Amazon introduces new Kindle e-reader, HD tablet
September 7th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) Online retail giant Amazon Thursday introduced a new suite of its Kindle devices, from e-reader Kindle Paperwhite with front-lit display to 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ... Read more...
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Microsoft’s announcement, nothing to do with Barnes & Noble
June 19th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The scheduled announcement that Microsoft is planning to issue later today has generated increased media attention. Rumors have claimed that the company would announce today the ... Read more...
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Harry Potter eBooks come to Amazon Kindle library
May 11th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, May 11 (IANS) On-line retailing giant Amazon has announced that all seven Harry Potter eBooks will be added to its eBook lending library for owners of the company's ... Read more...
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Indian house opens electronic publishing centre
August 1st, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Seattle, Aug 1 (IANS) Konark International, an associate of Konark Publishers India, has opened the door of electronic publishing and distribution worldwide to Southeast Asian publishers.Today, Konark International distributes published ... Read more...
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‘Kindle DX’ use by college students points to e-reader’s role in academia
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A study conducted to analyse use of Amazon Kindle DX in the course of reading by University of Washington graduate students provides the first long-term investigation of e-readers ... Read more...
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Budding authors getting into print with e-books
February 11th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 11 (IANS) Budding writers know how difficult it is to find publishers, but the more enterprising among them are turning to e-books for publication.
The rise of e-readers, for ... Read more...
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Amazon Kindle e-book downloads surpass paperback books in US
January 29th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Amazon has claimed that it has sold more e-books for its Kindle device in the United States as compared to paperback books in the last three months of ... Read more...
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E-books make our brains lazy: Study
January 14th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A US research has suggested that readers using electronic books like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader are less likely to remember what they have read because the ... Read more...
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Google launch their online bookstore
December 7th, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Dec 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Internet search giant Google has launched its Google eBookstore.The Google eBookstore which has been discussed several months now was finally unveiled yesterday by Google. Google ... Read more...
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Amazon Kindle’s e-books are more expensive than their hardcover editions
October 5th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Book lovers – beware! If you thought that e-books are the way of the future, then there is a serious issue, which needs to be looked into and that too very carefully.And ... Read more...
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Review Calls Amazon Kindle “Confusing, Expensive, but Promising”
October 5th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to Joel Johnson, the new eBook reader from Amazon known as the Kindle manages to accomplish all of it major goals efficiently.It has a smaller screen that ... Read more...
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Multi tasking on Amazon Kindle
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Amazon Kindle is one of the most popular eBook readers in the market right now. However there some myths about Amazon Kindle, which need to be ... Read more...
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Kindle 3 Better Than iPad?
August 29th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The new Kindle from Amazon is out now and early reviews are pretty nice. The early reviews are saying that it is way better than iPad ... Read more...
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Ebooks Consume More Time To Read
July 6th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): It has been found out in a study done recently that an average person takes a longer period of time to read an ... Read more...
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Ebooks Take Longer To Read, Says New Study
July 6th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent study conducted by Jakob Nielsen from the Nielsen Norman Group details the fact that ebooks take a longer time to be read when compared ... Read more...
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iPad could cause insomnia
April 29th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The recently initiated iPad, which has been creating ripples everywhere, is in the news again. A fresh research has emphasized that the bright light discharged ... Read more...
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E-readers motivate less-enthusiastic kids
April 18th, 2010 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 18 (IANS) Electronic readers like Kindle motivate children to read by making them interact with texts in ways they don't interact with the printed word, an expert says.
Lotta Larson, Kansas-State ... Read more...
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Apple unveils long-awaited tablet device
January 28th, 2010 - 2:35 am ICT by BNO News
SAN FRANCISCO (BNO NEWS) – Apple Inc. on Wednesday unveiled their latest creation at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, California, the long-awaited tablet device, the iPad.Apple Inc.’s CEO and ... Read more...
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Soon, a ‘moving newspaper’ on flexible screen
August 3rd, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 3 (ANI): World's first flexible electronic screen is set to be launched by a Cambridge-based company.Scientists at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have come up with the roll up ... Read more...
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Brighter, full-colour electronic readers coming your way
April 30th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Buying an e-reader but not sure if you'd like reading the dim screen? Well, then get ready for e-book reading experience that will be as close to printed ... Read more...
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Kindle 2.0 hits the market with great Valentines reads
February 14th, 2009 - 11:03 am ICT by David M N James
Amazon has released Amazon Kindle 2.0. This is currently hyped as the most sophisticated reading machine in the modern days. Kindle 2.0 is being dubbed as "next generation wireless reading device". The ... Read more...
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Kindle 2 is Available Now!
February 10th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
Kindle 2 is just 1/3 of an inch, thin as some magazines, weighs 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback, having a 3G wireless which allows to download books right from Kindle, ... Read more...
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CNET rates e-book readers: Kindle gets 3.5 stars
December 15th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by Bupha Ravirot
CNET Networks, Inc. a media company in San Francisco and California, United States rated e-book gadgets, kindle get 3.5 stars and so does Sony.According to CNET.com, out of 5 stars, Sony Reader ... Read more...
E-books close to market breakthrough
December 14th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 14 (DPA) After years of false start, e-books - thin, highly simplified displays - seem to be getting cheap enough for mass use. Thanks to a new technology known as ... Read more...
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Nintendo to compete with Amazon Kindle
December 11th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
Nintendo Company Ltd and a large book publisher HarperCollins have together announced their new project to turn portable games into a reader.
As Amazon Kindle has disappointed gadget fans during holiday season by ... Read more...
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Secondhand Kindles boom
December 8th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
Seems to be a very bad news for gadget fans when Amazon Kindle announced the available date has changed from Dec 24 to unidentified date in February of next year. This is ... Read more...
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Amazon Kindle product overview
December 3rd, 2008 - 10:32 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The e-book reader or the system for reading electronic books launched in the United States by prominent online bookseller Amazon.com in November 2007. Amazon's first offering of the Kindle sold out in ... Read more...
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Data instead of paper and ink: E-books growing in popularity
September 29th, 2008 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Frankfurt, Sep 29 (DPA) Relaxing on the couch and browsing through a weighty tome - for many, that sounds like paradise. Trying to drag that book along in your pocket is however ... Read more...
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