Archive for the ‘eReader’ Category
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 |
When I first started thinking about setting up ePublishingDaily.com - during the silly season - I went through the whole research phase that every startup goes through.
I outlayed some hard-earned money (not everything’s for free on the Web) to conduct various surveys and focus groups on the eBook industry to help me get a clear picture.
One of the questions was: How do you Read your eBooks?
Computer Monitor: 63%
Laptop: 19%
PDA: 8%
TabletPC: 7%
eBook reader: 3%
The survey size was 496.
A few thoughts:
I was surprised by the low number of eBooks read on PDAs.
What didn’t surprise me was that the vast majority read their eBooks on their computers.
I wonder with all these new eBook readers being released this year what the results will show in 12 months time?
Posted in digital books, e-books, e-reader, eReader, ebooks | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 |
Engadget reports that Sony’s upcoming release of it’s Reader (PRS-500) will be priced at $350 and has already been listed at Sony’s online store, SonyStyle.com
We have already reported on the reader and the buzz surrounding it - A Look at the Sony Reader - and the talk was of a price range between $300 and $400.
$350 is obviously aimed at the very early adopters to buy, use and talk it up. I’m looking at a price range of closer to $200 within 6-12 months if it’s to really take the mainstream by storm.
Also while you’re over at Engadget, read the comments at the post as you get an interesting conversation on the pros and cons of the device, it’s features and the inpact it may have.
Posted in e-books, e-reader, eReader, ebooks, sony reader | 4 Comments »
Monday, February 27th, 2006 |
TrustedReviews, the UK online magazine touting itself as the UK’s Premier Source for IT Reviews & News, has an in-depth look at eBooks.
On the issue of DRM:
I am definitely not a fan of DRM. I don’t want to buy a copy of a book that is tied to a device. I don’t want to have to buy a separate electronic copy of a paper book I am reading.
The article goes into depth on the upcoming release (April ‘06) of the eReader, iLiad (from iRex Technologies). Once again, no pricing is given for the device but the review is quite positive.
Once again, E-Ink is discussed:
E-Ink looks set to make some waves over the next year or so, and I’ve got my eye on it!
And so have we…
Read the full article
Posted in e-books, e-reader, eReader, iLiad, irex | 4 Comments »
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 |
Together with Sony Reader, two new eBook readers will be released this coming April.
They are: iRex’s Iliad and Jinke’s Hanlin.
The sales pitch from iRex:
Digital written content can now be read as easily and conveniently as the printed word on paper. The iRex Technologies E-reader provides true reading comfort, flexibility and versatility. It can be read outdoors, in sunshine or shadow. As well as reading you can also write comments, mark or underline sections, for a true two-way paper experience. And all of this at the lowest power consumption.
The Jinke pitch:
The worldwide launch of their Hanlin eBook V series, which features an electronic paper display from E Ink Corporation … The V series Hanlin eBook offers easy operation, low power consumption and a unique design of double displays, with all the benefits of an electronic paper display and a weight of 290g. The main display, which utilizes E Ink® Imaging Film, is 6 inches diagonal and supports 4-levels of grayscale. The smaller LCD slave display integrates a touchscreen to support editing and marking.
No pricing details have been made available yet.
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another write-up about the iRex (including specs)
Posted in e-books, e-reader, eReader, ebooks, irex | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2006 |
From all the negativity something good comes from it.
What am I talking about? Well, any dedicated (aka blog addicted) blogger worth his salt would no doubt have seen the frenzy over at 9rules this week. Wow!
Well earlier today I was happily having my lunch scrolling through some of the comments that’s been flying thick and fast and I come across one trackback that caught my attention.
Paul Stamatiou casually lets out that he’s finishing up a paper on eBooks. Hello! This I am interested in … so off I go to his site, dropped him an email saying I would be very interested in reading his piece. Within minutes he had sent it to me. What a guy!
Now it’s not often I come across a well written, thought-provoking piece on eBooks and the eBook industry and this, I’m happy to say, was one of the them - so I shot Paul back an email: Can I pdf it, post about it and offer it for download to whom ever may be interested. Five minutes later: no problems. Did I say I love this guy!!!
Paul has written a short paper titled “The Rise of eBooks”.
In the paper, Paul asks:
What ways are traditional books exceptionally better than eBooks in their current form? The only issue regards the fact that eBooks require a device, a high-tech medium, to display their contents. This device then requires some form of electricity to power it. However, rapidly advancing technologies are making this a non-issue.
Talking about ePublishers and more so, device manufacturers (he discusses a little about the recent unveiling of the new eReader from Sony - big post coming on that one next week):
Massive changes are emerging as eBooks are on the forefront and brink of a born-again digital revolution.
Paul hits the mark, because we are at the forefront of a new push with eBooks. I know of a number of device manufacturers coming out with eReaders during the year and if you add the great technology that’s finally getting due recognition, e-Ink, Paul is onto something here.
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Download the 5-page paper, The Rise of eBooks (PDF - 14.7Kb)
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So who is this guy Paul Stamatiou?
Paul is a 19 year old sophmore attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He writes on tech at PaulStamatiou.com and is a member of 9rules - I read on his blog that he has aspirations of being a tech writer one day. All the best and remember me when you become a famous columnist at MaximumPC or some other high-tech magazine. :-)
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