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Amazon's Kindle ebook reader: The cover story

Amazon's Kindle ebook reader: The cover storyDRMIt's a shame that the Kindle will utilise the Mobipocket (acquired by Amazon in 2005) system, which means its proprietary DRM. Readers for their e-books are available on a large variety of platforms (PC/Mac, PDAs, mobile phones), so at least in theory we won't...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Amazon Kindle, Cybook, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-18

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Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?WOWAs we all know from reading these forums, anything can be spun, and this article proves it.RE: Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?Following this logic an alternate explanation is possible -- Kindle is primarily a walled-garden distribution platform for maximizing sales by cutting...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., customer-relationship management appliance, Amazon Kindle, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

PDFCropper 1.63 (Windows)

PDFCropper is a program designed for preparing normal sized PDF's (A4, B4, Letter) to be readable on relatively small devices (Sony Reader PRS500/PRS505, iRex Iliad, Sony Librie, LBook eReader, Cybook Gen3, Jinke). The main problem with PDF is that it is not reformatable. Wide white spaces, bad structured content make...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Odinn, PDFCropper

Software downloads 2009-06-19

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

iRex announces 3 new ebook readers priced from $649 to $849

iRex announces 3 new ebook readers priced from $649 to $849These people are smoking crack ...To think that more than a handful of people would shell out this kind of money is delusional.RE: iRex announces 3 new ebook readers priced from $649 to $849They must expect that there are a...

Tags: E-books, e-book, new ebook reader, iRex, ebook reader

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

What are your favorite road warrior tips, tricks, and tools?

What are your favorite road warrior tips, tricks, and tools?I love my CybookMy favorite road warrior tool is definitely my Cybook eBooks Reader, which I purchased at BooksOnBoard. The device is light, easy to use, stores about 500 books with a 2GB SD card, and makes my life so...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, favorite road, tool

Discussion threads 2008-08-28