At this year’s Paris Book Fair, France’s 3rd largest online bookseller, Decrite.fr plans to launch ‘tea,’ an open source, multi-platform e-book ‘alternative.’
Video: Bookeen Demos Video Playback on E-Ink Screen
By Hannah Johnson E-ink isn’t just for text anymore, as Paris-based e-reader manufacturer Bookeen proved earlier this month. Bookeen’s R&D department has figured out how to play smooth-motion video on an e-ink display, as demonstrated in the video below (via Password Incorrect). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24srQXX81Oc E-Ink Info reports that the setup you see in the video was created using Bookeen’s own software …
CES 2011: Video Interview with Bookeen Cofounder Laurent Picard
By Hannah Johnson At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Publishing Perspectives was on the lookout for book-related companies, and we stopped by the Bookeen booth to look at their e-readers and talk about the business they did at CES. Take a look at our full-length video interview for a closer look at the Bookeen e-readers and their …
For Digital Publishers and Device Manufacturers, CES 2011 Was All About the Deal
By Hannah Johnson LAS VEGAS: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) concluded on Saturday with over 140,000 total visitors and 2,700 exhibitors representing a huge range of products and companies, from the largest technology giants like Microsoft and Sony to small startups — and now, media companies. Since its debut in 1967, the focus of CES has been on hardware. Well-known …