It has become fairly common for hardware companies to release product refreshes on some sort of schedule. Just look at Apple, you can just about set your watch by its product updates (no matter how much it may like to act like it’s going to surprise us with the release schedule), and it constantly keeps its lines fresh and ongoing. And it isn’t just Apple, you look at just about any...
One of the biggest question marks that is left hanging over the release of the iPad is how its backlit screen will affect eye strain. There is a reason that both Amazon’s Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook went with eInk because it is supposed to be easier on the eyes. Well, with the reviews of the iPad coming out, this has been addressed, and Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street...
As the Apple iPad launch date of April 3rd draws ever nearer, and some of the applications start to get previewed, one big question is beginning to emerge of why in the world you would want to buy a Kindle or a Nook now. While e-readers have been gaining in popularity, especially the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook, a serious flaw in the business plan of both companies...
You can almost hear the rattle of military vehicles moving into their assigned positions on either side of the battlefield: Guns are being loaded, land mines planted, field hospitals erected … yep, it’s the sounds of the coming eBook War. With Apple’s iPad set to launch by the end of the month, it seems that Amazon is doing everything it can to make sure that its Kindle e-reader won’t...
With the e-reader market getting ever more crowded, it’s about time for Amazon to make a move and let us know when the next Kindle is coming. Th first version was released on Nov. 19, 2007, version 2 hit on Feb. 9, 2009 and the larger DX version was announced on June 10, 2009. With the Apple iPad due to release in March, and a slew of other e-readers coming to market, it is about time...
With the Apple iPad to be released in March, there is no doubt that Amazon is beginning to worry about how its line of Kindle e-readers will fare in the marketplace. However, are they worried enough to start giving them away to select customers? A rumor was recently reported by TechCrunch that Amazon would be giving away free Kindles to subscribers of its Amazon Prime service. Prime...
So you’ve decided to delve into the world of e-books. The idea of being able to carry around a thin device that contains all of the books you could ever want to have access to is quite appealing. You’ve picked the e-reader you want and … then you start doing the math. E-readers have become one of the most talked about gadgets of the past few years, and every company under the sun...
It appears that all of the speculation about the $9.99 e-book somehow surviving can be put to rest now as a third publisher has decided to have a little chat with Amazon over its pricing for the Kindle. First it was Macmillan that told Amazon the pricing was going to have to come to an end. Then Rupert Murdoch told investors in an earning call that his HarperCollins division was also...
While everyone seems focused on the entertainment possibilities of Apple’s iPad, it could be the potential uses of this device in classrooms that could make it one of the biggest successes Apple has ever seen. Since the debut of Amazon’s Kindle, pundits have been speculating that the device could be a potential replacement for textbooks in classrooms everywhere, and especially in...
In a completely unsurprising move, it appears that HarperCollins will be the next big publishing house to tell Amazon that the age of the $9.99 e-book has come and gone. As we reported the other day, Macmillan got Amazon to agree to a new pricing structure for its books sold via the Kindle. Of course this comes in the wake of the iBook announcement from Apple that will sell e-books on...