News tagged with electronic book

Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

US class-action ebook price-fixing suit can proceed

A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing "ample" indications of a conspiracy.

Technology / Business

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The Asus New Folding E-Book Reader

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Long-Awaited 'Alex' Android eReader Ready For Pre-Orders

(PhysOrg.com) -- You can preorder the first Alex Reader today... finally! Alex, the first Google Android-powered eReader will ship to preorders in mid-April, five months after its announcement made a huge ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Google to start selling electronic books

Google on Tuesday said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any Internet-connected device including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers.

Technology / Business

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

E-reader sales soaring but Apple captures the buzz

Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Amazon conjures rights to borrow Harry Potter ebooks

Amazon said Thursday it has signed a deal for the electronic books rights to all seven Harry Potter titles English, French, Italian, German and Spanish for its Kindle lending library.

Technology / Business

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Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival

With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Friend or foe? Google, indie book sellers team up

(AP) -- Struggling neighborhood books stores now have a new way to ring up sales, courtesy of a formidable new rival - Google. But it still may not be enough to help them keep their doors open.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks (Update)

Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Google expands online bookstore to Canada

Google expanded its online bookstore to Canada on Tuesday, offering hundreds of thousands of electronic books for sale and millions of others for free.

Technology / Internet

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Taiwan unveils eco-friendly rewritable 'paper'

A group of Taiwan scientists have developed an environmentally friendly form of rewritable electronic paper that works without electricity.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 10

Amazon press invites could herald iPad rival

Amazon.com on Friday sent out enigmatic invitations to a press event, fueling expectations that the online retail titan will release a tablet computer to challenge Apple's iPad.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Amazon expected to unveil tablet at mystery event

With nearly 30 million iPads sold, Apple is the undisputed tablet computer champion. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard, South Korea's Samsung and scores of other companies with devices ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Samsung sees iPad 2 thinness, price as challenge

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics on Friday admitted it faced a tough challenge to compete with Apple's new slimmer and cheaper iPad, saying "inadequate" parts had to be improved.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

E-book

An e-book (short for electronic book, also written eBook or ebook) is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, often protected with a digital rights management system. E-books are usually read on personal computers or smart phones, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book readers or e-book devices. Many mobile phones can also be used to read e-books.

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