MobileRead Week in Review: 01/31 - 02/07

[Alexander Turcic]

Is it really Sunday again? [Edit: No its not, it's Saturday. I should check my watch. Thanks Paul!] Hoorah! Time to dig in to another digest of MobileRead delectables

E-Book General - News and Commentary

• How the Kindle could save the New York Times
• E Ink is hiring despite deteriorating economy
• Cheaper e-books will kill us, says publisher
• Germany gets the Sony Reader on March 11th, 2009
• Adobe Digital Editions with more languages + network install
• Amazon sold half a million Kindles in 2008, says analyst
• The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age
• 1.5m books in your pocket - with Google Books Mobile
• Kindle shortages by design?
• NYT: Kindle books for everyone (not just Kindles)!
• Test a Sony Reader and keep it for free (if you're in Germany)
• Exclusive: Amazon Kindle 2 official images + price + release date
• Six Factors To Multiply E-Books This Year?

E-Book Devices - iRex Digital Reader

• iRex DR1000 Development VMWare Image
• iRex Digital Reader 1000 Software 1.5 Released
• FBReader .10.2 for the DR1000 Release

Miscellaneous - Lounge

• Which E-book device do you have?