Berlin-based txtr plans to liberate your documents library. But will anyone be reading? It sounds like a cool concept. Whoever thought of pairing an e-paper reader with a social network knew they could still catch some leftover Web 2.0 buzz. Package that buzz with a veiled potential to unleash thousands of publicly-owned documents in...

It all started with a simple test of 200 students who replaced a majority of their hard to carry college textbooks with the Sony E-Reader. The idea was to see how viable it would be for students to stop using print textbooks, and what the drawbacks to going fully electronic could be for the student body. The first trial was a mixed...

The newsboy e-reader by Swedish design studio Propeller (see bottom of post for full credit info) is the best color e-reader concept design I have seen thus far. Three videos have been released that demonstrate what the e-reader of the future might look like. Its e-paper touch screen displays in full color and it is flexible. While...

Although it has not been released, the eSlick e-reader is getting a lot of attention. Why? Its lovely $229 price tag undercuts Sony’s e-Reader and Amazon’s Kindle by a whopping $100! Like most e-reading devices, the eSlick Reader utilizes E Ink Corporation’s Vizplex technology for its display. It displays in 8 levels of grayscale,...

Last October Sony released the next generation of its e-reader to the world: the brand spanking new Sony PRS-700. This e-reader comes jam packed with some great technology that makes it leaps and bounds above the PRS-505, the Kindle and almost every other mid priced e-reader on the market. Even though there are improvements galore,...

It looks like the Kindle really might be the iPod for the book industry. Last October Oprah gave the e-reader a huge push from her book club, ensuring that it would be almost completely sold out during the Holiday Season.  In the wake of the Oprah aftermath we’re still finding it hard to get a Kindle, with six to eight weeks...