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Amazon and the Authors Guild reach an agreement on the read-aloud feature. I think it's a smart play by Amazon. Authors that choose to disable may hesitate due to a possible public relations backlash for not wanting disabled readers to get access without getting more money in the process.

Hearst plans to introduce a large-format device this year based on electronic-ink technology.

On Monday, Netherlands-based iRex Technologies is slated to unveil the iRex Reader 1000, the first in a wave of e-reader devices that promise bigger screens and improved interfaces and functionality. And unlike Kindle or Sony's Reader, this second generation of e-readers aims to bring innovative E-ink display technology to the more demanding, and possibly more lucrative, world of business.

Amazon's reader is a brilliant device that shanghais book buyers and the book industry into accepting a radically diminished marketplace for published works.

Kindle doesn't use ePub, but Stanza does, so Amazon buys it.

Earlier this week, Sony announced that it will be bringing out a new eBook Reader that will offer built in 3G wireless and the ability to buy books on-demand --

The Intel Reader is intended to assist people who are blind, dyslexic, or have weak vision.

Tablets, e-readers and game systems will dominate the consumer tech market. What stocks to buy.

Google will make inroads into the ereader market next week when the first such device using the Google eBooks platform will go on sale at Target. The iriver Story HD will retail for $139.99 - the same price as the Kindle and the Nook Simple Touch Reader - at the chain July 17, according to a blog post from Google.

1 Letter to Series Authors Actively Writing For Harlequin The landscape of digital publishing continues to evolve at a fast pace and Harlequin is at the forefront of this evolution. In 2007 Harlequin was the first publisher to simultaneously publish print and digital editions of our entire frontlist.

...You can't quite do this with eBooks/eReaders.