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Students demonstrate innovative iPad book page flip

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2012)

One major complaint about reading an eBook is the experience; holding an iPad is just not the same as holding a book and thumbing through the pages. This complaint may lose some of its weight if the folks at the KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence can get their patented Smart ...

Stanza iOS app updated, but Amazon is abandoning it

by Chris Rawson (Nov 10th, 2011)

Stanza was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got an iPhone. It pre-dated Amazon's release of the Kindle iOS app and Apple's own iBooks app, so for awhile Stanza was the best option out there for reading eBooks on an iPhone. Not long after it released the official Kindle app, Amazon ...

Amazon adds Kindle textbook rentals, leaves iBooks in the dust

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 18th, 2011)

Amazon announced a new textbook rental service today for its Kindle eBook service. The textbook rental store would let students rent textbooks from 30 to 360 days from the Kindle store. The rental terms could save students up to 80% on the purchase price of the books from publishers such as John ...

Safari Books Online takes Safari to Go to the iPad

by Dave Caolo (May 11th, 2011)

Safari Books Online (SBO) has announced the availability of Safari To Go, its second-generation iPad app (first launched in November 2010) that offers access to SBO's extensive library of books and videos. This free application lets users mark favorites, save books for offline reading, search by ...

Google Books for iOS adds landscape reading, speed boost

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2011)

Google Books for iOS was introduced late last year and opened the world of Google's 2 million digital books to iOS owners. The application competed with Apple's iBooks and Amazon's Kindle application, but it lacked the polish and finesse of these two applications. This latest version released ...

iPad passes Reed College higher ed test

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 15th, 2011)

Reed College took the Apple iPad for a spin in 2010 and was pleased with the tablet's performance as an educational tool. The College was one of several educational establishments that tested the Kindle DX when the eReader was launched in 2009. When the pilot program was completed, the Kindle DX ...

Survey: Apple iPad catching up to Kindle

by Mel Martin (Nov 30th, 2010)

There is still a big price difference, but the iPad is challenging the Amazon Kindle as a preferred device for reading e-books in ownership and satisfaction. That's according to a ChangeWave survey of more than 2,800 U.S. consumers. Of iPad owners, 75% said they were "very satisfied" with their ...

Notre Dame embarks on a paperless course with iPads

by David Winograd (Aug 31st, 2010)

The University of Notre Dame's yearlong study of eReaders in academics is starting the school year with a bang -- a course that will use the iPad as the only textbook students need. The course is entitled Project Management, and each of the 40 students enrolled will be given an iPad to use in ...

Barnes and Noble eReader app updated

by Mike Schramm (Jul 9th, 2010)

I've been watching the e-reader competition with great interest lately -- after the iPad entered the market with such a splash, Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been trying to position their own devices in a place where they'll at least be profitable. But at the same time, those apparent iPad ...

Bezos: Kindle and iPad are separate devices

by Mike Schramm (Jun 30th, 2010)

Just yesterday, we were talking about how groovy it is that Amazon is strongly supporting their iPhone and iPad apps, even while trying to sell competing hardware with the Kindle device. But Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a recent interview that it's not really a choice -- "the Kindle is for ...

Amazon's Kindle app adds video, audio support

by Mike Schramm (Jun 28th, 2010)

I've just recently started making the transition to ebook reading with my iPhone's Kindle app -- after a little hesitance about reading a screen rather than ink on paper, I've gotten used to the form, and really appreciate the convenience of always having my reading with me (and the free ebooks ...

TUAW's Daily App: Barnes & Noble eReader

by Mike Schramm (Jun 1st, 2010)

"But Mike," I can hear you say,"I've already got iBooks on my iPad -- why would I want to download another eReader?" Try free books for an answer. Barnes and Noble is holding a promotion this month: every week, you can show up in their retail stores, and if you show someone on staff that you've got ...

Barnes & Noble releases eReader app for iPad

by Dave Caolo (May 27th, 2010)

Barnes & Noble released its eReader for iPad (free) this week. This latest incarnation adds some features that the iPhone version lacks, like text highlighting and room for annotations (something I wish Apple's iBooks app did). But more than that, eReader for iPad is about sharing. A unique ...

Borders Kobo joins eReader frenzy, iPhone, iPad apps out

by Dave Caolo (May 11th, 2010)

In a move we all should have seen coming, Borders has announced the Kobo, its US$149 eReader and Kindle/Nook competitor. It will launch in June with an accompanying eBook store, stocked with more than a million titles. There are iPad and iPhone apps out now, and both are free. The odd thing is ...

Why I didn't buy an iPad

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2010)

Guest blogger B. Imei Hsu lays out the case over on Chris Pirillo's blog for "Why you don't want an iPad" -- she takes a few guesses at why you, dear Apple fan, may not have bought Apple's magical and revolutionary device this past weekend. She's actually a little venomous -- not only is there a bit ...