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Amazon has never denied that the Kindle would eventually makes its way overseas, but at the same time they have never offered up even the slightest hint as to when we could expect that to happen.  That said, it looks like that time may be coming up. The story, which… Continue Reading »

With the economy still on a downturn, tech retailers are preparing for the upcoming holiday season by offering a variety of cheap gadgets.  With no hot new must have gadget this year and consumers not as willing to snap up pricey gadgets, retailers are hoping that cheap gadgets will have… Continue Reading »

Go figure.  You’d think publishers would be all over reducing overhead and being content providers.  You’d think reducing how much they are chained to print houses and paper producers would make publishers thrilled.  Fact: apparently, I don’t know the first thing about publishing. But I do know that publishers are… Continue Reading »

It looks as though it is possible that schools will soon start phasing out traditional textbooks and instead rely on tech products like Kindle and iPhone to provide course materials.  A pilot project in Oklahoma City at the Francis Tuttle Technology Center is giving e-readers and smartphones to students as… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover HP’s new line of computers including the DreamScreen, a digital book outsells hardcover version, Facebook tops 300 Million users, Microsoft fumbles with the Zune again, and Android is picking up steam. Continue Reading »

Kindle owners eager to read the much anticipated memoirs of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy will have a long wait.  The publisher of the beloved senator’s memoirs, entitled “True Compass,” issued a statement saying the book’s electronic release was being delayed “indefinitely.”  The head of the publishing house Twelve, Jonathan… Continue Reading »

Here we have a pretty nice deal on the original Amazon Kindle.  Of course, due to the fact that these are the original models, these are being sold as refurbished.  The good news is that they are selling for $149.99.  All things considered that is not a bad price to… Continue Reading »

Take it with some salt, but over at Amazon the ebook version of “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown is outselling the hardcover.  Could this be the watershed moment for publishers looking to cut back on production costs of books?  Could it be consumers have finally fallen for the diminutive ebook… Continue Reading »

Back in July, Amazon caused quite an uproar when owners of its popular Kindle e-reader discovered that their copies of the George Orwell classics “Nineteen Eighty Four” and Animal Farm had disappeared.  Amazon’s explanation was that they had discovered that the publisher offering the books for sale had no right… Continue Reading »

Taiwanese firm SiPix Imaging has announced it will ship a small volume of color e-paper in the second half of next year.  This puts it far ahead of its rivals.  These displays will be used in e-readers to display books, magazines, and newspapers. “Making colored electronic paper displays is our… Continue Reading »