has a 6″ screen) with PDF support and an improved web browser. The device is targeted toward the education crowd with hopes of getting parents to buy the device(…)
Apr 12 2009
TechCrunch is close to releasing its web device. It’s a $200 computing device that has no harddrive and about a 2 hour battery. It is designed to allow you to surf the web and access information from the cloud. I’m not convinced it is terribly useable but I could be wrong. [I]t is for reading(…)
Apr 5 2009
Rupert Murdoch, losing money on his print publications, is turning his eyes toward Google, accusing the search engine of stealing copyrights. (I’m guessing that Murdoch isn’t a big fan of the fair use doctrine). It’s pretty easy to exclude your material from Google and I would think that Murdoch could afford to hire a tech(…)
Mar 18 2009
For a cool grand, you can buy the first color ebook reader. It has an 8″ color screen, bluetooth, wi fi, a touchscreen, USB port. It’s based off Windows CE so you could run any number of software reading programs like MS Lit, eReader or Mobipocket off of it. The battery life is supposedly 40(…)
Mar 4 2009
Kindle for the iPhone was released into the net during the wee morning hours. From the Home Screen, you can access the books you purchased at Amazon, but not any of the books you’ve sent to the Kindle. You can shop via the www.amazon.com/kindlestore on either a MAC or PC to buy Kindle books. You(…)
Feb 22 2009
Sony Reader in Red There are those people who own and covet many different types of devices simply for the love of the technology. I am not one of those people. Not that I dislike technology; I am, in fact, easily seduced by the lure of a cool new gadget. But my technological promiscuity is(…)
Feb 15 2009
So, I was the lucky recipient of a shiny new Sony PRS-505, in a very lovely shade of red. I’ve never owned an ebook reader, and in fact my experience in reading ebooks has been fairly recent and rather limited. I have tried both reading on the computer (which is convenient sometimes, but obviously not(…)
Feb 15 2009
There’s something wrong with this picture. Read the article to find out what. Background Back in the nineties auto manufacturers began to realize that it was missing an important segment of the auto buying market: women. Today, women purchase over 50% of all cars (new and used) and influence 95% of all auto purchases. Video(…)
Feb 8 2009
Dear Sony, Last year Jane sent me her Sony 500 Reader for me to try. Before that, I had an IPAQ 4700. I’ve been using the Sony exclusively as my ebook reader since then. I love the e-ink technology, I love the screen size, I love the light weight and I love the capacity to(…)
Feb 6 2009
The Amazon Kindle 2.0 is looking more sexy. It’s lost some weight and the price is $359.00. There is some definite ipod/Appley look to it. It will start shipping on February 24, 2009. More pictures at MobileRead. There are no other details like whether the Kindle will have folder support but there does appear to(…)
Feb 1 2009
Dear Sony, A couple months after I joined Dear Author, Jane asked me when I would get an ebook reader. I don’t remember my exact response but I’m pretty sure it included the following: I love the tactile feel of paper. I don’t read a lot of ebooks. I can read on my laptop. E-readers(…)
Jan 25 2009
On the evening of January 15, 2009, I got my Sony reader, a silver PRS-505. It is a thing of beauty. The case looks sleek and classy. I think the red ones are very pretty too, but the silver is gorgeous and one of the reasons I wanted it is that bright colors can strain(…)
Jan 11 2009
There were no updates to the existing slate of ebook Readers on the market, but there were advances and new technology that was shown off at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. A company called “Shortcovers” will be releasing an iPhone application designed to deliver short works to iPhone readers. Plastic Logic is working on its(…)
Dec 14 2008
For the next few weeks, I’m going to do posts on how to convert ebooks into formats that work on dedicated and multi function devices. First up is the eReader format. Both Stanza and eReader on the iPhone allow uploading of personal content but only in the eReader format. Making an eReader book isn’t hard(…)
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