Kindle Touch gets early release in UK and Germany (update)

Amazon is now shipping preorders for its Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G in both the UK and Germany, a week ahead of schedule . While eager e-reader..

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Koobe’s Jin Yong Reader gets Mirasol, brings color to Taiwanese hearts

It’s no accident that Koobe’s Jin Yong Reader bears a striking resemblance to Kyobo’s eReader and Shanda’s Bambook which we toyed with back at CES . But while those e-readers brought Mirasol to their respective South Korean and Chinese markets, Koobe’s entrant will do the same for Taiwan. As for the trio’s striking resemblance, know that they’re all based on the same Qualcomm-heavy reference hardware, which pairs a 1GHz Snapdragon S2 with a 5.7-inch 1024 x 728 XGA Mirasol display .

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Toshiba announces color e-reader in Japan, hopes people buy more e-books from its store

If you’re gonna be late to a party, you should at least be fashionably late.

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Kindle Touch gets new software version 5.0.3

It wasn’t all that long ago that the Nook Simple Touch got a bit of freshening up thanks to some new code, and now it’s the Kindle Touch’s turn for an upgrade. Amazon has just released software version 5.0.3 for its newest e-reader that brings “general software improvements” to the device.

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NBC News grows a digital publishing arm, plans 30 titles for 2012

Because you can never have your fingers in too many media pies, the powers that be at NBC News are now extending their reach into the eReader space. Under the company’s newly minted NBC Publishing imprint, coverage related to current events, docs and bios, in addition to content culled from other NBC Universal divisions, will get a second life as either digital singles (think: longer than an article, shorter than a few chapters) or straight-up eBooks, with about 30 titles slated for this year. The venture, spearheaded by GM Michael Fabiano, will also reportedly serve as a platform for indie authors that rely heavily upon NBC’s own archives for sourcing in their work

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Mirasol 5.7-inch eReader hands-on, courtesy of Kyobo and Shanda Bambook

The 5.7-inch Mirasol display is hardly a fresh item these days, but the final product carrying such a unique panel is still young. In fact, it’s only become available from Kyobo in South Korea fairly recently, but today we also learned that Chinese content provider Shanda will be offering the same hardware under the Bambook moniker towards the end of this month (obviously aiming for the Chinese New Year rush)

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Barnes & Noble looks to sell publishing arm, keeps the other to hold a Nook Tablet

In a sign of ever shifting priorities in the ole book business, Nook’s papa is reportedly looking to sell its publishing unit, Sterling Publishing.

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Engadget’s 2012 CES Preview

Though the holidays are once again coming to a close, we now find ourselves just a week away from every geek’s ultimate holiday — the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show , arguably the biggest event of the year for the tech world. Thousands of companies gather in the Nevada desert to show off their latest innovations, setting the stage for what will no doubt be another stellar year in electronics.

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