The new Kindle for PC application is now available for free download. Read over 360,000 Kindle books and get the best reading experience available for your PC – no Kindle required.
Get it now… (for Windows 7, Vista, and XP)
Kindle for PC Now Available
November 16, 2009
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Nook e-reader demand delays shipments
November 13, 2009Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-reader is in such hot demand that the company is already announcing production delays.
A recent Forrester Group analysis stated “This holiday season, e-readers will be one category that’s a breakout success. Lower prices, more content, better distribution, and lots of media hype are contributing to faster-than-expected adoption of e-reader devices in 2009.”
[Source: Macworld]
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Freeconomics: Why $0.00 is the future of business
November 8, 2009In Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price, Wired magazine editor-in-chief and author Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them. Far more than a promotional gimmick, Free is a business strategy that may well be essential to a company’s survival.
Free for free.
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Does the Brain Like E-Books? – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com
October 27, 2009Writing and reading — from newspapers to novels, academic reports to gossip magazines — are migrating ever faster to digital screens, like laptops, Kindles and cellphones. Traditional book publishers are putting out “vooks,” which place videos in electronic text that can be read online or on an iPhone. Others are republishing old books in electronic form. And libraries, responding to demand, are offering more e-books for download.
Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in or absorbs information when it is presented electronically versus on paper? Does the reading experience change, from retention to comprehension, depending on the medium?
via Does the Brain Like E-Books? – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com.
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Adobe and Barnes & Noble Join Forces to Standardize eBook Technology
October 27, 2009Adobe Systems Incorporated and Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, announced further advancements for eBook distribution by joining forces to standardize the open EPUB and PDF eBook formats and collaborating on a content protection standard based on Adobe and Barnes & Noble technology. The collaboration makes Barnes & Noble the most portable and compatible eBookstore, and provides customers of nook, the new Barnes & Noble eBook reader and other compatible devices, as well as users of Barnes & Noble eReader software for iPhone, PCs, BlackBerry and other smartphones the ability to access digital content from thousands of content providers that is protected with Adobe technology. In addition, customers with devices that use the Adobe Reader Mobile software development kit will soon be able to purchase and read content from BN.com, the world’s largest eBookstore.
[Source: Adobe]
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An E-Textbook Program Aims to Benefit Students and Professors
October 21, 2009The University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh’s College of Business is creating a new type of e-textbook that will give professors more control of their content while also saving students hundreds of dollars in the process.
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New Site Indexes Information on Digital Books
October 21, 2009The Internet Archive has created a system called BookServer to help people find digital books on the Internet.
[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education - Wired Campus ]
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and other free Kindle books
October 21, 2009If you have a Kindle or Kindle e-Book software for your computer or mobile device (e.g.; iPhone), you can get a small library of free books from Amazon like The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and more.
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Google Editions embraces universal e-book format
October 21, 2009Google will launch an e-book store called Google Editions with a “don’t be evil” twist. Unlike Google’s biggest competitors Amazon and Barnes & Noble that rely heavily on restrictive DRM, Google will not be device-specific—allowing for e-books purchased through Google Editions to be read on a far greater number of e-book readers that will flood the market in 2010.
[Source: Macworld]
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Barnes & Noble Unveils E-Reader
October 20, 2009Barnes & Noble has introduced its own electronic book reader, called Nook. Includes the ability to read eBooks on multiple devices (iPhone™, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac). With LendMe™ technology, people can share favorite eBooks with friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend’s reader, cell phone, or computer.
[Source: New York Times]
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