TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Sony http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:02 +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 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/sony/sony-takes-50-off-xperia-tablet-s-price-also-offers-a-free-casual-cover/feed/ 0 Digital Publishing in 2013 — Meet the New Seven Sisters http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/digital-publishing-in-2013-meet-the-new-seven-sisters/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/digital-publishing-in-2013-meet-the-new-seven-sisters/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:56:55 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=76281   By David Wogahn There seemed to be a sigh of relief the last few months of 2012 as the trade publishing establishment trumpeted the slowing growth of e-book sales. It may indeed be slowing, but the pain of adjusting to new economies of scale, changing consumer habits, technology adoption and lack of business model [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/digital-publishing-in-2013-meet-the-new-seven-sisters/feed/ 1 Sony Xperia Tablet S now available for purchase http://www.teleread.com/android/sony-xperia-tablet-s-now-available-for-purchase-and-priced-from-399-99/ http://www.teleread.com/android/sony-xperia-tablet-s-now-available-for-purchase-and-priced-from-399-99/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:36:06 +0000 a TeleRead Contributor http://www.teleread.com/?p=70226 By Robert Nelson | for Technology Tell Sony unveiled the Xperia Tablet S back in late-August during IFA, and it looks like the tablet has since come available for purchase. Those interested will be able to make the purchase by way of the Sony Store, where the tablet is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models. The tablets [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/android/sony-xperia-tablet-s-now-available-for-purchase-and-priced-from-399-99/feed/ 0 Reader Privacy Under Threat in the Digital Age http://www.teleread.com/legal/reader-privacy-under-threat-in-the-digital-age/ http://www.teleread.com/legal/reader-privacy-under-threat-in-the-digital-age/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:09:21 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=69660 There was an interesting overview of reader privacy issues in this week’s Guardian. I wonder if most e-book readers have given any thought to the issue. I bet it hasn’t even crossed their minds that the customer profile Amazon or Kobo or Sony might have on them—detailing what they’ve purchased, and when—would be valuable to [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/in-uk-sony-discounts-ten-e-books-to-20p-price-matcher-amazon-gets-the-blame/feed/ 0 New Sony ereader for pre-order at $180 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-sony-ereader-for-pre-order-at-180/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-sony-ereader-for-pre-order-at-180/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:17:35 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=67181 Shop e-readers is offering the wireless PRS-T2 for pre-order at $180.  I can’t image how an e-ink reader can succeed at this price point. According to Good e-readers: The main selling feature is the inclusion of Overdrive to let people borrow library books right on the Sony reader. The second major factor is the strong [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/sony-e-reader-sells-500000-units-in-europe/feed/ 1 The Sony Reader Store in Europe http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-sony-reader-store-in-europe/ http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-sony-reader-store-in-europe/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:04:35 +0000 Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/?p=65112 Sony is still in the game.  From an article about the London Book Fair in Publishing Perspectives: [talking about the Kindle] the overriding message from the presentation by Tadamasa Kitsukawa, MD of the Sony Digital Reading Platform, was that the Sony Reader Store is different. He’s right, too. “We don’t believe in walled gardens. We believe [...]

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