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Amazon Looks Set to Launch a Color Kindle This Year






E-Paper and the Future of E-ducation

By Sage Lane |

Like many, I firmly believe that the future of education lies with the tablet. These days it seems to be the conventional wisdom that tablets will become ubiquitous in the classroom and will eventually supplant the book as the essential tool of aspiring students everywhere.…


New Nook Coming For Holiday Season Nov. 7?

By Mike Perlman |

Various rumors have been circulating about a new Nook from Barnes and Noble, but it wasn’t until recently that the conjecture began to amalgamate into plausible certainty. According to The Digital Reader, a few Barnes and Noble inside sources have provided fairly compelling accounts on…









Amazon Announces Kindle Touch

By Sean P. Aune |

Amazon introduced a new member to its popular Kindle e-reader series today: the Kindle Touch. The new Kindle Touch keeps the e-ink display that has made the entire Kindle line such a success, but as opposed to the traditional system of having a keyboard and…




The Scoop On E-textbooks

By Adriana Lee |

Back in school, I used to schlep my textbooks all over campus. I didn’t have a laptop or tablet to add to the load then, and I still found it back-breaking, just trying to move my voluminous haul over to my classes. It was also…






Borders is Dead, Long Live the Kobo

By Emily Price |

While Borders stores are shutting their doors, the Kobo e-reader will live on. Borders went to bankruptcy court earlier this week with a proposal for the chain to be purchased by the Hilco and Gordon Brothers liquidation company. In an official announcement, Borders Group President Mike…




Time to Ditch Physical Books?

By Damon Brown |

I’m moving. Again. I’ve never been one to turn down a newer, more interesting city, whether it be New Orleans, which I experienced and got swept out by Katrina, or Chicago, which always will feel like a second home. As I get older, though, my…