Month: July 2009
Google is Giving Away Sony Readers
Google is holding a sweepstakes called the 10 Days in Google Books Game. For every day of the contest, Google will choose 3 winners to receive Sony Readers. In order…
Free Software Foundation is Launching a Kindle Petition
In the wake of the controversy surrounding Amazon’s deletion of George Orwell books the Free Software Foundation is readying a petition against remote deletion and DRM. This news is somewhat…
Samsung Releases an Entry-Level eReader
Samsung has revealed their entry into the eReader market along with the stated goal to “become a bigger player than Amazon or Sony.” Too bad the device itself, the SNE-50K,…
Kindle Economics #2 – Credit Suisse Issues Optimistic Report on eReaders
Financial services company Credit Suisse has issued a report that predicts eReader ownership by one third of adult book readers within 5 years. This would be a huge jump from…
Jeff Bezos Apologizes
Amazon received a lot of flack when they reached into their customers’ Kindles and, without any real warning or prior notification, deleted copies of George Orwell books. The reasons for…
USA Today Adds Kindle Sales to Best Seller List
It seems like the USA Today has decided to include Kindle book sales in their best seller lists. This move demonstrates just how significant the Kindle is becoming in the…
More Plastic Logic News
Plastic Logic has revealed that their device will use AT&T’s 3G network to download content. This move places the Plastic Logic Reader in even more direct competition with the Kindle,…
Barnes and Noble Setting Up to Compete With Kindle
Barnes & Noble has announced that they are planning to open their own ebook store. That the brick and mortar chain would make moves to compete with the Kindle isn’t…
Update On Amazon Book Deletion
There are two major updates to the story about Amazon deleting George Orwell books from customers’ Kindles. First off, the reasons for the deletion have become more clear. The books…
Idea From Democrat Think Tank: Give Every Student a Kindle
Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), a think tank made up of Democratic Party members, thinks that education’s future lies in the Kindle. Their proposal, entitled A Kindle In Every Backpack, makes…