The Universe of eReaders and eBooks
Unlike Amazon, Kobo has partnered with other companies to feed contents except ebooks for Vox. The company has partnered with Zinio for magazines, PressDirect for newspaper, RDIO for music, and GetJar for apps. In a recent post we elaborate what apps come in-built with Vox.Kobo Vox doesn’t allow access to Google Android Market for apps. [...]
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Amazon Kindle – PluggedIn – pluggedin.co.uk 10/18/2011 Amazon KindlePluggedInWell, unlike the Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire, the plain Kindle is basically a cut down and repackaged version of last year’s Kindle 3 – now renamed the Kindle Keyboard – rat more… Sony Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T1WC (white) – CNET – reviews.cnet.com 10/17/2011 CNETSony Reader Wi-Fi PRS-T1WC [...]
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The ebook and ereader markets are still going through some turmoil even after substantial price cuts of major eink-based ereaders like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers – all of which are backed by large scale ebook retailers like Amazon, B&N, and Borders. While it seemed just a couple of months back that all other [...]
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Science Fiction Omnibus This new edition of Brian Aldiss’s classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s ‘Nightfall’, first published in 1941, to the 2006 story ‘Friends in Need’ by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E. Van Vogt [...]
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On August 31, 2010, TechCrunch reported that Borders will drop price of the Kobo eReader to $129, making everyone wonder when the price war would start. Borders announced Tuesday that it will lower the price on its Kobo e-reader to $129.99 from $149.99, while its Aluratek Libre reader will now be sold for $99.99 from [...]
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Source: The Reading Edge Podcast [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa] [asa]B002FQJT3Q[/asa] [asa]B003DZ165W[/asa] [asa]B003DZ163E[/asa] Barnes & Noble NOOK COLOR eBook Reader (WiFi Only) Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers Harry Potter Years 1 – 5 Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display Kobo K080-Kbo-B Kobo Vox 7-Inch Vivid Color Multi-Touch Multi-Media Screen [...]
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There are some reports that if you download ePub ebooks from sources other than Kobo store font size of the books are very small and not quite pleasant to read on the screen of Kobo Reader. In order to fix this problem there is a program out now. It’s a free program. Follow the instruction [...]
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Engadget reports with a scrrenshoot regarding a wifi-only Nook. It’ll be sold at $149 same as the Kobo reader being sold by Borders. There are rumors that it’s coming this Wednesday. It seems not realistic. Why does B&N release a new Nook without any campaign within such a short time interval? However, it’s reasonable to [...]
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In recent times Amazon is facing increasing competition in the ereader and ebook market. After B&N released Nook, and lately Apple’s iPad and its own iBook store, this competition has reached a height. In no way iPad is comparable to Kindle, but the wide scale adoption of iPad given the fact that that people are [...]
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Recently, a contributor on Teleread wrote a piece – Kobo growing pains – user issues and my prescription. In response to this, Kobo Vice President Michael Tamblyn left a big response in the comment area of the post. Teleread just put that comment as a blog post on the front page. Here I reproduce that [...]
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