The Kindle Paperwhite Is Evidently Amazing
When the press embargo for the Kindle Paperwhite lifted on Sunday night, practically everyone in the tech blogosphere seemed to sing its praises in unison.
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Today in books and publishing: Philip Roth confirms his retirement; Amazon's mysteriously vanishing buy buttons; Kobo expands to Italy, Kindle considers China; cities in literature.
When the press embargo for the Kindle Paperwhite lifted on Sunday night, practically everyone in the tech blogosphere seemed to sing its praises in unison.
Jen Doll's books column today elicited a discussion of e-books among some readers.
Would you trust your e-reader to re-edit Tolstoy? As Fast Company's Neil Ungerleider reports, bloggers discovered that Barnes and Noble's Nook readers contain a universal find-replace on the word "Kindle,"substituting it with "Nook" in War and Peace.
Today in publishing and literature: The company is rumored to be opening a "small boutique" store in Seattle later this year, Jonathan Franzen praises The House of Mirth author in a very long New Yorker essay, and more hand-wringing about the popularity of "genre fiction" on e-readers.
Pretty late to the tablet party, Barnes & Noble officially released its Nook tablet today.
Some people need to have two screens in front of them at all times
industry sales figures show that people are buying more books than three years ago
The tech website's review of OS X Lion makes its way onto Kindle
New rules make it more difficult to read books on iPads
It's sad to see a bookstore close forever, but in this case, it's just not that sad
Sales of electronic books have currently overtaken adult hardcovers, paperbacks
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