Amazon has taken another step in separating the Kindle software from its own specific hardware. The popular BlackBerry becomes the latest platform to support a Kindle app, available as a free download from Amazon. Kindle for BlackBerry will support Whispersync for synchronising bookmarks across different platforms.
Kindle for Blackberry is currently only available in the …
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When Apple announced the launch of its new iPad tablet it also announced support for the ePub standard. No mention was made at the time of any DRM (digital restriction management) software; ePub supports DRM but doesn’t mandate any particular system.
Now rumours are surfacing that Apple iBooks will indeed allow publishers to impose DRM on …
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When Apple announced the iPad I was one of those who remained unimpressed – and I’m a Mac user. As an ebook reader the iPad seems heavy and expensive whilst lacking an eInk screen. As a general purpose computer it lacks both OSX and a keyboard.
That said, the iPad is undoubtedly a cool piece of …
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Samsung Electronics has launched its new eBook at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The new reader is available in six and ten inch versions – named the E6 and E101 respectively – and features epaper screen, wifi plus built in mp3 player. Supported formats include ePub, PDF and …
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The British Library has a treat in store for Kindle owners who also love real books: some 65,000 19th century books are to be made available on the Kindle as facsimiles of the originals. For free.
Many of these books are already available to view online using the Library’s “Turning the Pages” virtual books system. Now …
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Until very recently the standard price for a Kindle version of new hardback fiction release was $9.99. That’s set to change following a well-publicised spat between Amazon and publishers Macmillan who wanted the right to set their own prices. Amazon had no choice but to agree to Macmillan’s terms. Now it seems that other …
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Technology company Neonode has announced the launch of a new Koobe eBook reader called JinYong. The device is named after Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong and will be sold mainly to the traditional Chinese language market including Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The JinYong is a super slim reader with 6 inch electronic ink display and …
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Not everyone is comfortable with ebooks and readers. Nothing will ever replace the feel of reading a real book, however 3D Bookshelf from Ideal Binary might tempt a few more people to make the leap to ereading.
3D Bookshelf is described as “the world’s first fully 3D eBook reader application for iPhone and iPod touch”. The …
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PC maker Acer is planning to enter the eReader market later this year. The Acer Reader is scheduled for a June 2010 launch, initially in the European and Asian markets. Acer believes that existing eBook companies such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble are US-centric and there’s an opportunity to provide a more localised offering …
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Most ebook readers on the market today don’t include a backlight. This is partly because backlighting makes the screen look less like traditional paper, partly because it would drain battery life. So what do you do if you want to read your Kindle in the dark?
Light a Kandle! The cleverly named Kandle LED Book Light …
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