eBook Readers

EBook Readers | iPad App Comparison: iBooks, Kindle, BN Reader

by on August 4, 2010

Barnes and Noble Nook eBook reader

I’ve been promising to share my thoughts on the competing eBook reader apps since my iPad purchase. Part of the delay, as well as playing with the apps to see the features, has been my inability to get decent pictures of the screens. I’ve done my best here, but I don’t have a professional camera (mine [...]

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EBook Readers: Acer LumiRead to Compete with Kindle!

by on May 29, 2010

Are there any companies out there that aren’t creating eBook readers? This week Acer, known for lower-priced computer options, has announced their LumiRead device for eBooks and audiobook eBook titles. Features: The LumiRead will have both WiFi and 3G for downloading content. Acer has agreements with Barnes & Noble, Founder Group, and Libri.de for worldwide eBook [...]

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Audio Book News | iPad and Audiobooks

by on February 1, 2010

Apple’s iPad dominated the news last week. It was impossible to avoid the reviews that were all over the Internet, mostly by people who hadn’t even laid hands on the device. It is incredibly difficult to offer a real review without firsthand experience with a product. Hopefully, when the iPad actually becomes available, firsthand reviews [...]

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Barnes and Noble eBook Readers Ups the Ante While Amazon Goes Global: Will Either Include Audio Books

by on October 11, 2009

Barnes and Noble has partnered with Plastic Logic to create an eBook reader for spring release. Will it rival Amazon’s Kindle even as it hits worldwide distribution? And will either platform begin to include audiobooks as a standard feature? Like its competitors, BN’s reader will be about the size of a trade paperback. It will [...]

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