Barnes & Noble has just made its move to enter the eBook reader market with the introduction of its own device.  This device, called “Nook” is proof that there is plenty of chance for innovation in this field.  The Nook adds a small, full color, screen underneath the eInk screen which is used for displaying the content for reading. By using this separate screen Barnes & Noble elegantly worked around the most inconvenient aspect of the currently available crop of eBook readers: navigating through your content. The eInk screen used in just about every eBook reader out there...

Sony has released two new models of its Reader device. One of the new models is smaller with a 5 inch screen and is considered to be pocket model. This smaller model will cost $199, making it one of the cheapest alternatives for reading ebooks. Perhaps these new models can help Sony gain more traction in the market as it is currently in the shadow of Amazon’s Kindle. It would be interesting for Sony to gain more market share before Barnes and Noble starts offering a device of its own, next year. I hope to be able to see these devices first hand soon, but won’t hold my breath waiting for...

One of the first things I did after I got an iPod Touch was to install eReader on it. Actually, it might have been the first application I installed, though I can’t be totally sure. I have been reading books electronically for a long time as I have always been a big believer that this is the inevitable future of books. I’ve read a lot of books on my PocketPC and on notebooks and now that I’ve got some on the iPod I feel we are getting closer to what I used to envision for this technology back in 1997. Back then I set out to create both an ebook reading and a creation software. I was...

Amazon introduced this week the Kindle DX. The new product is essentially a much larger version of the Kindle 2 with the capability of displaying native PDF files. You can expect that without the need to make the document fit on the smaller screen of the Kindle and still be readable the reading experience will be much better. Early pictures show great looking images of newspapers and we can expect that textbooks will be much more at home in this new device. In fact it seems that Amazon is specifically targetting newspapers and textbooks with this new device. This strategy makes a lot of sense to...

Amazon is definitely playing it smart in releasing Kindle for the iPhone. From what information I’ve been able to get it seems that the first implementation of the software is still a bit “plain”, but this is a huge step forward. Lets look at how this is good for readers first. To start out, if you own an iPhone (not sure if the iPod touch will work as well) you’ll be able to read Kindle books without having to buy a Kindle. Considering the price of a Kindle, this is surely the cheapest way to get started with Amazon ebooks. The Kindle for iPhone application is free. Readers...

I’ve read many reviews of Amazon’s new version of its Kindle eBook reader. It seems to be a general consensus that the new version is a huge improvement over the previous one. Being based in Rio de Janeiro I cannot get a Kindle 2, as they are not sold overseas, and the import tax would really kill its attractiveness. The pictures I’ve seen to substantiate what the reviews indicate: the new Kindle looks much better than the previous one. Image source: Amazon.com Amazon seems to be onde right track with the Kindle, as Sony seems to be going in a general good direction with its own...