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Goodbye e-books, hello apps

"It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don't read anymore ... Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year."

By Mark Gibbs | 03 February, 2012 09:33

Tags: wireless, tablets, steve jobs, software, pc, online media, networking, media, library, iPad, hardware systems, e-readers, e-books, Data Center, consumer electronics, Configuration / maintenance, books, apps
Toshiba announces debut e-reader in Japan, mulling launch abroad

Toshiba has announced its first dedicated e-reader. It will launch in February in Japan, backed by an online store with 100,000 titles, and the company may also launch the BookPlace reader outside Japan.

By Jay Alabaster | 26 January, 2012 20:31

Tags: toshiba, e-readers, consumer electronics
E-book library borrowing hits record pace

Holiday sales of new tablets and e-readers have catapulted e-book borrowing at many of the nation's libraries, raising the question of how libraries can keep up with demand -- especially when some publishers still balk at e-book lending.

By Matt Hamblen | 21 January, 2012 03:18

Tags: tablets, hardware systems, e-readers, consumer electronics
USITC investigates patent complaint against mobile device makers

The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation of patent infringements alleged by patent acquisition firm Digitude Innovations against a who's who of smartphone and tablet makers.

By Grant Gross | 14 January, 2012 03:50

Tags: U.S. International Trade Commission, trade, Stephen Smith, Sony Ericsson, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, research in motion, patent, Nokia, Motorola Mobility, mobile, legal, J. David Hadden, intellectual property, htc, Handhelds / PDAs, government, e-readers, Digitude Innovations, consumer electronics, amazon.com
Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook business

Bookseller Barnes & Noble is considering spinning off its Nook digital business to help it grow, following strong growth in sales of the Nook reader and tablet and digital content in the nine-week holiday period ending Dec. 31.

By John Ribeiro | 06 January, 2012 14:53

Tags: restructuring, e-readers, consumer electronics, business issues, Barnes & Noble

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Tutorials about e-readers

Copy Kindle notes and bookmarks to your PC

If you're a Kindle owner, you've probably discovered the device's enviable ability to bookmark pages, highlight passages, and add notes (a.k.a. annotations).

By Rick Broida | 17 August, 2010 06:12

Tags: kindle, e-readers, e-books, consumer electronics, amazon.com

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Features about e-readers

Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers

Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.

By Tony Bradley | 21 July, 2010 02:59

Tags: Office Hardware, kindle, e-readers, e-books, consumer electronics, apple ipad, amazon.com
Why e-Readers Are a Worthy Business Investment

A Silicon Valley product development consulting firm called the Nielsen Norman Group (not to be confused with the Nielsen ratings company) published a study last week comparing reading performance with a book to reading with an e-reader. The results--which are suspect because there were only 24 people in the test group--find that users of the Kindle 2 and iPad read 10.7 percent and 6.2 percent slower, respectively, than on paper or with books.

By PC World Staff | 08 July, 2010 07:23

Tags: e-readers, ebook, consumer electronics, apple ipad, amazon kindle
Color E-readers a hit at book fair, to be sold like handsets

Taiwanese e-reader makers jockeyed to show off new technologies at the Taipei International Book Exhibition over the weekend and said the emerging model for the devices is to sell them as part of a content bundle.

By Dan Nystedt | 01 February, 2010 21:33

Tags: taiwan, Prime View International, Netronix, Koobe, JinYong Reader, Greenbook, e-readers, BenQ, amazon kindle
Asus 'Eee Reader' to join e-reader fray, says report

Computer maker Asus may be getting ready to launch an e-reader that would mimic the traditional book, be in full color and come loaded with a variety of innovative features.

By Ian Paul | 08 September, 2009 05:21

Tags: e-readers, e-books, asus

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