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Tag Archives: Kindle
Want Nancy Pearl to talk to your book club?
Do you already know and love Nancy Pearl? Then stop reading and enter to win a chance to talk to her right here! Nancy Pearl is probably the most beloved librarian in the United States; she’s the author of Book … Continue reading
Monday contest: Kindle giveaway!
If you’re among the unlucky few who requested, but didn’t receive, a Kindle this Christmas, this contest is for you. We’re giving away five Kindle 3s with special offers, courtesy of new publishers Coliloquy. They’re among the first publishers to … Continue reading
Today in digital news
Forgive the cliché, but it seems the one constant in the realm of publishing these days is change. Every day brings at least one new story about digital publishing and ereader technology, but today two especially interesting ones came to … Continue reading
Survey results: a whopping half of you own e-readers
Last month we asked you to fill out a short survey about your e-reader use, and now I have the results. You may have noticed that the BookPage print edition (starting in January 2011) includes a note on whether each … Continue reading
An inspirational ebook
Today I got word that Vanessa Miller’s Long Time Coming—the #1 title on the Black Christian News/Black Christian Book Company National Bestsellers List—is available for free Kindle download on Amazon.com. (The ebook is only free until November 8.) Long Time … Continue reading
Where the web meets the page
Today we have a guest post from Freddie O’Connell, web guru extraordinaire who is hard at work on a bigger, better BookPage.com version 2.0, coming to your browser in 2011. We asked Freddie to share a little bit about his … Continue reading
Does your e-reader make you read more?
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal has been making the rounds on Twitter and in blogs—the piece is about the habits of e-reader owners, and as Penguin imprint Dutton tweeted this morning, the conclusions are “maybe not what you’d … Continue reading
Amazon’s Kindle 3.0 starts at $139
Just weeks after announcing that ebooks outsold hardcovers on Amazon.com, the company has unveiled their new version of the Kindle. The device will now come in two colors — white and graphite — and prices start at just $139 for the … Continue reading
Passages
Though I agree that it represents a somewhat creepy invasion of privacy, I can’t stop reading Amazon’s new list of what readers are highlighting on their Kindles. The Amazon e-book device allows readers to highlight a passage in a book … Continue reading
Letterman on Kindle
I don’t watch a lot of late-night talk shows, but last night I flipped to the Late Show just as David Letterman was making fun of the Kindle—more specifically, joking about how the iPad will run Kindle out of business. … Continue reading
The iPad: what readers need to know
My new iPad was delivered bright and early Saturday morning — part of the nationwide synchronized rollout of Apple’s latest device — and the UPS delivery lady seemed almost as happy about it as I was. “This is better than … Continue reading
E-books for Christmas
On Dec. 26, Amazon reported that it sold more e-books than physical books on Christmas Day. Also, the Kindle was the top gift sold on Amazon this holiday season (and apparently the top-selling gift on Amazon.com of all time). These … Continue reading
E-readers for Black Friday
Happy Black Friday! If you’re like me you’re probably… still in bed on this lovely morning the day after Thanksgiving. If you’re like millions of other Americans, though, you’ve been out in the trenches … Continue reading
The next big thing
Though the new e-reader from Barnes & Noble generated considerable excitement this week, a more transformative innovation is just around the corner, one that could land dedicated e-book devices in the technological scrapheap along with eight-track tapes and rotary phones. … Continue reading
My bookless vacation
A couple of weeks ago, I set off on a 12-day trip to London and St. Petersburg. Ordinarily, this would mean pretty much carrying my weight in reading material — who wants to be stuck on a plane with the … Continue reading
