Archive for July 6th, 2010
Indigo Books to Fill Empty Book Shelves with Trinkets no comments
The Canadian Press is reporting that Indigo Books and Music will be adding more non-book related merchandise as the retailer adapts to increasing sales of digital books.
"As we sell more digital books online, we free up space in our physical stores," CEO Heather Reisman said Tuesday after the company’s annual general meeting in Toronto.
"We will add new categories that totally fit with our role as the place for entertainment, inspiration, information, lifestyle and community connection."
Indigo is the major investor behind Kobo.
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Pandigital Novel Update 4 comments
It appears that Pandigital has posted a new firmware update for their Novel ereader.
Unfortunately, I gave up and returned my Novel this past weekend as it looked like it was going to take a long time for the update to be released and I did not want to get stuck with the Novel in its current state should Pandigital decide to abandon their foray into the ereader market. There were also rumors that when rereleased the Novel might have different hardware.
My plan is to buy another Novel when it becomes available again, but so far I have not been able to find the Novel offered at any of the usual places that sell Pandigital’s products, so it looks like it has not made it back onto store shelves yet.
Is there anyone that has installed the update and has any comments to share?
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Amazon’s Dual Screen Patent – Trouble for the Competition? 1 comment
A patent originally filed in 2006 by Amazon and granted today and therefore made public might have ramifications to some of Amazon’s biggest competitors in the ereader space.
Some of the descriptions of what the patent is for:
A handheld electronic book reader device is equipped with dual displays. The device includes a first display for presenting visible representations of textual or graphic content related to the electronic book. The device also includes a second display positioned alongside the first display. The second display includes a plurality of graphic elements that correspond to portions of the first display. Also, the second display is responsive to user input to one of the graphic elements to perform an action on the content that is shown in the portion of the first display that corresponds to the one element.
and:
A handheld electronic device comprising: a first display for presenting visible representations of content, the first display comprising an electronic paper display; and a second display positioned alongside the first display, wherein the second display includes a plurality of graphic elements that correspond to portions of the first display, and wherein the second display is responsive to user input to one of the graphic elements to perform at least one action on content shown in a portion of the first display that corresponds to the one graphic element.
and:
42. A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing; an electronic paper display disposed in the housing and having a first surface area; and a liquid crystal display (LCD) disposed in the housing proximate the electronic paper display, the LCD having a second surface area that is smaller than the first surface area of the electronic paper display.
43. The handheld electronic device of claim 42, wherein the LCD has a rate of refresh that is faster than a rate of refresh of the electronic paper display.
44. The handheld electronic device of claim 42, wherein the LCD is substantially rectangular and is disposed below the electronic paper display.
45. The handheld electronic device of claim 42, wherein the LCD is touch-sensitive and is responsive to touch input.
46. The handheld electronic device of claim 42, wherein the electronic paper display and the LCD comprise a single structural element, with logically separate control systems for driving the electronic paper display and the LCD.
Does all of this remind you of any non-Amazon portable electronic reading devices? Perhaps nook and the Spring Design Alex?
CrunchGear has an interesting article about this with some interesting comments. Never a dull moment, indeed.
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Free Kindle Books – 7/6/2010 no comments
There are four new freebies at the Kindle Store to report today: two business, one Christian fiction and one Christian nonfiction.
Sam Walton’s Way
What I Learned from Peter Drucker
Highland Blessings
What Is the Gospel?
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eReader Skin Discount Coupons no comments
If you are planning on getting a skin for your ereader or other device, both DecalGirland Skinit have coupon codes for July.
The coupon for DecalGirl is DECAL10 and will give you a 10 percent discount on any skin.
The coupon from Skinit.comis BUY2GET1 and gives you a free third skin if you buy two. This one is good through July 15, 2010.
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Baker & Taylor Snags More Content for Blio no comments
Baker & Taylor has announced another agreement to provide content to the Blio ereader software. This time the deal is with Quayside Publishing Group.
Quayside Publishing produces graphics-rich non-fiction specialty books. Its imprints include Fair Winds Press, Motorbooks, MVP Books, Quarry Books, Quiver Books , Rockport Publishers, Voyageur Press, Walter Foster Publishing and Zenith Press.
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Sony Daily Edition Promo Video no comments
Sony Electronics has made a new promo video of the Sony Daily Edition ereader for use in retail kiosks and online campaigns. With very little fanfare the prices of the Sony ereaders have also been officially lowered – the new MSRP for the Pocket Edition is $149.99, the Touch Edition is $169.99 and the Daily Edition is now $299.99.
In fact, you could usually buy the Sony ereaders for these lower prices (and sometimes even lower) from discounter electronics sellers before the official price cut. Sony also has an Outlet Store with refurbished ereaders – currently there are Pocket Editions for $139.99 and Touch Editions for $159.99.
