Despite the rise of eBooks and digitized printed media, some people still prefer the look and feel of printed paper. To cater to these technological hold-outs, PediaPress has developed a novel (pun definitely intended) online tool to create and print books filled with Wikipedia content. Unlike the portable WikiReader, which stuffs millions of the most popular [...]
I once met a guy that had over sixty years of National Geographic magazines. Although proud of his collection, it presented several “problems”, including its bulk and difficulty to search for any specific topic - relegating the entire library to the classification of mostly useless novelty. The paper pages were also old and dry, perfect kindling for [...]
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Tags: digital media, eBook, magazines, National Geographic 
2 Comments »For anyone not interested in eBook readers, the next couple of years are going to be especially brutal. With what seems like weekly product releases and steady technological advancement, these devices are poised to capture huge swaths of the declining print media empire. While most of the eBook readers we’ve seen thus far share similar [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, eBooks Tags: Barnes and Noble, CES2010, eBook, Plastic Logic, Que proReader No Comments »Flexible ePaper is nothing new. LG demonstrated (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/06/123_46259.html) the technology earlier this summer but provided few details and no production plans. Now, AU Optronics has unveiled (http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/auo-unveils-flexible-epaper-technology) its 6″ flexible ePaper technology, with plans to manufacture the screens for implementation in consumer electronics products in 2010. The recent flurry of eBook reader announcements from Barnes [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, eBooks Tags: AUO, eBook, eink, ePaper, flexible display, Nook, Sony Reader 1 Comment »
