Posts Tagged ‘ ebook ’

Amazon rolls out smaller, lighter, WiFi-only Kindle for $139

July 28, 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Amazon rolls out smaller, lighter, WiFi-only Kindle for $139

Amazon is once again dropping the price of the Kindle, but this time, the Kindle is coming with a makeover as well. The company is introducing a WiFi-only version of the popular e-book reader...
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Barnes & Noble’s NOOKstudy coming to students in August

July 22, 2010
By David Winograd
Barnes & Noble’s NOOKstudy coming to students in August

Filed under: Education Barnes & Noble is diving deeper into the education market with an expected August release of NOOKstudy which will run on Macs and PCs and not require a NOOK or any other mobile device. NOOKstudy will act as a hub for eTextboo...
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Hardcovers fall behind Kindle book sales at Amazon

July 19, 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Hardcovers fall behind Kindle book sales at Amazon

Perhaps this e-book thing is taking off after all: Kindle books are now outselling Amazon's hardcover books in the US. The company announced Monday that it has sold 143 Kindle books per 100 hardcover books over the last...
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Kindle DX gets better E-Ink screen, lower price

July 1, 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Kindle DX gets better E-Ink screen, lower price

Amazon hasn't abandoned the Kindle DX after all—after giving attractive price drops to its Kindle 2 line, Amazon followed up this week with a brand new Kindle DX with a new case, new features,...
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Hands-on: Kindle dabbles in audio, video for iOS users

June 28, 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Hands-on: Kindle dabbles in audio, video for iOS users

The Kindle software on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch just got a feature boost over what the traditional Kindle offers thanks to the Apple devices' hardware capabilities: they now support embedded audio and video inside of books. The...
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Kindle and Nook e-readers get massive price cuts

June 21, 2010
By Mel Martin
Kindle and Nook e-readers get massive price cuts

Filed under: iPadWe can't say for sure if the Apple iPad is the cause, but it's a pretty good bet the iPad and the iBook app are part of the problem for Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Both booksellers today dramatically cut the price of their competing e...
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Kindle, Nook prices slashed; WiFi-only Nook makes a debut

June 21, 2010
By Jacqui Cheng
Kindle, Nook prices slashed; WiFi-only Nook makes a debut

Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble dropped the prices of their dedicated e-book readers Monday, no doubt to compete with the likes of the iPad. Amazon now offers its 3G-enabled Kindle 2 for $189, while Barnes & Noble's...
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Borders starts offering e-book readers from third parties

June 3, 2010
By John Timmer
Borders starts offering e-book readers from third parties

For a while, Amazon and Sony were the only companies that took the e-reader market seriously, but traditional booksellers seem to have decided they need in on the action. One of the largest, Barnes & Noble, launched...
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TUAW’s Daily App: Barnes & Noble eReader

June 1, 2010
By Mike Schramm
TUAW’s Daily App: Barnes & Noble eReader

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"But Mike," I can hear you say,"I've already got iBooks on my iPad -- why would I want to download another eReader?" Try free books for an answer. Barnes and Noble is holding a promotion this month: every...
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The iPad and eBook piracy

May 18, 2010
By Sang Tang
The iPad and eBook piracy

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In the week following the launch of the iPad, six of the top ten selling business-related paperbacks saw a significant spike in unauthorized downloads on BitTorrent, according to BitTorrent news blog TorrentFreak. This cohort saw average increases of...
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