3Qi DIY Replacement Kit for 10.1″ Netbooks

Not Nook-related, but Pixel Qi is such a stunning display with its spiffy dual display modes (regular LCD or nearly e-ink with backlight off). The company has finally released some DIY kits that allow you to replace regular LCD screens on your 10.1″ netbooks with a 3Qi display. The kit retails for $275, more than some [...]

Kobo eReader Contest

Not directly nook-related, but Kobo is giving away ten Kobo eReaders, the eBook seller’s new hardware device. Each eBook purchased translates to one contest entry. Just a reminder for those of you relatively new to nook–Kobo books do work on your nook via Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) authorization and side-loading.

The contest ends [...]

Sawyer on nook and Eight Other eReaders

Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer compares the nine devices that make up his personal collection of eReaders, which include nook, the Foxit eSlick, the jetBook-lite, the iRex iLiad, and others. Sawyer discusses his eReader wishlist (stop right-justification or display it correctly, share eBooks between different devices in a broader sense) in the nearly ten-minute [...]

Calibre 0.6.38

Calibre v0.6.38 has hit the streets. The latest version includes new eReader driver support and a slew of [...]

nook Vs. iPad, Not Really

After careful consideration and a dose of reality, ZDNet’s Matthew Miller blogs about how he really won’t be exchanging his nook for an iPad after he posted that he probably would. (My one comment on the iPad: I’m not an Apple fan, and this won’t make me one. I didn’t think the Apple slate/tablet would be [...]

The Amazon 70 and the SDK

Science fiction author Charles Stross talks about the Google Book Settlement, why Amazon’s recent announcement of the $9.99 per eBook cap and 70% to publishers plan hurts authors, and other twenty-first century monetization issues that writers face.

And what about the Amazon 70 deal?

Beginning on June 30, 2010, publishers and self-pubbed authors enrolled in the “70 percent [...]

QUE Buzz

PocketLint takes a look at Plastic Logic’s eReader. I have to use this quote because it’s so geeky and really grabbed me when I saw it at Twitter:

Think of the Plastic Logic Que proReader not as yet another ebook reader, but as a tablet computer that will let you access all the important data you need [...]

Software as eReader "Kingmaker"

Michael Miller writes “Software Will Be the E-Reader’s Kingmaker” at PC World. Miller focuses on software advances in eReaders and proposes that the feature-set and interface will be the determining factor in the eReader wars.

Software still follows the recognizable storefront factor. A great feature set isn’t going to get you anywhere if people can’t easily navigate [...]

eReaders That Are and Aren't nook

Engadget takes a look at the cheap Kindle DX twin, Boeye’s OEM E900. The devices sport similar hardware configurations and looks very similar to the DX.

Scott at The Lewis Four points to “The Ultimate Guide to Ebook Readers We Care About” at Gizmodo. (Scott also provides some analysis on some of the eReaders mentioned.) The article [...]

Instant Gratification

Too many eReaders on the market? Will eReaders with integrated software systems give everyone else a good thrashing?

That’s pretty much the consensus at jkOntheRun and at eWeek.

People seek names they recognize and instant gratification. They want simplicity. These are no-brainers. What becomes more interesting is how many “licenses” eBook storefronts permit. Barnes and Noble have partnered [...]

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