The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project also found a big jump in e-book sales after the holidays.
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MediaDecoder: Tablet and E-Reader Sales Soar
On January 23, 2012, In Technology, by JamesBradshaw
The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project also found a big jump in e-book sales after the holidays.
On December 25, 2011, In Technology, by bankier
As you open your Kindle or iPad on Christmas, consider this publisher who suggests that e-books and print books can live peacefully together.
As you open your Kindle or iPad on Christmas, consider this publisher who suggests that e-books and print books can live peacefully together.
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The Book Beyond the Book
On November 7, 2011, In Gadgets, by TomFrier
The $250 Nook Tablet isn’t a completely new product or a radical overhaul of the Nook Color. It’s still a 7-inch tablet packing wi-fi and 16GB of storage.
The $250 Nook Tablet isn’t a completely new product or a radical overhaul of the Nook Color. It’s still a 7-inch tablet packing wi-fi and 16GB of storage.
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Nook Tablet: It’s Like the Nook Color on Speed (Updated: Hands On Impressions)
On October 16, 2011, In Gadgets, by TomFray
Amazon has pushed out a new update for the Kindle 3 , now operating under the alias of the Kindle Keyboard. This gives the well-buttoned e-reader access to some of the cloud features found on its freshly unboxed younger brother , and includes the ability to view any archived documents, notes and highlights you’ve added to that intangible pile of books and articles
Amazon has pushed out a new update for the Kindle 3 , now operating under the alias of the Kindle Keyboard. This gives the well-buttoned e-reader access to some of the cloud features found on its freshly unboxed younger brother , and includes the ability to view any archived documents, notes and highlights you’ve added to that intangible pile of books and articles
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Kindle 3 gets software upgrade, ready to soar into the cloud
Waterstone’s isn’t exactly the biggest name in book sales (at least not stateside), but it knows that to survive in this market it’s gonna have to get on the e-book train. The British company’s managing director, James Daunt, told Radio 4 that it planned to enter the market with both an electronic book store and an actual reader by spring of 2012. Mr
Waterstone’s isn’t exactly the biggest name in book sales (at least not stateside), but it knows that to survive in this market it’s gonna have to get on the e-book train. The British company’s managing director, James Daunt, told Radio 4 that it planned to enter the market with both an electronic book store and an actual reader by spring of 2012. Mr
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UK book seller Waterstone’s to enter the e-reader race
If the Amazon Kindle’s passage-sharing Twitter integration wasn’t social enough for you, the outfit just unleashed a new option: @author. The new feature uses Twitter as a springboard to connect writers to their fans, giving users a chance to nitpick their favorite authors line-by-line
If the Amazon Kindle’s passage-sharing Twitter integration wasn’t social enough for you, the outfit just unleashed a new option: @author. The new feature uses Twitter as a springboard to connect writers to their fans, giving users a chance to nitpick their favorite authors line-by-line
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Amazon’s @author lets you tweet, pester your favorite writers via Kindle
Last time on Days of our Rumored Amazon Tablets’ Lives: Bezos teased us with a “stay tuned” cliffhanger, but shook his head at the notion of a color E Ink Kindle this year. While DigiTimes spilled its cup of beans about the devices’ possible use of Fringe Field Switching displays and fabrication by Quanta Computer, the Wall Street Journal threw its two cents in with a report pegging a couple of new Kindles for Q3. Now loose-lipped sources are feeding the DigiTimes hearsay flames with a leaked supplier parts list that has Wintek, J Touch and CPT providing touch panels with NVIDIA processors at the tabs’ cores
Last time on Days of our Rumored Amazon Tablets’ Lives: Bezos teased us with a “stay tuned” cliffhanger, but shook his head at the notion of a color E Ink Kindle this year. While DigiTimes spilled its cup of beans about the devices’ possible use of Fringe Field Switching displays and fabrication by Quanta Computer, the Wall Street Journal threw its two cents in with a report pegging a couple of new Kindles for Q3. Now loose-lipped sources are feeding the DigiTimes hearsay flames with a leaked supplier parts list that has Wintek, J Touch and CPT providing touch panels with NVIDIA processors at the tabs’ cores
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Amazon tablet rumors flare on leaked supplier parts list
Whether you believe we’re living in a post-PC world or not, there’s no denying the overwhelming growth of tablets in the past few years. Just this March, IDC put out figures saying 2010 saw the sale of 18 million tablets, but despite the recent boom, the outfit’s now reporting a 28 percent drop in tablet shipments in Q1 2011, bringing first quarter worldwide shipments to 7.2 million
Whether you believe we’re living in a post-PC world or not, there’s no denying the overwhelming growth of tablets in the past few years. Just this March, IDC put out figures saying 2010 saw the sale of 18 million tablets, but despite the recent boom, the outfit’s now reporting a 28 percent drop in tablet shipments in Q1 2011, bringing first quarter worldwide shipments to 7.2 million
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IDC: tablet shipments drop 28 percent in Q1 2011
On June 1, 2011, In Gadgets, by Lobo
Many who follow the e-reader market keep coming back to the same question: how long does it realistically have left? The explosion of tablets and reader apps for smartphones have left their respective impacts on the space, while the market for devoted readers continues to be dominated by Amazon’s Kindle . Undaunted, both Kobo and Barnes & Noble launched new black and white e-readers based around the same touch and display technologies last week.
Many who follow the e-reader market keep coming back to the same question: how long does it realistically have left? The explosion of tablets and reader apps for smartphones have left their respective impacts on the space, while the market for devoted readers continues to be dominated by Amazon’s Kindle . Undaunted, both Kobo and Barnes & Noble launched new black and white e-readers based around the same touch and display technologies last week.
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Barnes & Noble Nook WiFi review
On June 1, 2011, In Gadgets, by lfhgjkd19
Barnes and Noble’s Simple Touch Nook is not a reinvention of the e-reader in any way. It’s not even an evolution
Barnes and Noble’s Simple Touch Nook is not a reinvention of the e-reader in any way. It’s not even an evolution
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Barnes and Noble Simple Touch Nook Review: This Is the E-Reader You Want