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Hearst to launch wireless e-reader, potentially revolutionize print media
Engadget —
... Hot on the heels of Amazon's highly anticipated Kindle 2 launch comes this: news that Hearst Corporation -- which publishes iconic magazines including Cosmopolitan and Esquire along with the San Francisco Chronicle -- will be launching ...
Hearst Planning Kindle Killer [E Ink]
Gizmodo —
... According to Fortune, we're likely to see the device this year. And with Sony giving up their early lead in the e-reader world, it's none too soon that the Kindle will get some friendly marketplace competition—even if Hearst isn't openly chasing after the book market. [Fortune] ...
Hearst Media Magazine Company Planning Their Very Own E-Book Reader [E Ink]
Gizmodo —
... If high costs of producing paper goods are hurting the media, I'm not sure it makes sense to get into the game of designing something more expensive to read from today — when such a device already exists from Amazon — even if it saves them a few bucks tomorrow. Oh yeah, and magazines are better in color (on LCD or paper). [Fortune] ...
Kindle 2 Beware, Hearst Will Launch a Wireless E-reader
Mobilewhack.com —
... should be as big as a standard sheet of paper which will offer both publishers and advertisers enough space to do their thing. The device will come in a monochrome version first but a color version should arrive later. We’ll keep you updated as these device might change for ever the way we read our regular magazines and newspapers. via CNN Tags: ...
Hearst to launch own ebook reader
Boing Boing Gadgets —
Hearst, owner of dying medium, is to release an ebook reader in the same vein as the Kindle and Sony Reader. [Forbes]
Cosmo Publisher Plans an E-Reader of its Own
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Housekeeping, and the struggling San Francisco Chronicle, plans to launch a wireless e-reader this year. The device will be similar to the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader, although it will have a larger screen to facilitate reading magazine or newspaper content, according to comments from an interview with Hearst Interactive honcho Kenneth Bronfin. Hearst will also allow other publishers to adapt the device's underlying technology, Bronfin shared in an upcoming issue of Fortune magazine. ...
Hearst tries to revive dying magazine business with electronic reader
CrunchGear —
... All I have to say to Hearst is “Good luck, bro.” The flatlining publisher, which produces magazines such as Popular Mechanics, Esquire and Cosmopolitan, has revealed that it’s working on an e-reader. The idea, of course, is to cut down the cost of creating a magazine—all that paper, ink, storage, delivery, gas, etc. add up, especially in an environment when ad sales are way down—without sacrificing that “magazine” feel. Too bad it’s doomed, and does, indeed, sacrifice that “feel.” ...
The Cosmo eBook Reader is coming
I4U News —
... Hearst, publisher of magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire and also owner of the newspaper San Francisco Chronicle plans to release an eBook reader in 2009. Apparently Hearst hopes to battle the Amazon Kindle in the periodicals market. Fortune reports that Hearst already developed a large format eBook reader that would also satisfy advertisers. There are no real details yet on what Hearst is cooking up here. Which technology are they licensing? Or does it even matter as eBook reader for magazines are just not really ready for the mass market? For starters Hearst ...
Esquire Magazine E-Reader: Watch Out Kindle
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping —
... in a black-and-white version which may hit shops as early as this year. A coloured version will follow later. This e-reader will not only bring magazines up to date in terms of technological advancement, but will also address a downturn in advertising revenue for magazines and an increase in the cost of paper and delivery. Would you give up your subscription of Evo for the chance to download it instead? Leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts on this new technology. Source: CNN If you like what you’re reading then learn more about joining our ...
