MobileRead Week in Review: 10/27 - 11/03

[Alexander Turcic]

Bite-sized MobileRead for your weekend pleasure:

E-books - News

• E-books might be next step in evolution, says S&P research
• Penguin: Publishers need the e-book to survive
• PVI on its way to success thanks to E Ink
• Subterranean Press joins Baen's Webscriptions
• Adobe coming to its senses: Move to DRM lite

E-books - Elsewhere on the Net

• A Halloween treat from Fictionwise

E-books - Content

• FontCreator Professional for 80% off today only

E-book Devices - iRex iLiad

• iRex iLiad goes retail! Now sold at Dutch book stores

E-book Devices - Sony Portable Reader

• Sony PRS505/500 Comparison Study and Pictorial
• Sony Reader with better(?) PDF support in Jan '08?

E-book Devices - Bookeen Cybook Gen3

• Cybook Gen3 pricing - "standard practice", says Bookeen
• Cybook Gen3: I have seen the 1.00 firmware!

E-book Devices - Amazon Kindle

• Amazon Kindle delayed until end 2007?

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• B2K! -- MobileRead Reaches the 2,000 Book Upload Mark