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Harry Potter coming to e-readers

June 23, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Big e-book news today, though a little too late for the many, many trees that were claimed by J.K. Rowling’s best-selling series (450 million copies!). Harry Potter’s coming to an e-reader near you. And in a move that’s sure spark breathless analysis of the book publishing industry, Rowling is publishing the e-books herself. The buzz […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: e-books, e-readers, Kindle

Amazon’s Kindle lending feature is a go

December 30, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Talk about coming in under the wire. Amazon’s promise to activate a Nook-like 14-day lending feature on its bestselling Kindle e-reader before year’s end  has been kept, just barely. (I’d like to think that my protestations played a part, but who am I kidding.) Now you too can loan someone a Kindle e-book that’s been […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: amazon, e-books, ebook, Kindle

Kindle tops Amazon’s bestseller list

December 27, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

It takes some doing to unseat the final Hogwarts adventure, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as Amazon’s top selling item in its history. And its own Kindle 3 e-reader was just the gadget to do it. In what’s become tradition, Amazon is once again reporting gangbusters sales of its Kindle e-reader. This is in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: amazon, Apple, e-books, e-readers, ebook, ereaders, iPad, Kindle, Mirasol display, Qualcomm

Kindle’s kinder to the environment

August 25, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Are e-readers really all that much better for the environment than books? The answer to that question is a resounding yes, at least according to Cleantech. The numbers break down thusly: A typical book has a 7.5 kilograms (~17 pounds) of carbon footprint. The iPad’s weighs in at 130 kilograms. The Kindle is estimated to […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: amazon, carbon footprint, e-books, e-readers, iPad, Kindle

Snapshot of an e-Reader market in flux

August 4, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez

The e-reader market is heating up but there are also signs that the industry is trying hard to pin down what’s next. What’s next is color, social networking and for some, video and interactivity. FoxIt, a maker of wonderfully bloat-free PDF software, is ditching its e-reader efforts and retiring the eSlick. Sure, it’s a sign […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: amazon, Apple, Copia, e-books, e-readers, FoxIt, iPad, Kindle, Mirasol display, Notion Ink, Pixel Qi, Qualcomm, Time Inc.

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