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Holiday Buying Guide, Part 1: Device differentiation, which type is right for you?

The ebook device comparison chart has been updated. I haven’t included the various Android reading tablets like Pandigital or Literati although I can if you think that they would be helpful. Generally speaking there are three types of devices on the market today for digital readers: a true multifunction device like  an iPad, the Samsung Galaxy(…)

Dear Jane: What Do You Think of the Android Tablets

Dear Jane: What Do You Think of the Android Tablets

I’ve received a number of questions about the Pandigital tablet and the Cruz tablet from Borders. These are Android tablets and within the next few months and the coming year or so, we will be inundated with Android tablets. Reddit crew is keeping a Google spreadsheet of all the Android tablets on the market. Here(…)

September Freebies from Samhain and Updated Digital Backlist from Harlequin

September Freebies from Samhain and Updated Digital Backlist from Harlequin

Mockingjay sells over 450,000 copies in the first week of sale and goes back to print for another 400,000 copies.   That’s a lot of copies.   You can read our spoiler filled review here. **** File this under the annals of interesting author promotion.   Alyssa Day has a pretty professional music video with an original song(…)

Sunday EBook News: Dying eReader Companies

Sunday EBook News: Dying eReader Companies

A few weeks ago, IRex announced bankruptcy.   Following was the announcement that NewsCorp had purchased the Skiff reading platform but not the hardware platform.   The Skiff digital reader appears to be vaporware.   Another highly publicized reading device that appears to NOT be coming to market is the Plastic Logic Que.   Plastic Logic has canceled all(…)

Tuesday Midday Links: Free wifi at all Starbucks locations beginning July 1

Last week, the head of Penguin Canada stepped down. This week brings to light allegations of sexual harassment against the former President by a female executive who alleged she was the subject of a long campaign of inappropriate emails, text messages, in office treatment, and finally, a forced entry into her hotel room at the(…)

10 hours with the iPad: Why the iPad Is Not a Kindle Killer

10 hours with the iPad: Why the iPad Is Not a Kindle Killer

I’m using the bluetooth keyboard to type this review out. I like the iPad a lot. I can foresee using this device everyday but it’s not the greatest ebook reader. I’m not certain if my frustration stems mostly from the software (the reading applications) or the hardware. I don’t think the iPad is a Kindle(…)

Thursday Midday Links: I Worry About Apple’s Propensity for Censorship, Do You?

One of the most attractive things about the iPhone/iTouch and soon to be iPad is the robust App community that offers everything from the ridiculous (fart apps) to the sublime (Stanza). But Apple rules the App store like Tomas de Torquemada (Inquisitor-General of the Spanish Inquisition). It’s a reign of terror and uncertainty for app(…)

CES 2010: The Ebook Hardware Highlights

CES 2010: The Ebook Hardware Highlights

There were a number of eink prototypes at CES, so many that it prompted this article at Gizmodo calling eink readers the spam of the show. There will soon be two kinds of happy ebook-reader owners. The people who paid a fair amount for a reputable ebook reader from one of the companies they already(…)

Thursday Midday Links Roundup: Education is moving toward digital

How good is Harlequin doing? Pretty good. In a dismal economy that sees revenues at its parent company dropping, Harlequin is bringing in the profit. David Holland, the interim CEO at Torstar, said that the decline in newspapers and digital were offset by continued growth at Harlequin. (Actually Holland stated it the other way around(…)

To Buy or Not to Buy: The eReader Dilemma

More and more I am seeing people wonder which ebook Reader to buy. My suggestion, if possible, is to wait until September. In September, it is anticipated that the new Apple Tablet will be announced, the Sony Readers will be released into the wild and will be found at Costco, Sams, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target,(…)

Multifunction v. Dedicated Ebook Reader & Samhain Giveaway

The lads at Gearlog and Teleblog are great believers of multi function devices. Multi function devices do it all: it’s a cell phone, camera, calendar, contact, ebook reader all in one. Gearlog opines that the reason that women tend to buy a cell phone separate from a PDA is the ubiquitous purse. Of course, the(…)