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The best e-book site I’ve found

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:00:53 +0000

The best ebooks site I’ve found, by far, is the archive at the University of Adelaide in Australia. The selection is outstanding, but the presentation is even better. Steve Thomas, the curator, takes tremendous care to ensure Adelaide’s e-books display

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The trade off of fidelity and convenience in marketing, and how it doomed my favorite company

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:00:35 +0000

I’m reading a book called Trade-Off, by former USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney. It’s primarily a marketing book. Maney argues that all products are a balance of fidelity and convenience, and highly favor one or the other. He additionally

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Unintentional showrooming

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:00:18 +0000

My mom asked me a few weeks ago to recommend a tablet or e-reader. She’s really only interested in reading, so that pretty much answered half the question. You can read on a tablet, of course, but when you sit

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B&N just made its Nook tablets much more compelling

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:40 +0000

This past week, Barnes and Noble put the Google Play store on its Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets. So while they’re still running a forked Android, they’ll run most Android apps without you having to do anything special. That,

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Loading your own stuff onto your e-reader

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:48 +0000

I have a fair number of documents I created myself–that probably shouldn’t surprise anyone–but I don’t think I’m the only one who does. And from time to time, I’d like to reference them, and I may not have my computer

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Barnes & Noble’s fate is just more evidence that being better isn’t enough on its own

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:15:44 +0000

There’s news today that B&N’s founder is looking to buy the store’s retail and web business, but not the Nook business, and the Nook business could be spun off or even discontinued, but whatever happens, it’s likely to be de-emphasized.

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The good (or at least decent) $89 tablet

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:44:10 +0000

Right around a year ago, I wrote about the difficulties of making a good $100 tablet. But then, today, I read on Slashdot about someone finding a nice $45 Android tablet in a Chinese bazaar, then finding a similar unit

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An interesting day for tablets and e-readers

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:05:00 +0000

Amazon replaced the Kindle Fire today; the basic model gets a price cut to $159 and a faster CPU, and deluxe models get nicer (and in one case, a bigger 8.9-inch) screen. And, predictably, Amazon released new e-reader Kindles with

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If you need a deal on a Nook Simple Touch, they’re on sale

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:10:59 +0000

Sears has the Nook Simple Touch on sale for $70. That’s about a 30% discount. (Thanks Dealnews!) I guess I’ve had mine for about six weeks, and I like it. It’s the #2 e-reader, and I’ve run into problems in

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Here’s why I won’t be buying a first-generation Nook Tablet

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:31:44 +0000

Barnes & Noble just cut its tablet prices to make them more competitive. Now, $199 gets you the 16 GB version, and $179 gets you the 8 GB version. Twice the memory of a Kindle or Nexus, plus the ability

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