The Cybook Opus is a 5″ e-reader that Bookeen introduced last fall and updated early this spring. If you’ve been thinking about getting this e-reader then yuo should probably get it right now. It’s about to vanish from the US market. I wouldn’t recommend it, though.The race to the bottom isn’t over yet. You’ll be [...]
Entries from August 25th, 2010
Sharper Image to release e-reader – The Literati
August 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
Now we know things are getting crazy in the e-reader market; Sharper Image have an e-reader. This is now the 3rd Kindle clone I’ve seen with a 7″ LCD screen. Like the rest, this one has Wifi but no touchscreen. It’s also locked down; it won’t come with a browser or apps. As you might [...]
HarperCollins Children’s Books launch education apps
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release:
Shmoop released 1000 new titles for iBooks, Android apps
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I’ve used their ebooks on one occasion. I got mine through the Kindle Store, and it was a pretty good study guide. From the press release:
Meet the man who will cause the death of ebooks
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
There are days I feel I have luck like this. According to Joseph Robert Lewis, his first ebook will be published in 1 February and this will trigger a catastrophic series of events leading to the destruction of ebooks about 45 days later. (I like to get an early start on things, so today I’ll [...]
E-reader owners read more
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
To be more accurate, a survey of 1200 e-reader owners showed that 40% of respondents siad they read more now that they have an e-reader. A study of 1,200 e-reader owners by Marketing and Research Resources Inc. found that 40% said they now read more than they did with print books. Of those surveyed, 58% [...]
Newspapers gone by 2022 says futurist
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
That’s the title of an article about futurist Ross Dawson in yesterday’s The Australian. I disagree with the prediction, and was all set to disprove it. But the body of the article doesn’t have the same extreme predictions. In fact, when you filter out the reporter we find that his predictions are actually rather mild. [...]
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3/5 of Brits and a third of Americans haven’t used their library in the past year
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
There was an article in yesterday’s Telegraph about the decline in library usage in the UK. The number of adults using public libraries at least once a year has fallen from 48.2 per cent in 2005/06 to just 39.4 per cent in 2009/10 according to Government statistics. The number of people who visit a library [...]
CafeScribe’s Try Now, Buy Later program extended through Fall 2010
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release:
Random House Children’s Books publish their first digital only title
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release:
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