TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
Ah, the suspense. Would Gary Price—the founding info-maven of ResourceShelf—buy The Case for Books in an electronic or paper edition?TeleRead promised an answer, and directly from Gary himself, here it is. – D.R.The winner? (Read More)
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:
According to Engadget, via the NY Times, the Nook is sold out and the next round of readers will ship out around January 4. If memory serves, didn’t exactly the same thing happen to the Kindle 1?Digg us. Slashdot us. Faceboo (Read More)
Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays.
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Gizmodo:
Specifics have not been announced, but Amazon noted via their Kindle Facebook page that a more user-friendly, organized ebook management system will arrive as an over-the-air update in the first half of 2010. As many Kindle o (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s (Read More)
Engadget:
Hoping to put your hands on a Nook this holiday season? Here's hoping you got in the door early, because bookseller Barnes & Noble claims that the Kindle-competitor has sold out for anyone hoping to gift the thing this year. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Writing a book will never be easy, but FastPencil's mission is to make things easier for authors by bringing this process online and to collaborate with others. FastPencil takes writers from idea to published book. The servic (Read More)
Gizmodo:
eReaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That's a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm has a detachable game controller add-on for that Snapdragon-powered eReader prototype we (Read More)
Gizmodo:
eReaders are getting powerful enough to become fully-fledged Internet tablets, but gaming devices? That's a new spin. Turns out Qualcomm is investigating the idea for that Snapdragon-powered eReader prototype we first showed (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
It's hard to get more to-the-point than Apple boss Steve Jobs.Read the rest of this story »See Also:Steve Jobs: Apple Tablet Is Going To Destroy The Kindle (AAPL, AMZN)The Life And Awesomeness Of Steve Jobs (AAPL)Steve Jobs' (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Roughly 30,000 users subscribe the Wall Street Journal Kindle Edition, Dow Jones head Les Hinton told the Paley Center conference Rafat is attending this morning—great for a “pr (Read More)
paidContent.org:
I am at Paley Center in midtown Manhattan, on day two of their international media conference. Among the speakers this morning included Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Will the Apple tablet launch in a few months? In a year? Maybe. But as far as Apple's business goes, it doesn't matter.Read the rest of this story »See Also:Apple Tablet Delayed Until Late 2010, Says Taiwan News Source (AAPL) (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Motoko Rich and Brad Stone, Reporters, New York TimesWith Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle, readers can squeeze hundreds of books into a device that is smaller than most hardcovers. For some, that’s not small enough.Many people who (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A planned electronic-book reader from Sony Corp. may not arrive in time for many holiday shoppers, according to reports Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal cited Sony as saying its new Daily Ed (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street JournalTwo high-profile electronic-book readers seeking to challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s (AMZN) Kindle could be scarce under the Christmas tree.Sony Corp. (SNE) Wednesday said orders for (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple's Kindle killer -- the supposed tablet device -- doesn't officially exist yet. But publishers are wasting no time getting ready for it.Read the rest of this story »See Also:CHART OF THE DAY: Mac Users Ready To Pay Anyth (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Sony's begun taking pre-orders for its new flagship "Daily Edition" reader (Think Kindle DX with less bitter DRM magic beans) for delivery next month. B&N Nook pre-orders are live, too.
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