TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » e-ink http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sony and E Ink are Making a Digital Paper Notepad and it Looks Awesome (Video) http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/sony-and-e-ink-are-making-a-digital-paper-notepad-and-it-looks-awesome-video/ http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/sony-and-e-ink-are-making-a-digital-paper-notepad-and-it-looks-awesome-video/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:15:11 +0000 Matthew Marchesano http://www.teleread.com/?p=85218 I’m an all-day note-taker—my day’s or week’s itinerary, messages to give to someone else, story ideas, ramblings, etc. Unfortunately I’m also a bit of a messy … well, unorganized person, I admit. And as you may guess, those two personality traits usually add up, for me, to lots of unorganized, folded pieces of paper in [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/sony-and-e-ink-are-making-a-digital-paper-notepad-and-it-looks-awesome-video/feed/ 4 Earl Is the Outdoor Enthusiast’s Dream Survival Tablet http://www.teleread.com/tablet/earl-is-the-outdoor-enthusiasts-dream-survival-tablet/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/earl-is-the-outdoor-enthusiasts-dream-survival-tablet/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:06 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.teleread.com/?p=85209 The best thing about portable digital devices like smartphones and tablets is how they provide such information right at our fingertips. While they excel in cities and urban areas, they don’t always perform the best in extreme outdoor situations. Designed with the outdoor enthusiast in mind, the creator of Earl has engineered a tablet that’s [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/tablet/earl-is-the-outdoor-enthusiasts-dream-survival-tablet/feed/ 1 E Ink Releases Mobius, a Large-Format Flexible Display http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/e-ink-releases-mobius-a-large-format-flexible-display/ http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/e-ink-releases-mobius-a-large-format-flexible-display/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:49:44 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=85044 A few days ago, Sony announced they they were launching a large format reader aimed at the educational market. E Ink is making the screen, which has been touted as flexible and durable. Here’s the relevant section of the press release: E Ink Mobius will be the first flexible display technology that will go into [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/e-ink-releases-mobius-a-large-format-flexible-display/feed/ 0 Morning Links: New E-Paper Technology, New Bookstats Report http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-50/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-50/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:10 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=85031 The Real Costs of Publishing a Book (Media Shift) At every writers conference or self-publishing panel the question that almost always inevitably comes up is: “How much will self-publishing really cost me?” — New Bookstats Report Shows Spectacular Growth of eBook Market Since 2008 (The Digital Reader) The American Association of Publishers announced their latest [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-50/feed/ 0 On my honeymoon, I fell in love all over again… with my e-reader (and my wife, of course) http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/on-my-honeymoon-i-fell-in-love-all-over-again-with-my-e-reader-and-my-wife-of-course/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/on-my-honeymoon-i-fell-in-love-all-over-again-with-my-e-reader-and-my-wife-of-course/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 19:30:18 +0000 Brian Howard http://www.teleread.com/?p=84304 I hope you’ll pardon me as I jog my ocean air- and sun-addled brain back into something resembling normal functioning with a story from my just-ended honeymoon. On Saturday, my newly minted wife and I got back from Tulum, Mexico, where we spent a week on the beach relaxing and—if we’re being completely honest—recovering from [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/on-my-honeymoon-i-fell-in-love-all-over-again-with-my-e-reader-and-my-wife-of-course/feed/ 0 The Inventor of E Ink Technology Nominated for European Inventor Award http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/the-inventor-of-e-ink-technology-nominated-for-european-inventor-award/ http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/the-inventor-of-e-ink-technology-nominated-for-european-inventor-award/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:15:25 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=83935 I won’t pretend to be familiar with the European Inventor Award myself, but according to the European Patent Office, “it pays tribute to the men and women whose quest for new ideas drives technological progress and economic growth, shapes society and improves our daily lives.” Fifteen inventors are in the running for the award this year, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-are-the-french-preparing-an-e-book-revolution/feed/ 0 Thanks to Michigan researchers, e-readers and tablets are about to become much more colorful http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/thanks-to-michigan-researchers-e-readers-and-tablets-are-about-to-become-much-more-colorful/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/thanks-to-michigan-researchers-e-readers-and-tablets-are-about-to-become-much-more-colorful/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:22:54 