The eBook Reader Blog

For the past two years I’ve been saying that Google needs to add the option to upload ebooks to Google Play Books, and this past week Google finally did just that. Those with a Google account can now upload ePub and PDF documents and ebooks and read them through the Google Play Books app for [...]

Yesterday I found myself over at the Project Gutenberg website and I came across something that I was not expecting to find on one of the oldest and most well-respected distributors of free public domain ebooks. At the top of the main homepage there’s a section titled “New Kindle Fire Review”. It says “Before you [...]

If you have been waiting to burn your holiday bonus on a new Google Nexus 10 tablet, with no indication as to when the device would be back in stock, fear no more. I just checked the 10-inch tablet’s product listing on Google Play, and, according to it, resupply units will be shipping out “in [...]

For this comparison review I’m pitting the 7" Kindle Fire HD against the Google Nexus 7 to outline the main advantages and disadvantages of two of the most popular 7-inch tablets on the market. I’ve also included a list of similarities between the two, a spec sheet comparison, and a video review showing the Kindle [...]

Yesterday Google issued an update for their ebook app to add a number of new features so I figured now would be a good time to put together a review of the Google Play Books app for Android. Up until now Google’s ebook app has been pretty lackluster when compared to all the other ebook [...]

A while back I reviewed a keyboard case for 7″ tablets from Idolian. The case had some flaws but the stand and keyboard are quite useful on occasion and since the cases are so cheap (less than $9 on Amazon), I decided to get one for my Google Nexus 7 tablet since it supports connecting [...]

Amazon has released a really cool new browser extension called Send to Kindle for Google Chrome that lets Kindle users send web content such as news articles, blog posts, and even highlighted text from Google Chrome to a Kindle device or Kindle app. Unlike the other Send to Kindle apps that allow you to easily [...]

There’s already like a million Google Nexus 7 reviews on the net, but that doesn’t faze me one bit. I’m still going to add my own review of the Nexus 7 to the heap. Besides, a good share of those reviews were posted after just a day or two of using the device, whereas I’ve [...]

Below is a list of forty tips, tricks, and shortcuts for the Google Nexus 7 tablet, from basic getting started tips for the beginner to hacks and ROMs for advanced users. Feel free to add your own tips in the comments section too! The Basics – Getting Started 1. Nexus 7 Guidebook – The Nexus [...]

This is a preliminary pros and cons review of the Google Nexus 7 tablet based on the early Nexus 7 reviews from around the web. I’ll post a full hands-on review later in July after the device is released. Check back then or subscribe to keep updated. The entire landscape of Android tablets is going [...]