I'll be traipsing into New York tomorrow morning to visit Sony and talk to the VP of the Digital Reading Division for a briefing on the new Sony Readers. Don't know whether it will be under embargo or not, but I'll let you know after the meeting. As I'll be in the City (in 94 degree heat according to Weather Underground!) postings may be a bit thinner than usual....

We will have at least one maintenance outage in the next couple of days preparatory to the site redesign. Work will have to be done on the WordPress database and the site has to be off line for this....

 by Judith Jordet, MLS From the Article: If each inmate could have a library of over 1,000 titles in one small e-book reader, it would cut down on hiding contraband among the books (such as sandpaper to erase their uniform logo), remove the unsanitary habit of reading books in the rest-room, cut down on repairing books (averaging 20% or over 1,200 books destroyed each year), free up space by limiting the 3 X 8 foot long bookshelves that only hold 640 books for 100 inmates in each unit, encourage struggling readers to listen to a...

From the Nashua Telegraph comes an article on innovative ways for state governments to provide services: A woman was spending four hours a day helping her husband to read books, because Parkinson’s disease had deprived him of the ability to turn the pages on his own. The state determined that hiring someone to do that two hours a week for a whole year would cost about $2,300, based on the standard companion rate for that region of the state. Doing it five days a week would have cost more than $11,500 a year. Instead, they agreed to purchase a Kindle at a one-time...

I reported earlier that TeleRead will be undergoing a redesign. Well, we're proceeding according to schedule and don't be surprised if in a day or so you are treated to a whole new experience. Keep your eyes peeled....

From the Staples press release: [Staples] announced today plans to offer customers Kindle, Amazon's #1 best-selling, most-wished-for and most-gifted product for two years running. Staples is the only office superstore to carry the wireless reading device in all of its stores nationwide beginning this fall. ... Staples will also carry a full assortment of Kindle accessories. Kindle is part of several new exciting technology products available from Staples in time for the 2010 holiday season. Staples will announce their full line-up of top tech products and other great savings for the season later this fall. ...

A while back I covered the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S phones and said that they would make great ereaders. Well, they are finally hitting the streets with all the carriers. According to the L. A. Times blog they have sold 1 million phones in the first 45 days of availability. My favorite of the phones, because it has a keyboard, is the Epic 4G which is being carried by Sprint. 4G (if it's in your area) and a keyboard are an unbeatable combination. The article also has a pointer to a great chart that compares the...

This looks like a fantastic idea. Sena, who is known for the quality of their cases, has developed an folio case for the iPad that includes a bluetooth keyboard. It comes in black, orange, red and brown and is currently only available for pre-order. The case will sell for $150, but the price on pre-order is $130. They say that the shipment date will be October 7....

The Kobo was selling at Borders for $149 and the Aluratek for selling at $119. Well, according to CrunchGear, Borders has dropped the price of the Kobo to $129 and the Aluratek to $99. They also announced Velocity Micro's Android based Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet at $199 and $299, respectively....

According to Feedbooks: This is an introduction to the Open Publishing Distribution System Catalog 1.0 specification. This document is informative rather than normative. When this document disagrees, if ever, with the OPDS Catalog specification, please refer to the spec. Via a tweet from @liza...

Only one more day remains until we discover the newest things Steve Jobs has up his sleeve, and our sister blog Appletell has a roundup of all the recent rumors I’ve already looked at the rumors that the iPod Touch is going to gain cameras, Facetime, and the Retina Display here and here, suggesting it may become not only a better e-book reader than ever before but also a better communication tool—essentially, a wifi-only cell phone without the cell. And it will even get the “cell” back if it is paired with an unlimited 3G-to-wifi plan...

We've previously mentioned the Kaplan free ebook offer, now that offer has been extended until September 6, according to a press release. The titles for the extended promotion are: 1. Kaplan ACT Strategies for Super Busy Students 2. Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Dictionary 3. Sharp Vocab 4. Sharp Writing 5. Kaplan Portable GMAT 6. Kaplan Portable GRE Exam 7. Kaplan PMBR: Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) 8. Kaplan PMBR Finals: Constitutional Law 9. Kaplan MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 10. Kaplan MCAT Biology Review 11. Kaplan NCLEX-RN 2010 -2011 Edition 12. Kaplan CCRN 13. Kaplan101 Algebra Practice Questions 14. Kaplan 101 ASVAB Practice Questions 15. Kaplan101 GRE Quantitative Practice Questions 16....