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• Front-lit Amazon Kindle to debut in July?

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 15 May, 2012 08:03

  Rumors of Kindle upgrades are a dime a dozen, and many aren't from the most reputable of sources. But one new report sounds quite likely: Amazon will launch a front-lit version of its Kindle eReader in July, and a new model of its Kindle Fire color tablet closer to the holiday season, Reuters reports.

• iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 May, 2012 06:48

  Apple's iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today.

• Opinion: Barnes & Noble deal signals new Microsoft savvy

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 02 May, 2012 05:10

  Microsoft's new found friendship with Barnes & Noble reveals that the Redmond brain trust may finally be wrapping its mind around the dynamics of the mobile market.

• Microsoft invests in new Barnes & Noble unit, settles litigation

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 30 April, 2012 22:39

  Microsoft will invest US$300 million in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will include the digital Nook and College businesses of Barnes & Noble, the companies said in joint statement on Monday.

• Apple vs. Amazon: Who is really fixing e-book prices?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 18 April, 2012 03:47

  In the mid-1990s, I ran across what looked like an incredible story: A teenager, dubbed the Whiz Kid, was selling a ton of computers from his parents' home. Newspapers told the story complete with images of the teenager talking on his cell phone-which, at the time, was a big deal.

• Barnes & Noble releases glow-in-the-dark Nook e-reader

  By Agam Shah | 13 April, 2012 08:58

  Barnes & Noble on Thursday released a new Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a screen that lights up so that books can be read in the dark.

• Kindle Touch gets new software ahead of global launch

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 12 April, 2012 21:01

  Amazon has issued a software upgrade for the Kindle Touch, which adds more languages and usability improvements, the company said on Wednesday.

• Kindle rumours hint at major upgrade in the works

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 07 April, 2012 09:29

  Will the next generation of Amazon's Kindle eReaders feature a dramatic innovation, possibly a color or lighted display? Recent rumors suggest significant changes are coming for the venerable e-reader, which currently has an e-ink display without backlighting or color.

• Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers

  By Tony Bradley | 21 July, 2010 02:59

  Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.

• Why e-Readers Are a Worthy Business Investment

  By PC World Staff | 08 July, 2010 07:23

  A Silicon Valley product development consulting firm called the Nielsen Norman Group (not to be confused with the Nielsen ratings company) published a study last week comparing reading performance with a book to reading with an e-reader. The results--which are suspect because there were only 24 people in the test group--find that users of the Kindle 2 and iPad read 10.7 percent and 6.2 percent slower, respectively, than on paper or with books.

• Color E-readers a hit at book fair, to be sold like handsets

  By Dan Nystedt | 01 February, 2010 21:33

  Taiwanese e-reader makers jockeyed to show off new technologies at the Taipei International Book Exhibition over the weekend and said the emerging model for the devices is to sell them as part of a content bundle.

• Asus 'Eee Reader' to join e-reader fray, says report

  By Ian Paul | 08 September, 2009 05:21

  Computer maker Asus may be getting ready to launch an e-reader that would mimic the traditional book, be in full color and come loaded with a variety of innovative features.