For those of you who can no longer deal with standard definition e-ink displays, Kobo finally has the answer. The Canadian e-reader manufacturer has unleashed the Aura HD e-reader with a eye-bleedingly 265 dpi-crisp display. That's 20 per cent denser than Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite, but does anyone really care? Read More >>
Featured comment by Boopop:
"Fair enough. Anyway my point was that if I'm going to read a book, I don't want a pokey little light on the device itself. I tried that back when I wa..." More »
Ebooks are crazy-expensive at the moment, often much more than a physical book, and that's simply insane. Now it looks like that might change, after the European Commission stuck its oar in. Apple and four major publishers have settled their legal wranglings with the EC, meaning retailers should now be free to discount ebooks, just like they do paperbacks. Cheaper books for all, at last. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"This will be good news if it comes about. Considering that a significant amount of the price of a paper book is from the actual manufacture of the phy..." More »
Just a week after the Kindle DX was axed, seems Amazon is trimming its product line further: evidence suggests that its Kindle Touch is to be discontinued, with the Paperwhite filling the gap. Read More >>
Featured comment by Adie:
"I bought a factory reconditioned Touch for £64.99 direct from Amazon with a full guarantee only 5 weeks ago.
I love it, was going to buy a Kindle Fi..." More »
The Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, England, is much like any other hotel: expensive mini bar, pointless shower caps, and bed sheets that take 10 minutes to get under. Until you peer into the beside table that is, because, in the place of a bible, there's a Kindle waiting to be read. Read More >>
Featured comment by lsb143:
"At least this is making way for people of different religions to get there own version of the bible. It could be seen as helping a racial divide." More »
Ereaders are literally changing the way we read. But for all the efficiency and portability they offer, they lack the curious romance of reading a book in its hard, physical form — not least the charms that lie on the cover. Read More >>
Listen up Trekkies: Here’s your chance to own a piece of previously unreleased Star Trek history. Norman Spinrad, writer of arguably the best Original Series episode, The Doomsday Machine, also wrote another one, He Walked Among Us, which never got made. Now you can own and read the full, unbastardised original script for just £6. Read More >>
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"[...] read more about it, go here. Thanks to Gizmodo for the story! Share this: This entry was posted in Miscellaneous, The Original Series and ta..." More »
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