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Checking out Kindle ebooks from the public library: a quick demo

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Chris Walters

While I was wrapping up a conference on a totally unrelated matter yesterday, Amazon unveiled its long awaited public library lending feature for Kindle ebooks. You can find out the official details at www.amazon.com/kindle/publiclibraries. This morning I gave it a … Continue reading →

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Free coffee this Saturday when you demo a Nook Color

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Chris Walters

For a single small coffee, I’m certainly not suggesting you make a special trip to your nearby Barnes & Noble tomorrow for a guided tour of the Nook Color. However, if you were planning on dropping by a B&N soon … Continue reading →

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All Target stores to stock the Kindle starting June 6th

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Chris Walters

Update: Even though your local Target might have the Kindle on sale starting this weekend, you might want to wait until August when an improved model is rumored to arrive. Target’s experiment with being the first brick-and-mortar store to sell … Continue reading →

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Penguin previews interactive books for Apple's iBook store

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Chris Walters

Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson gave a presentation in London today where he demonstrated some books/applications–I’m not sure what you’d call them technically–that Penguin plans to sell on the iBook store when the iPad launches later this month. Penguin is … Continue reading →

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