Archive : Ebook-Reader

With so many ebook readers in the market, it’s a touch decision to decide on which one suits you best. You may have to spend hours getting information about each one and different options they have. While there is no question Kindle was a winner since a long time before Barnes & Noble launched New Nook – “The Simple Touch Reader”. Priced at $139 for a wiFi as compared to [...]

Amazon today marked two major milestones in the history of the Kindle for both the hardware and its books, The recent news revealed by Amazon shows that the company has figured out that if you price a desirable device appropriately, people will buy it, and do so in droves. Speaking through their usual cloud of ratios rather than actual numbers, Amazon announced that “It’s still October and we’ve [...]

As the ebook reader market is heating up, every seller wants a pie out of it. There are recent news stories about Barnes & Nobles releasing new nook with Color eInk display and now Amazon is all set to reveal a new program that will allow Kindle users to share their eooks with other people for 14 days. This program is similar to the Barnes and Noble Nook “Lendme” feature. If you have purchased [...]

Update: NOOKcolor released with color display and various apps like twitter & Facebook. Update: New rumors are swirling in about the pricing of new Nook Color, which may be priced at $259 249 As the eBooks Market is heating up, Book retail giant Barnes & Noble has invited journalists for “a very special event” on Tuesday, October 26 at its Union Square retail store in New York [...]

Amazon’s third-generation Kindle models sold out in just a couple of days of its launch, but the Amazon doesn’t sound too surprised at the high demand. In a recent interview with CNET Ian Freed, VP in charge of the Kindle claims Amazon still reckons it has 70 to 80 percent of the ebook market, despite what rivals may claim. He also added “Obviously, from the beginning of Amazon we’ve [...]

Update: Amazon has recently changed the ship date for latest kindle to on or before September 20th. Its just been around 4 days when Amazon announced the latest wifi-only version of eBook readers along with other 3g version with cheaper price tag. The New Kindle 3 has already been selling well. At Amazon both the 3G + Wi-Fi Kindle 3 and the Wi-Fi only version are shown as temporarily sold out. Both [...]

If you got worried when Amazon’s Kindle went out of stock a couple of days back, you can rest easy as they have just announced a brand new model as expected. Amazon has come forth today to announce the latest addition to their popular line up of eBook readers with what they are simply calling the Kindle when in reality it is the Kindle 3. The latest Kindle is smaller (21%), lighter (15%), and faster. [...]

As the eBooks war is heating up and everybody wants to take a chunk of it, Barnes & Noble has released its Android ereader app, promising synchronization with existing ebook download libraries and the ability to access the retailers more than 1 million titles direct from your Android smartphone. “NOOK for Android” is a free download for Android 1.6 phones or above, and supports various [...]

Amazon has announced that the sales of Kindle books are far ahead of those of its hardcover books. Now that’s indeed a surprise for many of us since we’ve looked upon Amazon as a hardcover bookseller online. According to a press release. Kindle books have outsold the latter variety by 43% during the past three months, with that margin shooting up to 80% during the past month. But numbers [...]

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Borders Group, Inc has announced the launch of its own branded eBook store powered by kobo. With Access to 1.5 million eBooks and reader applications for various platforms including Desktop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry & an Android App the option for readers looks lucrative, but the question arises exactly how many eBook stores do we need? Depends. If you own [...]