08:29 AM by Nate the great in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

Newegg has the black Jet book on sale today for $100 the regular retail. If you've never heard of this device before, you should look at the review.

02:00 PM by Nate the great in E-Book Readers | Alternative Devices

I just got the email.

Today, we are pleased to announce availability of the new ACCESS GVM Beta 3 for Nokia Nseries. This new version includes several bug fixes in Garnet VM core components as well as in Garnet PIM applications. The Beta 3 also grows the already big list of compatible applications with two new supported games. Enjoy!

Download the ACCESS GVM Beta 3 from our web site: http://www.access-company.com/produc...1&v=15f61b02c1

09:26 AM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book General | News

Remember last summer when CrunchGear announced that the next Amazon Kindle device would be released around October this year? Well, guess what, it turned out that it didn't happen. Apparently, according to their super-well-informed sources, Amazon chief Bezos wasn't satisfied with the software and thus postponed the release.

It was scheduled to be released in October in time for this holiday season, but Bezos himself reportedly pulled the plug for last minute changes to the software. Our sources now say it’s tentatively scheduled to go on sale in “early next quarter.”

The same CrunchGear sources claim that a Kindle student device, featuring a larger screen, would be targeted for the first half of 2009.

Related: Kindle 2.0 in October 2008?, Not one, but several Kindle successors in the works!

10:00 AM by zelda_pinwheel in E-Book General | News

Amidst the continuing cries from readers of "more (e)content please !" it would seem that at least one publisher is paying attention : although e-book sales remain estimated at a mere 1% or less of the overall book market, "Random House's vice president for digital operations, Matt Shatz, says e-book sales have increased by triple digit percentages in 2008" and the publishing house is responding by announcing plans to digitize thousands of books, according to an article on Wired.com :

NEW YORK (AP) -- With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several volumes of the "Magic Treehouse" children's series.

Head over here to join the discussion / celebration. Thanks to DonaldL. for spotting the news !

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Just in case you've missed anything, here is the list of our frontpage news this week.

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Reminder: Chicago meet-up, 22 November 2008
• Server maintenance 11/23@4am EST

04:50 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

We are planning a scheduled maintenance window which will be performed on Sunday, Nov 23rd at 4:00am Eastern Time. During this maintenance window, MobileRead may not be accessible for five minutes at the most.

Alex

06:21 PM by Patricia in Miscellaneous | Announcements

The details of the Chicago meet-up have been finalised:

Chicago Meet-Up:

November 22nd, 4:00pm
Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches
6 E. Madison St.
Chicago, IL

So far: 2 (maybe 3) + 1 imaginary friend.

Agenda: Nothing. Chat. Walk around.

See also this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31686

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

My goodness, is it Sunday again? Well, for those of you who've missed the highs and lows of MobileRead over the past seven days, this is your one-way ticket to catch up:

E-Book General - News and Commentary

• Move Over eFlyBook, "Reader Plates" Have Been Cleared For Landing

E-Book Devices - Sony Portable Reader PRS-500/505

• Improved Sony Book Store Opens Friday 11/14/08!
• New Sony eBook Store Launched