Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Click to Adjust Font

medium text xLarge text

Posts Tagged ‘eReader’

Kindle $100 Off with Amazon Credit Card

By Jane • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Get the Amazon Rewards Visa Card and Get $100 Off Kindle
Thanks to Chase, you get $100 off Kindle when you get the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card. Limited time only. Here’s how this works: 1) Apply online. Get a response in as little as 30 seconds. If you’re approved, we will instantly add the card [...]



Sony Offers $100 Trade In Credit for First Generation Purchasers

By Jane • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks, Publishing News

Nicole, this post is for you. Sony is offering a $100 creditbl for all first Generation purchasers of the Sony Reader if you want to upgrade to the newest Sony Reader. The current price for the Sony Reader is $299.00.
The details are as follows as articulated at MobileRead:

Customers doing the upgrade will buy [...]



REVIEW: Ereader and Bookshelf App for iPhone

By Jane • Jul 13th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks, Reviews

You may not have heard, but Friday saw the release of the newest iPhone. It’s a 3G phone that sold for $199 (8 GB) and $299 (16 GB). Also released on Friday was the newest firmware for the iPhones and iTouches which made available third party applications for the first time*.
Two of the [...]



Fictionwise’s eReader Available as an iPhone App for the New Iphones

By Jane • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Apple’s AppStore is live and there are a couple of free ebook readers including Fictionwise’s eReader. According to the description, eReader allows for “direct wireless transfers of your content to the device’s internal storage for offline reading.” This says to me that you’ll be able to buy from Fictionwise directly from the [...]



Fictionwise Working on eReader Program Compatible with the IPhone

By Jane • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

In my inbox I received an email stating that Fictionwise is working on making eReader compatible with the iPhone.  Fictionwise bought eReader a few months agao.  This is excellent news for MAC users and PC users alike.  I love reading on my iPhone.
eReader is not my favorite mobile reading platform but something is better than [...]



Random House Joins Others in Giving Sony Readers to Inhouse Employees

By Jane • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Want a Sony Reader? Join the editorial staff of a major publishing house.  Random House is the latest publishing to join the ereading ranks with Hachette, Simone & Schuster, St. Martin’s.  Each publishing house is providing eReaders to its editorial and sales staff to read galleys and other “preview material.”
I asked one insider about why [...]



Readius to Put Fold Away E Ink Screen Into Production

By Jane • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Called a dream machine by Polymer’s CEO, Karl McGoldrick, the Readius is getting ready for the public. Taking advantage of flexible eink technology, the Readius will be a cell phone/ereading device that contains a 5″ display that folds up when not in use.
The device is due out Summer 2008 with a high [...]



The Perfect E Reader Device

By Jane • Jan 13th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

From Apple Insider and Artist AudioPollution.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show just wrapped up this weekend. There were plenty of televisions, cameras, and mp3 players. There were no new ebook readers. The only possible ebook news that came out of CES was the firm, but virtually meaningless statement by Sony that it was [...]



Fictionwise Buys eReader from Motricity

By Jane • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Teleread.org reported that Fictionwise has purchased eReader store from Motricity.  I think this is pretty great news and not because consolidation is good, but because as David Rothman points out in his article, the Brothers Pendergrast who own and run Fictionwise, are very plugged in to the e-community and offer a number of books on [...]