The E-Reader’s Future

The latest Internet tech pundits' obsession has not been related to the ADD-laced “real time web” proclamations that some are so annoyingly fond of, but of a much older format… Books. News has been slowly leaking out regarding Barnes ... continue

Comicbook Publishers’ Untapped Market

Imagine, for a moment, that Amazon has announced the next release of their Kindle product:  the Kindle DX II (pronounced "dee-ex two"), and while it includes a long list of upgrades and improvements, the single most important ... continue

Look out Kindle, ASUS dual screen Eee Reader coming our way

E-Readers are slowly becoming a regular part of out collection of tech gadgets with Amazon’s Kindle the current leader of the pack. That could change however as ASUS has plans to push out the ... continue

Book publishers myopic as they claim e-books will destroy books

We’ve seen the same thing repeated over an over with the music industry, television industry, news industry, and many more just like them. Crying doom and gloom about how their individual wealth creators are ... continue

Ease your conscience – the Kindle is greener than books

While most people might not think so it turns out, according to the Cleantech Group, that the Amazon Kindle may end up being more environmentally friendly than paper books. After examining all the ... continue

Amazon may be planning to expand into Australia with GSM version of the Kindle

Giant US etailer Amazon may be finally looking to open an Australian outpost after years (and years) of speculation that they were planning to head across the pacific. The evidence comes from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), who ... continue

The freeing of e-books, well sort of

Right now when people talk about e-books most everyone thinks of Amazon and its Kindle e-book reader. It is a market than a growing number of companies are wanting to get a foothold in ... continue

And they wonder why piracy lives on

Today Amazon basically told every single Kindle owner that they don’t really own anything that they buy through the company. As far as Amazon is concerned they have complete say on whether or not ... continue

Two men enter, one man leaves: Google promises e-book service by end of 2009

Today, Google announced plans to launch an e-book service by the end of the year, in direct competition with Amazon's Kindle. Speculation over the service is hinging on two key differences. While Kindle titles hover around $9.99 for ... continue

Book ownership a story to tell our grandkids

“Once upon a time people use to be able to walk into something called a bookstore and actually touch the covers of books, flip through the pages of a book and then buy that ... continue

Amazon opens Kindle Blog Publishing Program to all Blogs

Amazon has opened the door to its Kindle Blog Publishing Program to everyone. The program, previously limited to a small number of blogs, formats and sells subscriptions to blogs to Kindle users. Blogs can't be offered for free, ... continue

An interesting Kindle stat

Personally I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the Kindle as it is just another of the many US centric products on the market but I ran across a rather interesting stat concerning this ... continue