At the New York Public Library yesterday, Sony revealed a new high end model of its Sony Reader series, and announced a partnership with OverDrive.com to facilitate borrowing e-books from libraries.
Barnes & Noble announced a major push into the ebook space yesterday, including a partnership with Plastic Logic which makes B&N the "exclusive eBookstore provider" for the Plastic Logic e-reader.
Scribd wants to sell you DRM-free content for your e-reader (or any device that can display a PDF). Is this a case of "Move over Kindle!" or just another niche e-publisher?
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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Salacious content driving the adoption of ebooks?
Sorry, I still don't think the Kindle makes sense
Gorge your e-reader on free books!
Scribd launches ebook store
Plastic Logic is to Barnes & Noble as Kindle is to Amazon
Democratizing e-books
Sony reveals new Reader, e-book borrowing service
Save some money and help out a good cause
Scribd adds Simon & Schuster titles