I can’t remember if I told you about this before (there are just so many e-readers now), but either way, it looks pretty cool. The Entourage Edge is a pretty sizable dual screen reader with a 9.7″ E-ink screen and a 10″ LCD display. It runs with the new Marvell chip (which I know I’ve [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘reviews’
December 11, 2009
Pogue says the same thing as the rest of us
So in case you missed it, The New York Times’ technology blogger David Pogue finally wrote his review of the nook which ran yesterday. Of course, since it was in The New York Times, all of a sudden people are gasping and shaking their heads and taking his word as gospel, but he really didn’t [...]
December 11, 2009
Kirkus closing calls reviews into question
After the huge announcement yesterday that Kirkus Reviews will be closing it’s doors, some industry professionals are beginning to wonder, just how relevant are pre-publication reviews anymore? While it’s true that many agents are happy to see Kirkus go (they were considered the mean reviewers), others are unsure whether or not it is a good [...]
November 9, 2009
PW looks at Amazon’s “Vine Voices”
After a recent blog post by librarian and School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird caught attention by asking some heavy questions about Amazon’s Vine Voices reviewers, Publisher’s Weekly decided to look into it. They published their findings today. According to the article on PublishersWeekly.com, the Vine Voices are anonymous reviewers, numbering in the thousands nationwide, [...]
