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Gizmodo is wrong: you can keep your Kindle magazine back issues
Oh jeez, Gizmodo, it’s bad enough when newspapers get the facts wrong about ereaders, but you’re supposed to be a source of expertise in this domain. You’re a flippin’ gadget blog. Anyway. The point is...
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Nook Color gets new update, inches closer to iPad
Today Barnes & Noble won the Press Release war against Amazon, with the announcement of a significant OS udpate to the Nook Color that along with subtle improvements brings this handful of splashy...
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Instagram users like their Kindles
By michellewegner Instagram is an iOS app that lets you shoot a quick photo, tint it or age it so that it has a more organic/hipster look, and then share it online like a tweet or Tumblr update. I...
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Rumor: Amazon to offer EPUB format on Kindle “soon”
Citing off-the-record statements by four different publishers, the blog Good E-Reader today announced that Amazon will soon offer EPUB format books on the Kindle platform: Four publishers in the last...
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Apple relaxes app rules for ebook apps
It looks like Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and any other ereader app currently on iOS won’t be disappearing from the App Store after the end of the month after all. Mac Rumors is reporting that Apple has...
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Five reasons NOT to get a Nook Touch
The new Nook Touch looks sweet, right? It’s smaller and lighter than a Kindle 3 but with the same bright E Ink display, and the touchscreen is a far superior way to navigate than a d-pad that looks...
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Rowling will sell the Harry Potter ebooks on her own starting in October
The Harry Potter series may take place in the modern world, but it’s always been somewhat removed from it, emphasizing magic and wizarding dynasties over digital technology. The same has held true for...
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Want to see ConsumerReports.org’s ereader reviews and ratings? Free access...
Consumer Reports is one of the original paywall publications, and for good reason—they don’t take outside advertising or have corporate sponsors, and they are complete geeks when it comes to thoroughly...
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Barnes & Noble offering free Nook Touch if you subscribe to New York Times...
For a couple of years now, people have suggested that if ereaders got cheap enough, they could be used by newspapers as promotional swag—sign up for a subscription and get an ereader for free....
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Social DRM company BooXtream to offer Mobi version soon
When Pottermore started selling official Harry Potter ebooks earlier this year, the big news (for ebook geeks) was that the site was using social DRM — digital watermarking — instead of the commonly...
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