Sentences with phrase «electronic book reader»

Well partly it is due to the rising popularity of electronic book readers in the retail sphere.

As handheld electronic book reader devices become more popular and widely accepted, early adopters of these devices may upgrade to newer, more capable versions of these readers.

In a world where the standard electronic book reader is only six inches, the new model bucks the trend with a 6.8 inch HD screen.

One of the big draws of electronic book readers is that you can read for months at a time, and its easier on the eyes then your average LCD tablet.

BKS, +0.96 % will unveil a new electronic book reader later this month, the bookseller told analysts and investors on Wednesday, according to a federal filing released after the close of trading.

Amazon had sold out of its basic Kindle electronic book reader on Wednesday with no indication as to when deliveries would resume.

As for electronic book readers, IDC said e-reader shipments were down nine percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter to 5.4 million units while year - over-year growth was 167 percent.

Ownership of electronic book readers such as Amazon's Kindle has doubled among US adults over the past six months, from six percent to 12 percent, according to a survey published on Monday.

The first electronic book reader designed to tap into Google's vast online library will debut in the United States on Sunday.

I don't own a Kindle, or any other electronic book reader.

Under the agreements reached today, the universities generally will not purchase, recommend or promote use of the Kindle DX, or any other dedicated electronic book reader, unless the devices are fully accessible to students who are blind and have low vision.

Amazon is close to finalising a launch date for its Kindle electronic book reader in the UK, Mobile magazine reports.

Stanza is the most popular electronic book reader for a reason.

The Reader Digital Book (PRS - 505) is the latest electronic book reader to be released by Sony.

It seems like the original Kobo electronic book reader is no more, and will not be available in most locations going forward.

The Kindle 2, the second version of Amazon's breakthrough electronic book reader, is cheaper ($ 359), thinner (0.36 inches), can hold more books (more than 1,500 compared with 200), and has a longer battery life (Amazon says...

Sony is seeing «huge interest» from schools in its eReader electronic book reader, according to Stan Glasgow, the president and COO of Sony Electronics, the unit which sells all of the company's non-Playstation electronics products in the US.

An environmental theme crossed several panels through the weekend, including the Brooklyn publisher of Akashic Books, dedicated to reversing literary gentrification, who said electronic book readers like Kindle were inevitable.

These days most electronic book readers use their own propriety eBook format, if they do support other formats it's usually only a handful.

I tried to love Amazon's amazing e-ink electronic book reader, the Kindle, I really did.

US retail giant Target said Wednesday it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader next week at stores across the United States.

Sony this morning unveiled its answer to the Kindle 2 — a wireless electronic book reader with a 7 - inch touch screen that's 17 % larger than Amazon's device.

Amazon on Monday released a preview version of a Kindle software update that puts electronic book readers on the same page with friends still clinging to ink and paper works.

Sites with information about electronic books, including e-book guides, news reports on e-book business and technology, and pages about electronic book readers.

Bezos also unveiled three new Kindle electronic book readers at a launch event in Manhattan: a new basic Kindle for $ 79, a Kindle Touch for $ 99 and a Kindle Touch 3G for $ 149.

Amazon has been granted a patent recently by the USPTO for their secondary LCD displays.In fact, it is quite a few patents that Amazon has been awarded though the most notable amongst them is the one on Handheld electronic book reader device having dual displays.

Here's the Caliber electronic book reader running on a normal computer screen, showing the first page of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned.

TeleRead also point to a very good article covering electronic book reader display technologies at IEEE Spectrum Magazine.

In December 2009, Apple was preparing to launch its iPad, which Cue thought would make for a terrific electronic book reader.

The much - anticipated electronic book reader is late coming to this country because Amazon is shopping around among Canadian telecoms, looking for the best deal on the cost of running its wireless capability, sources say.

Over the last few years and especially with Amazon's investment in the Kindle and e-book market, the use of portable electronic book readers has become pretty common, and the need and desire for material to read on them has grown significantly with their use.

The screens are most commonly seen in electronic book readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader.

The Nook happens to be the first electronic book reader to be based on Google's Android platform.

It was reported last week that Amazon was close to finalising a launch date for its Kindle electronic book reader in the UK.

The snazzy new electronic book readers are the latest craze that has taken the reading world by storm.

Amazon on Thursday launched a test version of Kindle software that lets readers fire off questions to authors in text messages sent from the popular electronic book readers.

With competition also coming from the November 2009 - launched Barnes & Noble Nook, it looks like 2010 is going to be a heated year for electronic book readers.

(AP)-- Borders Group Inc. has begun taking orders for the Kobo electronic book reader and pushing it at a lower price than competing devices.

The Kindle 2, the second version of Amazon's breakthrough electronic book reader, is cheaper ($ 359), thinner (0.36 inches), can hold more books (more than 1,500 compared with 200), and has a longer battery life (Amazon says you can read for four to five days with wireless turned on and for longer than two weeks with it turned off) than the original.