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Barnes & Noble Inc. unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future.
Verizon will be providing wireless book downloads for an electronic reading device, joining AT&T and Sprint in supporting electronic books.
IREX Technologies Inc. said Monday that its upcoming electronic reader will include an application for accessing Barnes & Noble Inc.'s e-bookstore.
Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, another e-book reader is set to get a wireless connection from a cellular carrier, letting it access books anywhere there's a signal.
Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by introducing its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity.
Barnes & Noble Expected To Launch E-Book ReaderOn the heels of Amazon.com taking its Kindle to international markets, Barnes & Noble is venturing into the increasingly popular e-reader market. The Wall Street Journal reported the giant book retailer could roll out an e-reader as early as next month in the U.S.
Sony, of All Companies, to Ditch Proprietary eBook FormatsSony, which we've blasted in the past for an insistence on proprietary formats, will support the open standard ePub format for its ebook readers.
Amazon plans Kindle for school booksAmazon.com Inc. on Wednesday plans to unveil a new version of its Kindle e-book reader with a larger screen and other features designed to appeal to periodical and academic textbook publishers, according to people familiar with the matter.
If you don't know what a Kindle is, it's an e-book reader. Quite simply, you load stuff to read on it, and it displays it for you. That's a GROSS oversimplification, but the basics. Here's the nifty stuff...
When the first Kindle came out it inspired in me a sense of ugh. It was hideous to look at with an awkward appearing keyboard and hugely obtrusive buttons along the sides.
Kindle 2.0 Coming Around October 2008An insider let slip that two new Amazon Kindle models will hit stores this holiday season, with the first coming as early as October. The first is an updated version with the same sized screen, a smaller form factor, and an improved interface.
Why Amazon's Kindle is revolutionaryLast April, I wrote a column titled, "Why e-books are bound to fail." My reasons: cost, the availability of better alternatives and, most importantly, book lovers love paper books. I was wrong.
BBC NEWS | Amazon Kindle sells out on debutAmazon's Kindle e-book reader has sold out despite scepticism about whether the device will prove popular. A notice on the Kindle pages on the Amazon web store said "heavy customer demand" for the device meant it would be out of stock until 3 December.
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