Japanese publishers organise to discuss e-books
Japan's top book publishers Wednesday formed an alliance to harness the growing e-book market as Amazon's Kindle and e-book readers by Sony and other companies are set to battle for market share.
Japan's top book publishers Wednesday formed an alliance to harness the growing e-book market as Amazon's Kindle and e-book readers by Sony and other companies are set to battle for market share.
Internet
Mar 24, 2010
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Samsung Electronics announced today the availability of its first-ever eReader product for the US market.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 24, 2010
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(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 splash last October. ...
As an electronic reader, Apple's iPad has been touted as a possible "Kindle killer" but what has videogame makers buzzing is the potential of the touchscreen tablet computer as a gaming platform.
Software
Mar 7, 2010
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Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple's stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 4, 2010
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I never need to worry about whether I can read a book. As long as a book's a book, that is -- printed on paper, in English. I know I can pick it up and read it no matter how long it sits on my shelf after I bought it. But ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 17, 2010
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US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth.
Business
Feb 7, 2010
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(AP) -- Even as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 31, 2010
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Critics of the revised legal settlement with US authors and publishers that would allow Google to scan and sell millions of books online filed a flurry of last-minute objections on Thursday.
Internet
Jan 28, 2010
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(AP) -- Taiwan leads the world in development of readers for the fast-growing electronic book market, but when it comes to satisfying the e-appetites of the island's highly literate population, it seems distinctly pre-digital.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 28, 2010
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