Category: E-Books
Esquire magazine thinks that the 21st century begins in September, thanks to E-Ink
Despite what the header may imply, E-Ink is not a mind-altering narcotic (although I’ve personally never tried drinking the contents of a Sony Reader). E-Ink is in fact an amazing new-ish type of electronic paper that could revolutionise the way we think about books and magazines. You can already see its extremely impressive abilities in the aforementioned Sony device, as well as its rival, the Amazon Kindle. This does not explain the appalling time keeping at Esquire though.
Amazon Kindle spotted in the wild, being read by The Onion editor of all people!
An Amazon Kindle, spotted in the wild! Can you imagine a rarer specimen being caught on camera? David Attenborough is positively trembling at the thought!
Unfortunately we weren’t the lucky ones to stalk the rare animal down on a barren US subway, with Dan Frommer from Silicon Alley Insider being the lucky shooter. Turns out it wasn’t any ol’ Kindle-using civilian either, it was actually Baratunde Thurston, the Online Editor for The Onion. We’re expecting the metaverse to self-implode at the irony, or at the very least a satire-dripping editorial on the online rag…
Measuring 13.4", would YOU carry this Epson electronic newspaper with you?
Epson doesn’t just make printers, you know. They just showed off this 13.4″ electronic paper, which as you can see is designed to replace print newspapers. You can hear e-book reader manufacturers sniggering into their small newspaper-replacements, can’t you?
With a pixel count of 3104 x 4128, and 385ppi definition, it was created using electrophoretic electronic ink and polycrystal Si-TFT, if those words mean anything to you. Does lugging one of these…
Lapbook? Booktop? A novel solution to reading e-books on the go
I’m not quite sure how to see this one? Is it a book that works like a laptop or a laptop that looks like a book…
MWC 2008: Hands on with the Readius rollable e-ink phone
It was at last year’s 3GSM show in Barcelona that we first clapped eyes on Polymer Vision’s Readius e-book display. The show’s name may have changed to Mobile World Congress, but Polymer Vision was still there this year, showing the latest version of the device, which is now a fully-fledged mobile phone, as we recently reported.
Amazon struggling to meet Kindle demand
Product shortages are cool again, thanks to Nintendo’s inability to get enough DS and Wii units into the shops over Christmas. Amazon has leapt onto the bandwagon with its Kindle e-book reader, claiming yesterday that it just can’t make enough of ’em to match consumer demand.
BitTorrent is GOOD for authors says Paulo Coelho
Most of the publicity around online piracy has focused on music and, more recently, movies. E-books are just as pirateable, but there hasn’t been the same level of protest from the publishing industry (they’re more concerned with Google’s plans to scan in books, but that’s another story).
Readius rollable e-book display is almost on sale
It’s almost a year since we caught sight of Readius, which maker Polymer Vision described at the time as an “information companion with rollable display”. It was a connected device with an e-paper screen that rolled up around the main body when not in use. Well, it’s apparently in production now, but there’ve been a few changes.
Opinion: What Amazon Kindle needs is… interactive book groups
So, Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is finally on sale, and although there’s been a mixed reaction from journalists and users alike, Amazon has still won plaudits for the focused way it’s entered the market.
The key thing to remember is that Kindle is a first-generation device, so there’s scope for firmware updates to bring new features, as well as future models that’ll solve the flaws and introduce new functionality.
Amazon's reviewers give Kindle e-book reader just two out of five stars
Oh dear. Just three days after it launched, the Amazon Kindle e-book reader has been slated across the internet, and even on its very own sale page on the Amazon store. Seems their reader-submitted reviews have turned around and bitten them on their bums.
Just 2.5/5, for the $399 device which has seen 503 Amazon users leaving their thoughts on the page, with at…
