Over in the UK and Ireland it’s World Book Day today, and several survey companies have released recent polling dat about how people read. Mintel released a report today that showed even though 18% read ebooks, nearly half of the UK (49%) still prefers paper books over digital. The problem with that number, though, is [...]
Entries Tagged as '18'
1.8 million XO laptops are now in use
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
One of the mailing lists I follow is for the Sugar developemnt community. There’s been a debate going on for the past few days about the correct number of XO laptops that have been made. If you check the various wekis, websites, etc, you’ll get a bunch of different answers. Some count all the ones [...]
The Borders Wake: Day 18
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Editor’s Note: The term wake is now used as a synonym for funeral, but it original referred to the period between a death and burial where one waited for the deceased to wake up (seriously). Go look up the effects of lead poisoning if you don’t believe me. A modern equivalent would be sitting at [...]
Kobo 1.8 update brings Instapaper, social reading to Kobo iOS apps
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · press release, software news
From the press release: Kobo, the only global pure-play eReading service built on an open platform, today announced an update to its iOS4 software. The update introduces innovative new features for users on the Kobo iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch eReading apps enabling them to interact with books and easily share their love of reading.
Tags:18·appa·brings·instapaper·ios·kobo·reading·social·update
New Pandigital Novel e-reader available on 18 August
August 8th, 2010 · 10 Comments · hardware news
I have confirmation from Pandigital that the black Novel will officially launch on 18 August. It’s expected to arrive in Kohl’s and Bed, Bath & Beyond stores some time during that week. The black Novel is a completely different set of hardware from the white Novel. There are really only 2 key differences, though. The [...]
Tags:18·august·ereader·pandigital
Best Buy will sell the Nook on 18 April
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Again, Engadget: Looks like the e-reader wars are heating up, retail-style: we just found out that Target will be selling the Kindle later this month, and now multiple sources are telling us that Best Buy will start selling the Barnes and Noble Nook on April 18th — a rumor we can back up with this [...]
Wall Street Journal to cost $18 on the iPad
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The WSJ is reporting(it was more of a footnote really): The Journal plans to charge subscribers $17.99 a month for iPad subscriptions, according to a person familiar with the matter. The WSJ is also offered on the Kindle, but for $15 you’re only getting the minimum; a lot of content doesn’t survive the conversion process. [...]
RSS
Email
Facebook
Twitter
