Nick sent me a link to the COOL-ER reader, and I have to say I’m impressed. Somehow the launch of a totally new, and if I may say so, totally sexy, device passed me by. This is launching at BEA right now and is available for pre-order in the UK, shipping later this month. [...]
Don’t Write Off Ereaders Just Yet
on 10 March, 2009 – 4:36 pm
Posted in Reading devices
This picture, taken at the R&D labs of the New York Times (featured on the TOC blog), seems to be saying that far from reading devices going away, they are now on an unstoppable trajectory: investment, diversification, rapid innovation, everything is there.
Yet in many ways, other than the blip that was the Kindle 2.0 launch, [...]
Highlights of 2008
on 22 December, 2008 – 4:51 pm
Posted in General
With roughly a day and half of 2008 office time to go, thoughts inevitably turn to the year that was. Despite the near unbearable profusion of phatic and irritating “best of [insert year]” lists it seems worthwhile highlighting some of the, um, highlights from 2008 as this really was the year things kicked off for [...]
The Sony ebook read – some final thoughts
on 8 December, 2008 – 3:40 pm
Posted in General, Reading devices
I’ve been up and down the land with my little Sony e-book reader now. I know what I think about it. This is a beautiful and innovatory little gadget that will, I think, find a place under many a Christmas tree this year, even with the credit crunch around. But what do the public at [...]
On the road with the Sony reader: Part 2
on 2 December, 2008 – 9:55 am
Posted in General, Reading devices
The author David Hewson continues his exploration of the new Sony ereader.
I promised to take a look at Sony’s digital book on the road, since that is probably where many people would expect to use it. Imagine packing for your holiday and storing hundreds of books on a single little electronic device. True it is [...]
Author meets the future: how electronic is it?
on 26 November, 2008 – 12:04 pm
Posted in Reading devices, Search
We invited one of our fave authors, David Hewson, to blog his experiences using a Sony Reader over the next week or so. David’s hardly a technophobe, but on the other hand he ain’t no geek. Here’s the first of his guest posts as he begins his journey into ‘digital reading.’
Back [...]
Crunched: the Next Generation
on 13 October, 2008 – 3:54 pm
Posted in Publishing, Reading devices, eBooks
Everyone seems to be writing about how the economic crisis will affect their small part of the world, so I think I should do to, especially now that Robert Peston has transcended to a higher state of being and will be unlikely to comment on ereaders. Usually this would be a little too obvious [...]
It is a little bit exciting, I must admit
on 9 September, 2008 – 2:22 pm
Posted in General, Publishing, Reading devices, eBooks
Michael beat me to it last week, but I wanted to reflect further on the Waterstones / Sony ebook launch last week. Anecdotally, Waterstones store staff report a great deal of interest from customers, and the rumour mills (or well-planned leak??) put a *correction: five* figure number on the Sony Readers sold by the morning [...]
