Read more ebooks stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32924/ebooks.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:13:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71778/libraries-embrace-e-book-lending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 1 million e-books books were checked out of libraries this year—25% more than all of last year—as libraries offer more and more digital lending. Borrowers can check the book out online—obviating the trip to the library—and can read them on a computer or Sony...http://www.newser.com/story/71778/libraries-embrace-e-book-lending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 10:36:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71687/bn-e-reader-sports-2-screens-e-ink-and-lcd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarnes & Noble’s entry into the e-reader market, supposed to be under wraps until next week, has been ferreted out, and it’s got something no one else has. Rumors predicted color e-ink—not true—but the device has “got something almost better,” Kit Eaton writes: two screens. The gadget has...http://www.newser.com/story/71687/bn-e-reader-sports-2-screens-e-ink-and-lcd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 10:32:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69090/goodbye-ipod-hello-portable-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter yesterday's announcement that the iPod Nano now has a video camera, Apple's future direction is clear, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate. Eventually, every iPod will be what Steve Jobs calls a “general-purpose device,” aka a small computer—a music player/phone/camera/web browser/GPS. Sure, Apple still sells dedicated music players. But...http://www.newser.com/story/69090/goodbye-ipod-hello-portable-computer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 17:32:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67677/back-at-work-jobs-zeroes-in-on-new-apple-tablet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust months after a liver transplant, Steve Jobs is back at Apple focusing his powerful micro-managerial style on development of a new tablet computer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Jobs’ close involvement with the tablet device signals that it will likely be a major product for Apple. During the development...http://www.newser.com/story/67677/back-at-work-jobs-zeroes-in-on-new-apple-tablet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 1:23:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67070/dan-browns-next-could-spark-e-book-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDan Brown’s next book has a 6.5 million-copy print run—one of the biggest ever—but the Lost Symbol could mark a new chapter in the digital world, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Da Vinci Code author’s publisher says an e-book version of the novel will be released Sept....http://www.newser.com/story/67070/dan-browns-next-could-spark-e-book-revolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 14:56:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66117/sony-challenges-kindle-with-199-e-reader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSony plans to fire up competition in the E-reader market with a pair of affordable releases next month, Bloomberg reports. The Sony Reader Pocket Edition, with a 5-inch screen, will be priced at $199. A touch-screen version will sell for $299. Amazon dropped the price of its Kindles to $299...http://www.newser.com/story/66117/sony-challenges-kindle-with-199-e-reader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 2:36:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65818/kindle-users-sue-over-amazons-orwellian-deletes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCustomers who had their paid-for copies of 1984 and Animal Farm yanked from their Kindles over a copyright issue are taking Amazon to court, InformationWeek reports. The company has apologized for its action and vowed not to repeat it, but the plaintiffs, who include a high school student whose homework...http://www.newser.com/story/65818/kindle-users-sue-over-amazons-orwellian-deletes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 6:38:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65766/why-the-kindle-stinks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNicholson Baker wanted to like the Kindle, honest. But when he unwrapped it and began to see what all the fuss was about, he "tussled with a sense of anti-climax," the prolific author writes in the New Yorker . Things never improved. He slams the e-reader for having a "greenish, sickly...http://www.newser.com/story/65766/why-the-kindle-stinks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 10:34:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64702/amazon-goes-orwellian-on-kindle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmazon turned into Big Brother this week after mistakenly selling pirated copies of George Orwell's 1 984 and Animal Farm to Kindle users, Ars Technica reports. The company, without warning, remotely deleted the books from customers' devices after discovering the publisher didn't have the rights to sell them. Customers who...http://www.newser.com/story/64702/amazon-goes-orwellian-on-kindle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 6:45:44 CDT