Leo Benedictus writes in Prospect Magazine about the closing of libraries in England and the rise of e-reading. Salient quote: The talk of a future in which children cannot access books is also not just wrong, but backwards. E-readers—already available for £52 ($83), and falling—offer an incomparably more convenient way for anyone to find good [...]
Entries Tagged as 'edition'
Across the Pond, E-readers are not Library Equivalents Edition
April 3rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
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Wexler just announced a clone of the Sony Pocket Edition
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
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 [...]
Sony Daily Edition gets an update
December 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Sony sent out an email today announcing a new update for the Sony PRS-950 e-reader. I’m actually surprised at some of the new features listed. This update adds page sync and active web links, both of which should have been in the original firmware IMO. The improvements include:
Review: Sony Touch Edition, Pocket Edition (PRS-350, PRS-650)
November 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · hardware reviews
Sony announced this pair of e-reader in September 2010, and at long last I am posting my review. The Touch Edition and Pocket Edition are updates to Sony’s existing 5″ and 6″. Their design is an evolutionary improvement, and not revolutionary. (I really wish they’d get ahead of their competition, and I’ll get into that [...]
Wall Street Journal announce the WSJ Tablet Edition Android app
November 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Android, press release
The WSJ are now offering a free app designed specifically for Android tablets. It’s free to download, and a subscription costs $3.99 a week. You can share a digital subscription between the Android and iOS apps as well as WSJ.com. <- nice It’s good that the WSJ released an Andoid app, and it’s great that [...]
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Len Edgerly reviews the Sony Pocket Edition (video)
September 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware reviews, video
Len Edgerly of The Kindle Chronicles podcast took a break from his Kindle reporting to shoot this video review of the Sony PRS-350.
Enhanced Kindle Edition format uses HTML5 tags
August 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · ebook format
You probably recall that a couple months ago Amazon announced an updated Kindle app for iOS. The new app gave you the ability to play audio and video that were embedded in books like Nixonland. I’ve been waiting to hear back from Amazon PR about the tools to make the new ebooks (and the file [...]
Sony Touch Edition has been discontinued!
August 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
At least, that’s the product status reported by B&H Photo. You usually only see “discontinued” when a retailer tries to order more and is told it won’t be available. Of course, at this point it’s not really that much of a surprise, is it? We already knew about the new models. via Mike Cane
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Waterstone’s dropped Sony Pocket Edition to £99.99
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
UK bookstore Waterstone’s have dropped the price of the Sony Pocket Edition yesterday. The price on Sunday was priced £179. (The price of the Sony Touch Edition, £199, has not changed.)I don’t know about you, but I’d bet the change is a response to the Kindle. I’m a little surprised at quite how high the [...]
BenQ launch limited edition e-reader in Taiwan
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · benq, hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that BenQ have released a limited edition e-reader, the nReader Young Guns. Only 200 will be sold, and they will come with the Young Guns comic book series preinstalled as part of a deal with the publisher. Retail has been set at NT$9,600 (US$300). The e-reader hardware is BenQ’ s latest model, [...]
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