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    Sony Resumes Selling Ereaders in Japan After a Three-Year Hiatus [EReaders]

    When Japan does something, the rest of the world usually follows—so we could see ereaders get even more popular. Three years since Sony ceased selling Readers in Japan due to low demand, they're flogging 'em again. [Bloomberg] More »
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    Borders' Semi-Official eReader, the Kobo, On Pre-order Now [EReaders]

    The Borders-backed Kobo eReader is officially on pre-order to be delivered by June 17. It's not as flashy as a Kindle or nook, but the barebones platform is only $150. Drop that price to $99, and Borders may find itself a market. [Borders] More » Borders - Scotland -...
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    Nook Update 1.3 Brings Apps, A Web Browser and Faster Page Turns [EReaders]

    If you've not received it yet, don't worry—it's speeding its way through the air, headed to your Nook with delicious promises of apps, games and a web browser amongst other little gifts. More »
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    Samsung's Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders

    Samsung's Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I'm glad Samsung's finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $400 for this...
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    LCDs or eReaders, Which Are Worse for Your Eyes? [Ebooks]

    The NYT published an interesting piece on display technologies, allowing doctors and professors to attack the age old question, are LCDs worse for your eyes than eReaders. The answer? It depends. As Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab, puts it...
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    LCDs or eReaders, Which Are Worse for Your Eyes? [Ebooks]

    The NYT published an interesting piece on display technologies, allowing doctors and professors to attack the age old question, are LCDs worse for your eyes than eReaders. The answer? It depends. As Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab, puts it...
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    LCDs or eReaders, Which Are Worse for Your Eyes? [Ebooks]

    The NYT published an interesting piece on display technologies, allowing doctors and professors to attack the age old question, are LCDs worse for your eyes than eReaders. The answer? It depends. As Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab, puts it...
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    Yinlips iPad Clone Ditches LCD For E-Ink [EReaders]

    If you saw the iPad and said "Yes!" but then heard that it had an LCD screen and said "No!," Yinlips is making the clone for you: their iPad lookalike has an E-Ink screen. Okay, it's not color and it won't run any of those apps you cherish so much, but if you like the form factor of the iPad...
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    MSI Prepping Dual Screen, Nvidia-Powered eReader and a 3D Laptop [EReaders]

    Rumor has it that the eReader MSI plans to unveil at this year's CES will not only have Nvidia Tegra graphics, but dual screens as well. A 3D laptop may also be in the works. Of course, as you can see from the Asus dual screen eReader pictured here, the concept of a dual screen eReader is...
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    It's Not a New Kindle, It's the iRiver Story [E-Readers]

    iRiver's been working on an e-reader, and until now, we had no idea what it looked like—let alone what was waiting under the hood. It's called the iRiver Story, and obviously the design is quite a bit similar to the Kindle—it's not only white, but it features a full QWERTY keyboard under the...
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    Local Libraries and eReaders - is it possible? (sony, kindle, irex etc)?

    Is there any way to use a local library to 'borrow' a book onto an eReader?
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