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  Amazon’s bestselling device in its history has become more affordable. They’ve announced Kindle with Special Offers that will cost just $114 instead of the entry-level Kindle at $139. For a $25 discount, a user will get the same 6-inch Wi-Fi Kindle but Amazon will push special offers and sponsored screensavers that are optimized to [...]

  E Ink Holdings has confirmed that they’ll showcase a number of display technologies meant for e-book readers, including the new color Triton Imaging Film at the FPD International 2010. The show that begins from tomorrow will see E Ink’s first color display that will boast the same speed and low power consumption of monochrome [...]

  Amazon has introduced a beta version of the “Kindle for the Web” which allows users to discover new books and authors easily, without leaving their web browser. Kindle for the Web works by authors and website publishers embedding the first chapter of a book. Consumers can read the chapter for free and if interested, [...]

  Sharp has announced that they’ll enter the booming e-book market soon. However, their way of entering is not launching an e-book reader alone. They’ll be introducing a new format, which they call it the next-generation XMDF or ever-eXtending Mobile Document Format. Jargons aside, Sharp claims that with the introduction of next-gen XMDF, users will [...]

  Amazon today announced a new Kindle DX at a lower price. The new Kindle DX will retail for $379 as compared to previous price of $489 and will feature similar sized 9.7-inch screen but with a 50 percent higher contrast. Better contrast means consumer will be able to enjoy clear text and improved readability [...]

  In an attempt to wade competition from other e-book readers and tablets, Amazon has announced a price cut to its Kindle device. The Kindle now sells for $189 from the original price of $259 and comes with free 3G service, allowing users to download books anywhere on-the-go as well as surf the internet. Kindle [...]

  Asus talked, showed their e-book reader creations and now they deem CeBIT as the right place to make it official. They’ve unwrapped DR-900, a 9-inch reader that boasts Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options and a huge battery life of up to 10,000 pages worth of reading before you’ll need to find a power slot. [...]

  Acer was confident of launching an e-book reader but has now confirmed that they won’t rush to the market just for the sake for launching. Acer even had some prototypes ready but reckoned to wait until the market is profitable. “The size of the e-reader market is not that big and the industry has [...]

  Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year. Acer’s App Store [...]

  Asus has been spilling timely details regarding its e-book reader plans but today their UK office dropped some ogle worthy pictures of its 9-inch DR-950 reader. The design looks slick and with the specs it carries, it surely can give International Kindle DX some hard time. The last we heard the 9-inch model will [...]

  E-book readers were found aplenty on the CES showfloor but one company that refrained to show their creation was Asus. However, they’ve now decided to spill some details as well as a picture of their e-book reader, dubbed as DR-570. The DR-570 is expected to hit the retail shelves by the end of this [...]

  Someone attempted a brave move by capturing supposedly secret UI presentation of the Zii Mediabook, which we told you yesterday. Though it’s difficult to tell if the Mediabook is powered by Android, the UI does emphasize on three areas – Explore, Experience and Engage, hinting a user will get a lot of interactivity options [...]

  The e-book reader market is about to get hotter as Creative has announced their entry by showing a working prototype at an AGM held in Singapore. Unlike most of the e-book readers in the market, Creative’s attempt will be very different as its e-book reader will do more than books. Tentatively named as MediaBook, [...]

  Bridgestone predominantly makes tyres but they have a penchant to develop technologies related to e-paper. They have shown couple of innovative e-paper technologies in the past and now they’ve unveiled an e-book reader that is unlike Kindle and the likes. This prototype features a flexible e-paper, effectively allowing the reader to bend to some [...]

  It seems the e-book reader market is following the same trend as the netbook market. Every company wants a piece of the market and though each product is more or less the same, they’ll try to offer some distinguishing factor over the other one. We’ve already seen a number of companies selling their e-book [...]