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We have already listened unpleasant comments so many times from New Corp’s Rupert Murdoch regarding Amazon’s ebook business model. [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/rivalry-between-amazon-and-publishers-moving-fierce-an-ebook-perspective/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="post-1259 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-other-readers tag-crunchpad tag-joojoo-wen-slate post_box" id="post-1259"><div class="headline_area"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/crunchpad-is-now-joojoo-web-slate-is-there-any-ebook-possibility/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Crunchpad is Now JooJoo Web Slate: Is There Any eBook Possibility?">Crunchpad is Now JooJoo Web Slate: Is There Any eBook Possibility?</a></h2><p class="headline_meta"><abbr class="published" title="2009-12-08">December 8, 2009</abbr></p><p class="headline_meta">in <span><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/category/other-readers/" title="View all posts in Other Readers" rel="category tag">Other Readers</a></span></p></div><div class="format_text entry-content"><p>While crunchpad is said to be ‘dead’, there has been actually a resurrection in the name of JooJoo. The JooJoo website says it’ll premier on Friday, December 11; but you can’t get it unless you’re big-shot reviewer. You have to wait 8-10 weeks when the company plans to ship it. Cnet has an early review [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/crunchpad-is-now-joojoo-web-slate-is-there-any-ebook-possibility/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="post-1256 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-nook tag-nook tag-pdf post_box" id="post-1256"><div class="headline_area"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/pdfs-on-nook/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to PDFs on Nook">PDFs on Nook</a></h2><p class="headline_meta"><abbr class="published" title="2009-12-08">December 8, 2009</abbr></p><p class="headline_meta">in <span><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/category/nook/" title="View all posts in Nook" rel="category tag">Nook</a></span></p></div><div class="format_text entry-content"><p>This is from Gizmodo regarding how PDFs shows up on nook. Remember, recently amazon also released a software update for kindle that makes PDFs viewable on kindle but on kindle it doesn’t reflow texts. Nook rather offer text reflow of PDFs. Gizmodo has an update on this feature comparing kindle versus nook: PDFs are supported [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/pdfs-on-nook/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="post-1254 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-nook tag-nook-2 post_box" id="post-1254"><div class="headline_area"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/will-there-be-a-nook-2-and-should-you-wait-until-then/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Will There Be a Nook 2? And Should You Wait Until then?">Will There Be a Nook 2? And Should You Wait Until then?</a></h2><p class="headline_meta"><abbr class="published" title="2009-12-08">December 8, 2009</abbr></p><p class="headline_meta">in <span><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/category/nook/" title="View all posts in Nook" rel="category tag">Nook</a></span></p></div><div class="format_text entry-content"><p>There are reports that nook is sluggish, and less responsibe to touch on the LCD screen, even sometimes the swipe gestures do not work on the touch screen. Gizmodo says that that’s their biggest disappointment, but still they find a lot of future possibilities with nook. I found some comments on the blogsphere that people [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/will-there-be-a-nook-2-and-should-you-wait-until-then/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="post-1245 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-nook tag-hands-on tag-nook post_box" id="post-1245"><div class="headline_area"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/hand-on-nook-review-by-gizmodo-great-all-around-ebook-reader/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Hand-on Nook Review by Gizmodo: "Great all-around ebook reader"">Hand-on Nook Review by Gizmodo: "Great all-around ebook reader"</a></h2><p class="headline_meta"><abbr class="published" title="2009-12-07">December 7, 2009</abbr></p><p class="headline_meta">in <span><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/category/nook/" title="View all posts in Nook" rel="category tag">Nook</a></span></p></div><div class="format_text entry-content"><p>nook got the first hand-on review on Gizmodo. The review is fair and balanced, and goes in favor of nook even though some features couldn’t be tested. Here is what Gizmodo says about nook, specially with respect to touch screen which makes nook different from other devices: nook preserves the same pleasurable reading experience, but [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/hand-on-nook-review-by-gizmodo-great-all-around-ebook-reader/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="post-1232 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-opinion tag-ebook tag-opinion post_box" id="post-1232"><div class="headline_area"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/77-reasons-why-ereaders-are-lousy-great-gifts-this-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to 7+7 Reasons Why eReaders are Lousy+ Great Gifts This Year?">7+7 Reasons Why eReaders are Lousy+ Great Gifts This Year?</a></h2><p class="headline_meta"><abbr class="published" title="2009-12-01">December 1, 2009</abbr></p><p class="headline_meta">in <span><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/category/opinion/" title="View all posts in Opinion" rel="category tag">Opinion</a></span></p></div><div class="format_text entry-content"><p>Mike Elgan from ComputerWorld writes 7 reasons why e-book readers make lousy gifts this year. In counter, Lance Ulanoff from PCmag writes 7 Reasons Why eReaders Make Great Gifts This Year. The following table shows the main points from these two authors: Why Lousy? Why Great? We’re on the brink of radical change in how [...]</p><p class="to_comments"><span class="bracket">{</span> <a href="http://e-bookvine.com/77-reasons-why-ereaders-are-lousy-great-gifts-this-year/#comments" rel="nofollow"><span>0</span> comments</a> <span class="bracket">}</span></p></div></div><div class="prev_next"><p class="next"><a href="http://e-bookvine.com/2009/12/" >Next Entries →</a></p></div></div><div id="sidebar_1" class="sidebar"><ul class="sidebar_list"></ul></div></div><div id="sidebars"><div id="multimedia_box" class="image_box"><div id="image_box"> <img class="four_by_three" src="http://e-bookvine.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_18/custom/rotator/sample-1.jpg" alt="sample-1.jpg" /></div></div><div id="sidebar_2" class="sidebar"><ul class="sidebar_list"><li class="widget widget_text" id="text-2"><div class="textwidget"><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3974948-10762441" target="_top"> <img src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-3974948-10762441" width="234" height="60" alt="Over 2 million ebooks!" border="0"/></a></div></li><li class="widget AmazonFeed_widget_display" id="amazonfeed"><div class='amazonfeedwidget'><h3>Random</h3><div class='product'><a href='http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Color-Multi-touch-Display-Wi-Fi/dp/B0051VVOB2?SubscriptionId=AKIAI3FIU5BCBBT65ORQ&tag=ebookvinecom-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0051VVOB2' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Xx9W8gdRL._SL75_.jpg' class='amazonfeed-product-image' alt='Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi' title='Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi' /><span class='amazonfeed-product-title'>Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi</span></a></div><div class='product'><a href='http://www.amazon.com/Marware-Kindle-Screen-Protector-Cleaning/dp/B005HSG41Y?SubscriptionId=AKIAI3FIU5BCBBT65ORQ&tag=ebookvinecom-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005HSG41Y' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XmN0hQ1eL._SL75_.jpg' class='amazonfeed-product-image' alt='Marware Kindle Fire Clear Screen Protector 2-Pack with Cleaning Cloth - 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