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=78629 According to a February 6 article that appeared on CIO.com, a website for “chief information officers and other IT leaders,” researchers at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor “have found a way to make colors more vivid on an e-reader screen, which could lead to the creation of advanced displays and spawn the development [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/thanks-to-michigan-researchers-e-readers-and-tablets-are-about-to-become-much-more-colorful/feed/ 1 Morning Links — Stories you may have missed http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-stories-you-may-have-missed-5/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-stories-you-may-have-missed-5/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:55:44 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=77643 E Ink Now Being Sued for Patent Infringement (The Digital Reader) Kindle Fire Nabs 33% of Android Market Share (The Digital Reader) Spending on Digital Content Tablet on Tablets Soars, New Research Says (Digital Book World) How Digital Comics Change the Way Comics are Drawn and Imagined (Gizmodo) Making Money from Kindle Publishing (PC Pro) [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-stories-you-may-have-missed-5/feed/ 0 Is Amazon’s Acquisition of Ivona good or bad for disabled e-library users? http://www.teleread.com/amazon/is-amazons-acquisition-of-ivona-good-or-bad-for-disabled-e-library-users/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/is-amazons-acquisition-of-ivona-good-or-bad-for-disabled-e-library-users/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:45:13 +0000 David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/?p=77395 Well, guess which Seattle-based  megaconglomerate has just bought Ivona Software (Web site here, Wikipedia entry here)—perhaps the world’s best provider of text to speech to use with e-books and other texts? That’s right, Amazon. It’s already using an Ivona voice in the Kindle Fire, and Ivona tech is also powering “Voice Guide” and “Explore by Touch.” Too bad those [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/pebble-watch-ships-today/feed/ 1 HELP! My E-Reader Keeps Freezing! (How to reset your Kindle, Nook or Kobo) http://www.teleread.com/e-readers/help-my-e-reader-keeps-freezing/ http://www.teleread.com/e-readers/help-my-e-reader-keeps-freezing/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:20:51 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=77050 Always remember that e-readers are like small computers. Sometimes they just hiccup and stop working correctly. Freezing, acting sluggish or pages turning slower than normal are common complaints. Relax. It’s perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. No need to call customer service just yet; a quick reset will fix most problems. Here’s instructions on [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-readers/help-my-e-reader-keeps-freezing/feed/ 2 At CES, an E Ink Watch Raises $200,000 in Two Days http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/at-ces-the-worlds-thinnest-watch-raises-200000-in-two-days/ http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/at-ces-the-worlds-thinnest-watch-raises-200000-in-two-days/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:16:58 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=76587 Most of you met the newest addition to the TeleRead team, the reporter and author Juli Monroe, when we published her introductory post a couple days back. (If you missed it, click here to give it a look.) But last weekend, we republished an article of Juli’s about E Ink readers that was originally written [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/at-ces-the-worlds-thinnest-watch-raises-200000-in-two-days/feed/ 2 Calling for the demise of E Ink readers is premature http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/calling-for-the-demise-of-e-ink-readers-is-premature/ http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/calling-for-the-demise-of-e-ink-readers-is-premature/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:30:34 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=76621 By Juli Monroe I’ve been reading posts saying that “E-Ink is dead” for, well, years now. The general argument goes something like this: “People really want tablets. They don’t want a single-function device. E-ink is too slow to refresh and isn’t good for anything except reading books. And people don’t read anyway.” All of those [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/e-ink/calling-for-the-demise-of-e-ink-readers-is-premature/feed/ 18 The NY Times creates the first-ever Kindle Paperwhite infographic http://www.teleread.com/amazon/the-new-york-times-creates-the-first-ever-kindle-paperwhite-infographic/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/the-new-york-times-creates-the-first-ever-kindle-paperwhite-infographic/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:01:17 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=76222 Did anyone else notice the fantastic Kindle Paperwhite infographic that ran in the New York Times‘ Business section on December 26? It appears to have been a dual effort on the part of tech reporter Brian X. Chen and graphics editor Frank O’Connell; the latter put together an equally gorgeous infographic about the Lytro camera back [...]

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