On a crisp fall morning in Austin, I thought I would start of the day with an uplifting chat on whether everything I write about is doomed to collapse. (Aside: If books are dead, my office is gonna smell awfully...
Here's a look at the Nook, a new e-reader that will be sold at Barnes & Noble. From the hype, it promises to give the Kindle a run for its money. (That money would be $259, to be precise.) The...
Yes, we're still here. Thank you for standing by while we took vacation. Although apparently, one side effect of being off for two weeks is that we now speak in the third person. Anyhow, to get the blog warmed up...
According to Macworld (via GalleyCat), if you asked Santa for a Kindle for Christmas, well, you're going to need a Christmas miracle. Amazon.com apparently has stopped stocking the device, possibly in anticipation of an updated version for next year. The...
Sony says it is sticking with the e-book market and will start shipping a $399 version in November. Publishers Weekly has additional details. Wired has analysis suggesting that this model is aimed at the textbook market. Forbes says this is...
This should make things interesting for e-book fans: Sony is unleashing its Reader from its bookstore. Which might help it compete with the Kindle....
The New York Times features an "editorial notebook" by Eleanor Randolph today that suggests an Amazon Kindle as the antidote for sagging bookshelves. I hope not, but maybe I'm a bit of a dinosaur. Ms. Randolph quotes the chief executive...
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