Thanks to Joe Wikert at Kindleville for the following: Mobipocket for the iPhone/iTouch Earlier this morning Kevin Tofel wrote a blog post about how there will be a Mobipocket app for the iPhone later this year. He then went on to question what sort of impact this will have on the Kindle. A couple of readers commented that a) the reading ...

In a 2006 keynote paper, Michael Jon Jenson, wrote that - having previously forecast the end of paper books, he had discovered that he was wrong: My fundamental error was in thinking that technology was the driver, rather than the human culture using the new technologies. So are we humans really incapable of learning new tricks, of moving on, of ...

I was reading a piece in the Columbia Journalism Review by Ezra Klein, The Future of Reading, which explores his experiences with a Kindle, and - more generally - with reading on something that is not paper-based. Klein quotes William Powers’s brilliant essay “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Why Paper Is Eternal,” (pdf) which considers the evolution of paper ...

I'm just catching up with my (probably far too many) blogs -reminded of a David Weinberger post from 2005, ''No, I'm not keeping up with your blog'' (if he thought that then...) - but I have just read - nearly missed it - a posting on Kindle News: Why not Rent-A-Book for Kindle, and it struck me that libraries (public, university, whatever) ...

Well, that was my first reaction when I read David Rothman's headline - E-books will take off only when they’re free, says New York Times’ Futurist in Residence - in TeleRead. And what is a Futurist-in-Residence? The picture of Michael Rogers in TeleRead suggested we do not take this Eric Morecambe-like figure with his suit collar turned up in a ...

Whenever the debate turns to e-book readers – and especially, of late, the Kindle – people seem to divide sharply for or against, with few concessions. By way of clarification, as a library/information consultant I am largely ‘for’ e-book readers – I can see plenty of advantages and uses, but can also see some faults – or improvements that should ...

Thanks to Ben for pointing this out, over on Wired's blog: E-Book Readers At A Glance - it says ''Old crappy ones not included'', but provides a useful quick comparison by size, weight, file types, storage capacity, DRM, battery life, price and special features. Included are the Amazon Kindle; HanLin eReader v3; Sony Reader PRS-505; iRex iLiad; ...

or: ''The most amazing thing about e-book readers'' ... is? Yes, you've guessed it - the scared, defensive attitudes of reviewers, almost all of whom say or write ''... but would you want to read it in the bath?'' What?!! Listen. No one is suggesting that e-book readers will replace paper books. Now, or soon, or ever! No one wants to read ...

Walt at Random is known for its incisive comment - today's post, Food pills and the Kindle, notes that while thankful for many things, I’m also thankful that I’m not really writing about ebooks and ebook devices these days. ‘Cause then, you know, I’d probably want to write something about the Kindle (do you really need a link?). and then enjoys ...

Slightly delayed (just to keep us guessing!), but now on nearly every blog, Amazon's offering - the Kindle - is set to launch on Monday (and, I presume, in the UK shortly after that...). TeleRead has several offerings: Amazon-sized ego? Kindle to shun .epub? And, yes, the ugly box is the FINAL design (IS it that ugly? Not sure it needs the ...