10:31 AM by dmaul1114 in E-Book General | News

Thought this deserved it's own news thread, rather than being buried in the Nook price drop thread.

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireles...pf_rd_i=507846

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

If you missed our frontpage news at any point this week, here is the best way to catch up:

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Paris meetup THIS SATURDAY ! 19 june 2010

07:05 PM by zelda_pinwheel in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Yet again the time has flown past and our next Paris meetup is only a few days away, this saturday the 19th of June ! Please mark your calendars, make sure your reader is charged and ready and leave us a little note in this thread to say you'll be there. Can't wait to see you all !

Here are all the details :

When : Saturday, 19 June starting at 6pm

Where : bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe (room behind the bar)

google map

more infos

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Hé ben, le temps a filé encore et je m'aperçois que notre prochain apéro parisien est ce samedi le 19 juin ! Marquez la date d'une pierre blanche, chargez bien vos liseuses, et laissez-nous un petit mot pour confirmer votre présence dans ce fil. Au plaisir de vous (re)voir !

Voici tous les détails :

Quand : samedi le 19 juin, à partir de 18h
Où : salle du fond au bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe,

plan google

plus d'infos

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Gosh we've talked a lot this week. Here's your weekly round up of MobileRead's events.

E-Book General - News

• iRex Technologies files for Chapter 11

E-Book General - General Discussions

• A manufacturer wants your opinion on 9.7" device features

E-Book Readers - Apple Devices

• New from Apple's WWDC: iBooks

E-Book Readers - More E-Book Readers

• Pandigital Novel first impressions

06:48 PM by wdejager in E-Book General | News

The Netherlands-based company iRex Technologies deals with financial difficulties and has filed for chapter 11, stated iRex-ceo Hans Brons today. The much-anticipated DR800 was delayed due too FCC procedures and hence iRex missed the all-important Christmas shopping season. That was a direct cause of the financial problems.

It is not clear yet whether iRex, inventor of eInk technology and one of the first producers of e-reading devices, will resume business later on, or that the company will file for bankruptcy. "The expectations are still positive", according to Mr. Brons.

Source: eReaders.nl

11:16 AM by kjk in E-Book Readers | Apple Devices

http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live...note-coverage/

“I’d like to tell you about one of our apps we’re updating today: iBooks. … I’ve got a few stats for you. In the first 65 days, users have downloaded over 5m books, that’s about 2.5 books per iPad, which is terrific.”

new features:

“We’ve added another big enhancement — the ability to view and read PDFs. So we’ve built that in.” Big applause. “You can now view PDFs. We’ve put a little selector at the top — books and PDFs. You get a whole new bookshelf just for PDFs, they just look gorgeous.”

10:10AM - “As you know, you can create highlights, you can also make notes. Now you can make notes. In addition, we’ve added a control to just tap and bookmark a page — under ToC you’ll see all the notes, highlights, and bookmarks.”

Interesting, the PDFs are listed in a separate bookshelf.

07:58 AM by zelda_pinwheel in E-Book General | General Discussions

I've been contacted by a manufacturer who would like to know what features are considered important in a 9.7" device. Your answers will be taken seriously, so please vote for the features you consider priorities. The poll covers both hardware and software features.

Multiple choices are possible.

Thanks !

05:28 PM by Nate the great in E-Book Readers | Android Devices

I just posted my first impressions of the new Pandigital Novel over on my blog. Here is the first part (it's pretty good summary):

This post is a collection of first impressions. I usually post this on the day I get a device, and then post a full review a coupe weeks later. If I were you, I wouldn't decide for or against the Novel based on this post. At best, you might use this post to help you decide to wait.

I bought my Novel at Kohl's. Someone posted a comment yesterday and said that most stores now have it in stock. At my local store it was behind the jewelry counter.

So what do I think? I'm not happy with it, and here's why:

* touchscreen is funky
* Wifi is broken
* the Novel is slow to respond to input
* you can't charge over USB
* few options in reader
* few organization options in library

Before you read further, I want to make it clear that I don't slam an e-reader without good reason. Everything in this post is written based on having the Novel in front of me. I didn't say very many nice things about the Novel because I couldn't find any. I actually went into this with high hopes, and I'm disappointed. The Novel is a rather unexceptional device.

continued here