eReaders

EPUB3 Books and Readers: Where are they?

March 20, 2012

Even though the specification for EPUB v3.0 was finalised last October, we’ve yet to see any production ready EPUB3 books out in the wild. The likely reason for this is that EPUB3 compatible eReaders have only come on the scene recently and without an eReader, there’s no way to test how the ebooks look – [...]

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jetBook K12 Colour E-Ink Reader

August 30, 2011

A couple of weeks back Ectaco announced their new 9.7 inch E-Ink eReader (WiFi and Touch Screen), nothing special in that, but the big news about this is that it will be the first colour E-Ink device to be available for purchase! The jetBook Color EDU.12 has been in development since earlier this year in [...]

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Apple iPad and EPUB Books

February 20, 2010

It’s been a few weeks now since the Apple iPad announcement; a 9.7-inch multi-purpose tablet with native Book, Magazine and Newspaper options. Although Apple hasn’t released this as a dedicated eBook reader or as a direct competitor to popular eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, in essence, it is an eReader nonetheless. [...]

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Read EPUB ebooks in your Web Browser

December 9, 2009

If you’ve ever been visiting a site that’s offering free .epub files and wished you could just click the link and immediately start reading – with none of that “open with… ” or “download to you computer first” nonsense – then I’ve found exactly what you want. An eReading app that allows quick and easy [...]

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New Asus Eee Reader with Dual Screen

September 10, 2009

Fancy an eBook reader with two screens? Then you might want to take a look when Asus release their Eee Reader, which could be out before the end of the year. I’m not totally convinced that having two screens will improve peoples reading experience, though perhaps the one book type that could benefit woud be [...]

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New Sony Readers for Pre-order at Waterstones UK

August 25, 2009

If you didn’t already know, I come from the UK, so you can imagine my delight when I saw that the two new Sony Readers (Pocket Edition & Touch Edition) are on pre-order over at Waterstones UK and W.H.Smith.co.uk. I fully expected that us Brits would have to wait another year before being able to [...]

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New EPUB eBook Reader to be sold in Argos…Cool!

August 20, 2009

Although news on the release of the COOL-ER eBook reader isn’t new, what is interesting is that the makers have struck a deal to sell this in the Argos stores. For those of you who are not from the UK, Argos are a household name — if a Brit hasn’t bought from Argos, you know [...]

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There are currently 17 Adobe EPUB eBook Readers

August 13, 2009

I was just over at Bill McCoy’s blog (Adobe) reading his latest post about the current number of dedicated eBook readers which support the Adobe DRM’d EPUB format. Of course there are a number of other reading devices, such as the iPhone that can read non-DRM EPUB eBooks, but it is still surprising how many [...]

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Bookeen releases the Cybook Opus

July 27, 2009

I just noticed on the Bookeen website that their new mini eBook reader, the Cybook Opus, is now available. I have to say this does look a very cute reader. There’s nothing spectacular regarding the specifications but with a 5″ screen (4″ x 3″- 101mm x 76mm), this is a very pocketable eReader. The best [...]

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Blackewell opens new eBook store with ePub download option

July 22, 2009

While all the U.S. publishers/eBook stores remain reluctant to embrace the ePub format, the UK, and Europe in general, is really forging forward with its adoption. The latest to release an eBook store selling ePub books (plus PDF and other popular formats), is the UK academic publisher, Blackwell. In addition to the 45,000 titles they [...]

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