Last week Wexler announced a new e-reader. The e5001 has a 5″ E-ink screen, micro SD card slot, 4GB Flash, MP3player, but no touchscreen or Wifi. I can’t tell if it supports DRM, but it does have decent format support (TXT, RFT, PDF, DOC, CHM, HTM, HTML, EPUB, FB2). It’s available now with a retail [...]
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Wexler just announced a clone of the Sony Pocket Edition
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
French retailer Fnac just announced the FnacBook
October 21st, 2010 · 8 Comments · hardware news
Fnac held a press event today where they unveiled their new e-reader, the FnacBook. Yes, I double checked and that really is the name. You might recognize the hardware as the Thalia Oyo; they’re retail partners (I’m not sure that’s the right word) and both are using an e-reader originally developed by Sagem Wireless. Fnac [...]
Prices announced for Pocketbook’s new e-readers
October 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · hardware news
I was just reading over on lesen.net that Pocketbook have announced the prices for their 4 new e-readers and tablet. Pocketbook 602 - 199 € (6″ screen, Wifi, Bluetooth) Pocketbook 603 – 269 € (6″ screen, Wacom, Wifi, Bluetooth) Pocketbook 902 – 329 € (9.7″ screen, Wifi, Bluetooth) Pocketbook 903 – 399 € (9.7″ screen, [...]
Encyclopedia Britannica launched 3 iOS apps
September 14th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the press release: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. today announced mobile multimedia apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch designed to teach students about three popular school topics in a fun and engaging way. The three apps—Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, and Ancient Egypt—are meant for students ages 8-14. They’re the first titles in a series that Britannica [...]
Tags:3·announced·apps·britannica·encyclopaedia·ios
Hyundai just announced 2 e-readers
September 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Yes, that is the car company. (They’re more than just a car company; they’re a manufacturing conglomerate with quite a few product lines.) I’m used to finding strange stuff, but this time I think I outdid myself. Hyundai announced 2 e-readers last week. The HYV-C700 and HYV-C600 have 7″ and 6″ LCD screens, which makes [...]
Viewsonic Viewpad announced – 7″, Android v2.2, £350
August 31st, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Well this is disappointing. Do you recall the OlivePad I showed you a month back? Viewsonic took the Olive Pad and slapped their own label on it. Actually, there’s a better chance that both Olive and Viewsonic licensed the hardware from the same Chinese manufacturer. We don’t know, though. I didn’t have all that much [...]
Sharp announced a new reading app for Andriod – millmo for SH for SH
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
Sharp announced this new app on their home page, but I’ll be honest with you. I’m not sure what it does. It appears to be a multipurpose book, video, and audio player, and it runs on Android v1.6. I wonder if it might support Sharp’s XMDF format. That would make sense. This is one of [...]
Wattpad just announced a marketing program for self-published authors
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: In the first half of 2010, Wattpad has established cross-promotional partnerships with major self-publishing houses Smashwords, Lulu and Bubok. To assist writers in connecting with readers on the site, Wattpad is launching the Self-Published Writers Program, a new marketing initiative that creates additional value for the time authors spend promoting their [...]
Tags:announced·authors·marketing·program·selfpublished·wattpad
Microsoft, Hanvon announced tablet partnership
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Not strictly ebook news, but I thought the fact that China’s largest e-reader manufacturer signing with Microsoft was noteworthy. From Shanzai.com: Today’s announcement basically describes an alliance of sorts between one of China’s most mature x86 tablet manufacturers and the world’s leading x86 software developer. Zhang Xuejun, president of Hanvon, has indicated that for them, [...]
Overdrive announced the wrong library donation system
July 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · opinion
I missed this announcement when it came around the first time, but it’s _so_ the wrong system that I decided to post on it 2 weeks after the fact. Here’s what they announced: OverDrive has created LibraryBIN (Buy It Now), an online digital bookstore offering a comprehensive selection of eBooks for instant purchase and download. [...]
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