Neil Jones, Interead CEO The Interead booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has a nice wall of “real” books and appearances by authors available on the COOL-ER reader. Yesterday (January 7, 2010) I spoke first with Erin Mi

Maureen Mellon, senior director of product marketing at Plastic Logic, tells about the development of the company’s new proReader Que, which made its debut at CES today. The Plastic Logic booth was one of the hot destinations at the Consumer Electr

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Maureen Mellon, senior director of product marketing for Plastic Logic, walks us through the svelte, business-oiented, Que proReader. Recorded on January 7, 2007.

We are about to head over to the Las Vegas Convention Center to check out the eBook TechZone at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This episode contains audio clips from last night’s opening keynote speech by Steve Ballmer, CEO of M

Deb, Darlene & Claire News – Eric Engleman of TechFlash reports that Amazon’s no-numbers announcements of record Kindle sales are getting on Wall Street’s nerves. One of his sources is this item from Reuters. Tech Tip – It&#821

Kris Kindle This is a special, abbreviated edition of the podcast featuring an interview with Kris Kindle, courtesy of Bufo Calvin, who, for his part, offers a list of terrific tips for anyone who will be learning how to use the Kindle this week because o

News - The Kindle iPhone and iPod Touch app 1.3 now works in more than 60 countries.  Via the New York Times, Stephen Covey — not Stephen King — makes the e-deal heard round the publishing world. Anne Rice wonders if it’s a good idea. T

News – The Wall Street Journal reports on Simon & Schuster’s less-than-brilliant strategy to fight the $9.99 eBook pricing of Amazon by delaying the launch of eBook titles.  Lauren Walter reacts here, and Seth Godin explains what the publ

News – 1) Inkmesh analyzes 11,604 eBook titles and finds that Amazon is the clear winner in lowest prices, with Barnes & Noble a distant second and Sony “doesn’t even seem to be trying.” 2) no nook yet – my nice email fro

News – Firmware update to version 2.3 arrives for Kindle and DX. After a delay, the conversion feature is working, enabling you to convert a PDF to Kindle format for your Kindle 2, which provides access to text-flow, annotations, and highlighting. T