Tag archive: e reader

A new ad from Amazon attempts to make fun of the cost of Apple’s iPad by highlighting the cheaper price of its own mobile devices. The 30-second ad takes place at a plush resort and involves an exchange between a bikini-clad woman (representing Amazon) and a slightly awkward-looking man (representing Apple). The 30-second ad begins with the Apple guy walking past the woman, shielding his iPad from the sun. She’s reading a book on her Kindle… Read More

The proliferation of smartphone, tablet and e-reader ownership means there are more devices waiting to be filled with content than ever before. And it appears consumers are wasting no time going about it. Data from research firm comScore this week shows that for online shoppers it’s digital content which is grabbing the attention above any other type of goods. As a Reuters report on comScore’s data suggests, the figures may be an early… Read More

Amazon took another step toward pulling its hardware and digital content into an increasingly tight package on Wednesday when it announced the launch of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. As its name suggests, the new service, which allows users to borrow one digital book per month, is open to anyone with a Kindle device, such as its popular Kindle e-reader, or its soon-to-be-released Kindle Fire tablet. Users must also be a member of the… Read More

Not wanting to be outdone by Amazon and Barnes & Noble, e-reader maker Kobo unveiled a competitively priced 7-inch-screen tablet on Wednesday.  The Vox goes up against Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Nobles’s Nook Color tablets. At $199.99, the device will be selling for the same price as Amazon's new Kindle Fire. The Nook Color currently sells for $249 – let’s see if Barnes & Noble knocks $50 off that in the next few… Read More

Amazon announced today the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch tablet that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. While many expected Amazon's long-rumored tablet to stand as a major competitor to Apple's iPad, the device appears to offer greater competition to the Barnes & Noble Nook Color, which is closer in specs and functionality than the far more expensive and feature-rich iPad 2. Here, a quick side-by-side comparison of the two flashiest… Read More

Encouraged by the growing popularity of e-readers, the UK’s largest bookseller, Waterstone’s, has announced that it intends to launch its own device. Speaking to the BBC this week, the company’s managing director, James Daunt, said that the book giant hoped to unveil the e-reader within the next six months. “We in Waterstone's need to offer you a digital reader which is at least as good, and preferably substantially better, than that of… Read More

As we reported earlier in the week, Barnes & Noble has been doing pretty well with sales of its Nook Color e-reader and related digital content. And now there are reports that the book giant is about to launch Nook Color 2, possibly before the month is out. Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes said that, according to industry sources, “Taiwanese suppliers will ship key components to be used in Barnes & Noble's Nook Color 2,… Read More

In an effort to boost sales of its Nook range of e-readers, book giant Barnes & Noble is offering free books worth $100 to those who purchase the device before September 12. Aimed at students but open to everyone, the offer includes 12 free classics, such as Crime and Punishment and A Tale of Two Cities (hang on, can’t you already get these titles for free?). Other titles wrapped up in the deal include Sparks Notes study guides for the likes… Read More

Can e-textbooks and accompanying rental services change the college publishing market? They can certainly try. Students are becoming more and more familiar with electronics and comfortable using a variety of OS platforms, and manufacturers know this. Amazon is the latest to offer an e-book rental service catering to students, but it's hardly the first and has plenty of competitors vying for college kids' hard-to-come-by dollars.… Read More

The Kindle is a beloved device by readers of every variety, but students are likely to become the Amazon e-reader’s biggest fans. This morning, Amazon announced that it will begin a Kindle textbook rental service, allowing students to save cash on their required academic reading. Better yet, you don’t have to have a Kindle to rent the materials: Amazon says you can rent textbooks for your computer or smartphone as well (iOS, Android, BlackBerry,… Read More

As if there weren’t enough e-readers to choose from, iriver has cast yet another in the mix with the iriver Story HD — but this one has something unique going for it. As Google confirmed on Monday, it will be the first dedicated e-reader with Google eBooks integrated right out of the box. The  The Wi-Fi only, Kindle look-alike will be available starting July 17 at Target for $139.99. Like the Kindle, the Story HD has a QWERTY keyboard and… Read More

Forget paperbacks: The number of people who own e-readers has skyrocketed to more than double what it was only six months ago, according to a recently published study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Tablets have also become more popular, the study shows, but more slowly than its more moderately featured brethren. Between November 2010 and May of this year, the percentage of adults in the United States who own any type of… Read More

Sales related to Amazon's Kindle ereader will soon account for a full 10 percent of all sales made through the e-commerce giant, reports Citigroup Internet analyst Mark Mahaney in a research note that went out to investors earlier today. Amazon is currently on track to sell about three times as many Kindle devices in 2011 as it did last year. Mahaney estimates that Amazon will sell 17.5 million Kindle units this year alone, which will… Read More

College students, rejoice! Access to massively discounted textbooks just got a little easier with Friday's late-night release of the Kno textbook app for the iPad. The Kno app offers customers “the world's largest selection of over 70,000 titles at 30-50% off the list price.” As we all know, 30 to 50 percent off a text book can buy a lot of Ramen. The app also comes loaded with a full textbook and PDF reader; a course… Read More

With news being public for a while now that Barnes & Noble was going to be releasing a new e-reader, Amazon will have had ample time to prepare its response. And here it is: an ad-supported Kindle 3G. In a press release issued on Tuesday, just hours after Barnes & Noble unveiled its new Nook Simple Touch e-reader, Amazon announced the release of the Kindle 3G With Special Offers, coming in at $164, which is $25 less than the cost of the… Read More