Category: E-Book Readers
Kindle Touch Will Launch Amazon’s eBook Efforts in Japan This April
Recent reports via The Nikkei indicate that Amazon will finally be bringing their bestselling Kindle eReader line to Japan in April of this year with their newest model, the Kindle…
Kindle for Android, Reading Apps & Good E-Reader
Earlier this month the Kindle for Android app got a bit of an update. While nothing huge, it did finally bring the Real Page Numbers to Android users. In addition…
The Amazon Kindle, eBooks, and Piracy
While it is hardly the only place that media piracy is coming up these days, eBook piracy is very much on the minds of publishers and booksellers. There has been…
Nook Situation Improves In Face of Kindle Competition
The past few months have been interesting for both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. While the former has been enjoying record success in both their eReading efforts and the new…
The Role of E-Books in School Libraries
Since the Kindle and other e-reader have been available, there’s been speculation of how they would do in the K-12 environment. A few schools across the US have piloted programs…
Has the Kindle Killed the Nook eReader?
While the Nook line is clearly among the most popular eReaders ever to hit stores, arguably second only to the Kindle, it seems that the expense of keeping current has…
What the Future Means for E-Readers
The tablet market is off and running and the Kindle Fire is doing very well. I have often wondered what the future of the original e-reader will look like. Now…
Kindle Fire UK Coming This January
One of the biggest obstacles that Amazon is going to have to overcome in order to continue expanding its Kindle line at a decent rate is the complicated international release…
Kobo Launches Book Club Against Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
It was recently announced that Kobo, Amazon’s leading competitor against the Kindle outside the United States, is offering a fun new perk for anybody who picks up one of their…
Updating Kindle DX or Kindle 2 to Kindle 3.x Firmware
Having discovered an already functional jailbreak for the Kindle Touch recently thanks to independent developer Yifan Lu, I was also pleased to note that there is a way to get…