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The Ingenious Beast

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 5:24pm
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There’s good news and maybe even better news in the e-reader space this week. And both come from the announcement that Tina Brown’s Daily Beast is getting into the book business with a plan to launch original digital titles on her site, followed by paperback distribution through Perseus Books.

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  • Marion Maneker is a regular contributor to The Big Money.
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A Fork in the E-Reader Road

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 2:21pm
Irex reader courtesy of Irex

The path forward toward a digital reading future became a little clearer this week, thanks to Irex, the Dutch company spun out of Phillips Electronics and a leading manufacturer of e-readers in Europe. It introduced a consumer product for the American market, somewhat awkwardly named the DR800SG. The device is a wirelessly enabled (through a partnership with Verizon (VZ), another player eager to get into digital book distribution) 8-inch screen stripped down to minimal controls.

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  • Marion Maneker is a regular contributor to The Big Money.
Irex reader courtesy of Irex

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