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Otakon Prep: OMG Kawaii Desu! Coming to the Nook Family

By blueZhift | July 25th, 2012

In a few hours I’ll be traveling to Otakon, so what better way to prepare than publishing OMG Kawaii Desu!: A parent’s guide to anime, manga, and cosplay on the Nook family of readers and tablets. If all goes well it will be available for purchase in a few days. So stay tuned! Update: Now […]

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Reading Manga On The Nook Color

By blueZhift | March 10th, 2012

Honestly, I was not a big fan of the 7 inch tablet. That screen size is just too small for most of what I do with my 10 inch iPad. So when I learned that Viz manga was available for the Nook Tablet and the Nook Color, my first question was, how readable is that […]

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Viz Manga Now On Nook Tablet/Color

By blueZhift | March 8th, 2012

I was pleasantly surprised today by an email from Viz proclaiming the arrival of Viz Manga such as One Piece, Naruto, and others on the Nook. Viz manga has been available on their web site and the Apple iPad for a while now. The iPad makes an especially good platform for reading manga with what […]

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Amazon Lights Kindle Fire, Nook Color May Get Burned

By blueZhift | September 28th, 2011

In probably one of the worst kept secrets in tech history, Amazon unveiled its much anticipated new color Kindle today, the Kindle Fire. In addition to the Fire, Amazon is releasing 3 new eInk Kindles, a $79 non-touch model and two touch screen Kindles. One with WiFi and the other 3G. While this Bloomberg report […]

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Amazon May Kindle Tablet War

By blueZhift | May 4th, 2011

One of this week’s big stories is that Amazon may be getting into the tablet war with its own Android OS powered offering. A large order placed with Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta may signal Amazon’s plans to enter the tablet market. If true, I think this says a few things about the tablet market. First […]

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New Manga On The Nook: Lots Of Yaoi!

By blueZhift | March 15th, 2011

This morning’s Digital Manga Newsletter brought the welcome news of new DMP manga titles for the Nook and Kindle. Since my eReader of choice is the Barnes & Noble Nook, I’m always happy to hear of new manga titles for it. And because DMP publishes a lot of Yaoi titles, it didn’t really surprise me […]

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Nook Color Review

By blueZhift | February 4th, 2011

Buying presents for my wife is a tricky task at best, but it looks like my birthday gift of a Nook Color has paid off handsomely. Being a demanding user, I asked her to write a review of her new eBook reader in which she had this to say, I have always been an avid […]

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