The ruling from the Library of Congress provides DRM circumvention exemptions for the ebooks this way: Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen [...]
When you buy books or other items directly from your Kindle, you’re paying with the Default 1-click Payment Method on your Amazon.com account. Typically, this is the payment method associated with your default shipping address. For digital purchases, you can use a credit or debit card or Amazon Gift Cards. To check or change your [...]
The market is now flooded with ereaders. This is something like every electronic company has its own MP3 player with the exception that there is no universal ebook format across devices like MP3 players have a common MP3 format. This frustrates buyers! Many ereaders are still in the pipeline, and you probably don’t have any [...]
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The market is being flooded with ereaders. It’s now like every electronic company has MP3 players in the market with a difference that supported ebook formats are not universal like MP3. Patnered with B&N the company Pandigital has already announced their ereader Novel will be sold at $199. However, there are reports that the ereader [...]
NewsWeek has recently published an interview with Jeff Bezos. Among many other issues, when he was asked whether P-Book will eventually go away, he said that he believed so: I don’t know how long it will take. You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world. [...]
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 [...]
Can you remember what Steve Jobs once said about book-reading?: It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people [...]
When? In the first half of 2010. Will there be a dedicated Google e-book device? No. What format? It’ll be Google edition. Anybody can can read e-books with any device with a Web browser capability including PCs, Netbooks, and smartphones. What about iphone? Apple iPhone users could access the e-books through their Gmail accounts. What [...]