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Tolino passes Kindle – or does it?

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Cora

This Friday, the news dropped that the Tolino, an e-reader developed and marketed by an alliance of several German, Austrian, Swiss and soon Dutch booksellers, had passed Amazon’s Kindle with regard to market share. According to the report, Tolino now … Continue reading →

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The Weltbild Scandal Goes International

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Cora

Remember Weltbild, the German bookstore chain owned by the Catholic church, which made some waves due to selling erotica and books on occultism, i.e. things the Catholic church does not approve of, in their brick and mortar stores? Well, it … Continue reading →

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E-Readers in the Wild at the Mall

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Cora

On Saturday, I was with my Dad at the Roland Center, a fairly big mall here in Bremen. And since I was at the mall already, I of course hit the book stores. The foreign language section at the Thalia … Continue reading →

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Cora contemplates getting an e-reader

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Cora

I posted some of my deliberations about getting an e-reader over at my main blog. So far, I haven’t decided on any of the available readers, and I haven’t even checked out the Weltbild reader yet. Send to Kindle

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