There has been a lot of new ebook readers out from every company that isn’t Amazon, all trying to put out what is usually a non-Kindle.
This particular e-book reader from Astak is the EZ Reader Pocket PRO. As I have had no experience with ebook readers, this would be my first. In all honesty, I have no idea if this one is more or less advanced than others of its type. However, if you would like to read my review, I have posted it here.
Oh, that elusive Nook. As previously reported, you will not see it before the holidays.
However, if you are saving up money for after the holidays, and you just want to see it for yourself, feel free to head over to the Nook locator to find a Nook demonstration nearest you. Perhaps then you will decide that you really want a different e-book reader after all.
Have you ever noticed that just before the holiday season rolls around, there is some big item that everyone wants?
Think Nintendo 64. Think Sony Playstation 2.
This year, it might be the Nook. Yes, that awesome reader from Barnes and Noble is out of stock, according to the company website.
Of course, none have even been shipped yet, and looks like no one will be able to get their hands on it, at least not this year. Yeah, if you order it right now, you should see it come your way come January 4th at the earliest.
The same thing happened with the Kindle last year from Amazon. Many speculate that Barnes and Noble tried to compete with Amazon and was not able to keep up with the inventory. By the way, there are plenty of Kindles for sale, and would get to you before the holiday.
Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating, but Wal-Mart CEO said: “If there is going to be a ‘Wal-Mart of the Web’, it is going to be walmart.com”.
Some people area saying that Wal-Mart’s sudden price drop on books is sending signals that it intends to wage a price war with the world’s biggest bookstore, Amazon.com.
The price of $10 per book that is not made to be an e-book sounds pretty good considering some hardbacks can sell at very high prices.
Perhaps we are looking at a time when books are going to truly go out, and e-books will take their place.
Whatever the case, I’m not certain if we can talk about this whole issue of Wal-Mart and Amazon’s tactics as the coming of a war. However, it does create very sensational news.
Okay, I think I have a handle on this Barnes and Noble e-book reader rumors and whispers that I am hearing.
Thanks to the Wall Street Journal, they have confirmed that the ebook reader has a dual screen with e-ink on top and color screen on the bottom.
Apparently, the source of this comes from some advertisment that one of the Journal’s reporters saw that is slated to appear in the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, October 25th.
By the way, it will be entitled the Nook.
Yesterday, I posted something about how I was crushing a rumor about Barnes and Noble teaming up with Plastic Logic to create an e-book reader. Unfortunately, I don’t know how true that is, because these photos that you see here have leaked onto the net.
This is Barnes & Noble’s e-book reader, and it does have a color screen. However, it also has a 800 x 600 6 inch monochrome e-ink display as well as this color display. The color display is a 480 x 144 color LCD that appears to be for browsing book covers and other content, and it also can transform into a virtual keyboard.
I have decided to shut up about this whole e-book reader from Barnes and Noble until I can obtain reliable information. I’m not suggesting that what I reported on before was from unreliable sources, it’s just that one can only get so far when hearing so many contradicting voices!
I don’t think that I reported on this as yet, but someone reported that Barnes and Noble had teamed up with Plastic Logic to produce an ereader with a color screen. That someone is seen in the video before you, and I feel sorry for this reporter that isn’t seen.
Yes, that new development was quite a scoop, but it was not true. In company statement, Barnes and Noble said that the person in this video was not an authorized Barnes and Noble spokesperson, but he apparently had enough money to spring for a T-shirt.
Okay, I said that last part, but hey, you can see how one bit of misinformation can really screw things up.
Most e-readers don’t come with brightly colored screens, and this one from Disney doesn’t either.
Actually, Disney isn’t selling any e-book reader device at this time, but they are offering a browser based version of an e-reader with the Disney Digital Books.
For a low price of just $8.95, a subscriber can access over 500 Disney storybooks.
So, is Disney going to get into the e-reader book market anytime soon? Who knows.
For those of you who don’t know, 1984 by George Orwell was removed from Amazon Kindle’s everywhere a few months ago, without any explanation.
Yes, the company did apologize and go through all the motions necessary for a recall.
I’m still laughing at the irony. For those of you who have never read 1984, you should know it is one of the finest novels ever written. It is about Winston Smith, a man who works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, and his job was to rewrite history. Part of it was deleting past headlines and replacing them with substitutes in order to support Big Brother. I’m not going to explain the concept of Big Brother, but Amazon has just taken a step to become it.
To make this situation even more humorous, some kid was doing a book report on 1984 for school, and his notes were on the Kindle itself. When 1984 was officially unbooked, he lost his notes.
Since the Kindle ate his homework, he sued Amazon, and he won. Yes, it’s official. He has to split $150,00 with the co-plaintiff and the law firm, but I think most of his college fund is taken care of.
Asus is not only putting out those awesome Eee books, but it would appear they are doing their own version of the reader. Putting the Kindle in its place, this guy could have two full-color touchscreens. That second display could be used as a virtual keyboard for web browsing, which could easily make it another netbook. Not only does it have all this, but it could be sold at a very low price of $160.
