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

Previously at MobileRead:

E-books - News

• Wired.com Top Ten Gadgets of 2007

E-books - Elsewhere on the Net

• Coupon codes for daily free Harlequin e-books through Jan 1, 2008

Mobile Devices - Others

• Rumor: Is this Apple's new Newton or UMPC?

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• MobileRead E-Book Genre Lists
• Final Contest Reminder: Win an Amazon Kindle!

08:09 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

We know, there's hardly a chance you'd forget to toss your logo design or tagline in the hat for our MobileRead logo contest, but in case it slipped your mind momentarily, the contest is only open until 11:59pm EST on Monday, December 31st. Psst, that's just over three days from now for those who like to win an Amazon Kindle device!

After the closing of the contest, our readers will vote for the top three submitted logos and taglines. MobileRead staff will then decide upon the winners.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who is entering the contest.

Contest thread (with rules): Link

07:08 AM by BenG in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Inspired by the Project Gutenberg Bookshelves, I've made a list of books available on Mobileread sorted by genre. No mainstream literature titles, just Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, Horror, Westerns, Adventure, Travel, Poetry, Humor, etc.

I haven't read all these books, so I have relied on the posters' descriptions of the books and/or the author's reputation. I'm sure there are some mistakes and omissions so let me know if you see any.
updated- 3/3/2008

05:59 PM by Bob Russell in E-Book General | Deals and Resources (No...

Do you like steamy "romance" genre books? Get your free Harlequin e-books for the 2007 holiday season at Harlequin.

I haven't tried, but if you're lucky, maybe even the past days' codes will still work. The giveaways...

CouponCode: Book

FREEDEC25: The Italian Billionaire's Christmas Miracle - Catherine Spencer
FREEDEC26: What She Really Wants for Christmas - Debbi Rawlins
FREEDEC27: The Tycoon Meets His Match - Barbara Benedict
FREEDEC28: Her Rebel Lord -- Georgina Devon
FREEDEC29: The Executive's Surprise Baby- Catherine Mann
FREEDEC30: Snowbound with Mr. Right - Judy Christenberry
FREEDEC31: Holiday with a Vampire - Maureen Child
FREEJAN1: Classified Christmas - B.J. Daniels

Via DearAuthor.

05:43 PM by Bob Russell in E-Book Readers | Alternative Devices

David Sieger from SeekingAlpha is attempting to assemble information about a possible future device from Apple, that could be Newton or UMPC-like.

Here are some highlights:

• 5.2" 800 x 480 pixel touch screen
• Probably an on-screen keyboard
• Held in landscape orientation with both hands on the ends
• Could ship in the second half of 2008, say 6-8 months after an appearance outside the Apple labs.

Via ComputerWorld Blogs.

08:15 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News

The Kindle is #10 of the Heartbreaking Gadgets. Here is what they said:

It doesn't seem quite right to call Amazon's electronic-book tablet a letdown, as our expectations were tempered from the start. But the retailer not only managed to validate most of our original concerns but add a few new ones. You probably know the rap sheet by now: No native PDF support. Costs as much as a low-end laptop. "Klugey" keyboard. Clumsy, extortionate e-mail conversion process for adding your own files. And the web browser? Crippled. But what really kills us? You have to pay to read a blog on this thing.

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetr...=1&slideView=3

It is also #7 of the Top Ten Best Gadgets.

Given the choice of Sony style or the ugly, poke-your-eye-out lines of Amazon's new e-reader, the one with free internet wins. Though its primary functionality is designed to funnel you into spending money at the Kindle store and is hampered by nickel-and-dime fees, skip to the web browser, and the unit shines. The e-ink display is, as ever, fabulous.

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetr...=4&slideView=2

Schizophrenic, much?

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-books - News

• Adobe EpubCheck to validate Epub documents
• E-Ink Watch now for sale
• The New Sony-Borders e-Book Store Goes Live

E-book Devices - iRex iLiad

• iRex iLiad to be used in Norwegian schools (test project)

E-book Devices - Amazon Kindle

• Amazon Kindle price drop revealed in Google Ad?

Mobile Devices - Handhelds and Smartphones

• Control your desktop PC from a smartphone (including iPhone) with RDM+
• DNS9 - How to write a book without typing or writing

Miscellaneous - Lounge

• Word Of The Day for 21 December 2007

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Reminder: Enter the MobileRead Logo Contest

11:07 AM by jasonkchapman in E-Book General | News

According to an article on The Book Standard Web site, the co-branded Borders-Sony e-book site has gone live. Access to the site is given to customers who buy a Sony Reader at a Borders store.

Here's the interesting part. With all the noise about wireless and e-books lately, Borders is providing access to the site to T-Mobile Hot-Spot customers and providing T-Mobile wireless connectivity in the store. While the connectivity really only seems useful to lubricate impulse buys, it does forecast the plans Borders has for their new Digital Media brick and mortar stores, where digital media can be browsed in a regular store, but purchased in digital form.

Publishers Weekly provides some additional information. Customers who buy the Sony Reader through Borders are given a promotion code and access to a customized version of the eBook Library software necessary to access the Borders-Sony e-book store.