Category Archives: hardware

Sterling Publishing giving away free Nook Color via Twitter

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Chris Walters

Sterling Publishing wants some free social media marketing to your Twitter followers, so it’s giving away one Nook Color to a randomly selected person who publishes a special tweet before 11 p.m. ET on February 25th: ["Three Seconds"] focuses on … Continue reading →

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What Neil Gaiman likes about the Kindle, and why you should care

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Chris Walters

Hopefully you don’t need a Famous Author to validate your purchasing decisions, so I’m not posting about Neil Gaiman’s opinions on the Kindle just to make you feel better/worse about your new ereader. Instead, I thought it might provide some … Continue reading →

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M-Edge to launch MyEdge personalized Kindle covers

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Chris Walters

As of today it’s just a placeholder page, but in the coming weeks (months?) M-Edge plans to introduce MyEdge, a new service that will let you design a custom case for your Kindle, Nook or iPad. You start with a … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Barnes & Noble push apps to more device platforms

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Chris Walters

Both companies have been rolling out or announcing new versions of their reading apps over the past several days. First, Amazon promised that it plans to release Kindle apps for future Android and Windows tablets that come to market (this … Continue reading →

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Is a Kindle bullet proof? There’s one quick way to find out.

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Chris Walters

“Can a book save your life?” That’s what Tom Shillue of the literary journal Electric Literature asks in the clip above, and you can tell he should be taken very seriously because he does that TV news journalist walk toward … Continue reading →

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How to predict what Amazon will announce next

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Chris Walters

It should be clear by now that the only time Amazon likes to announce a feature is when a competitor–usually Barnes & Noble–has something to announce. The Kindle 2 price cut this summer happened a few hours after B&N’s price … Continue reading →

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"Which ereader device should I buy?"

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Chris Walters

The Kindle will likely be the big ereader champ this year, but that doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for every reader. Here’s a quick guide to figuring out which device will best meet your needs. Update: Nate over at … Continue reading →

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Here's a couple of free Kindle contests

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Chris Walters

Just to be clear, I’ve got nothing to do with either one and can’t answer questions. I found them while browsing the web and thought they were worth sharing with readers, because winning free stuff is FUN. The first contest … Continue reading →

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