News tagged with electronic book devices

Android Market checks out, Google Play moves in

Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Paper wins over e-books for travel guides

(AP) -- It sounded like a better, lighter way to pack for a trip to Germany: a Kindle with a Lonely Planet travel guide in lieu of an 844-page brick of a book.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books

(AP) -- Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Samsung unveils e-reader, partnering with Google

South Korean electronics giant Samsung jumped into the increasingly crowded electronic book reader market Wednesday, unveiling its first devices and a partnership with Google Books.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle

(AP) -- Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.

Technology / Business

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Publishers embrace vision for a green future

(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Verizon Wireless sees Kindle-type e-readers coming

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book devices.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google

(AP) -- Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, the companies were set to announce Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0