Plastic Logic has revealed more details about their new e-reader and according to Engadget, it now touts 3G connectivity as a feature. 3G is the same wireless network that powers the iPhone and other smartphones on the market. One other note that came out of the press conference is the extremely slow...

Since the original Kindle, you’ve been able to add notes and highlights to your Kindle books as you would a paper book, albeit in digital form. However, you’ve only been able to access those notes and highlights via the Kindle itself. The Washington Post has the scoop on the new ability from...

Twitter, for those of you that don’t know, is an innovative social networking tool that has seen enormous growth in the past several months. It’s been called micro-blogging and has been likened to Facebook status updates. Essentially, users write “Tweets” of less than 140 characters....

Back in March, Amazon was sued by Discovery Communications, owners of the Discovery Channel and apparently a patent on some security and copyright features they believe Amazon’s Kindle utilizes. Amazon is now responding with their own suit, alleging that Discovery has infringed on four of Amazon’s...

Just like the Kindle 2, the Kindle DX is being sold without a cover. You can buy an official Kindle DX Leather Cover from Amazon for $49.99. If the leather cover isn’t your style, there are sure to be plenty of third-party covers available by time the DX is released.

While in the past certain items would magically arrive on their release date (most notably the Harry Potter novels), customers didn’t have an option to specify that they wanted an item to arrive on the release date. Now, on certain items, they will. Amazon has introduced Release Date Delivery...

Here’s the week in Kindle-related news: “Interead’s COOL-ER claims to be the iPod moment for e-readers” – Engadget – The COOL-ER e-reader (which I covered earlier this week) is claiming to be “the iPod moment that e-readers are waiting for.” By iPod moment,...

Amazon recently opened up their Kindle blogs store to anyone, which allows any blog owner to make their site available for subscription through the Kindle. If you’d like to do this, the process is fairly easy. First, go to kindlepublishing.amazon.com. Create an account by entering your contact...

It weighs less than the Kindle, is thinner than an iPhone and costs less that just about every e-reader on the market. Oh, and it comes in multiple colors. It’s the Cool-er reader (seriously) and is available at coolerbooks.com for $249. PC World has a first-impressions review of the device and...

Copyright infringement by piracy is a huge problem for the movie and music industries, and looks like it might be a a burgeoning problem for the book industry. Thanks to devices like the Kindle and the Sony E-reader, book pirates are becoming more prevalent. A recent New York Times article covers the...