The eBook Reader Blog

Sony’s latest 13.3-inch Digital Paper PDF reader, the DPT-RP1, was released in the US earlier this week (and in Japan earlier this month). It’s a specialized device designed to replace paper in various business and academic fields, and it’s useful for a number of other PDF-related applications as well. The 1st gen Sony DPT-S1 was […]

I noticed that Banggood is now selling a newer version of the 9.7-inch Onyx Boox N96 with an upgraded E Ink Carta display. There are several different versions of the Boox N96. Some support dual touch and others only support stylus or finger input, and some have frontlights and others don’t. The new Onyx Boox […]

Review Date: June 2017 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview Amazon released an updated $49 Fire tablet in June 2017 to replace the original $49 Fire tablet that was released back in 2015. I already posted a comparison review between the new Fire and old Fire but not a lot has changed. The new […]

A few new videos have turned up on YouTube showing some different usage scenarios with the 13.3-inch Onyx Boox Max Carta. One of the videos demos Microsoft Word using an external keyboard and mouse. It appears to work pretty well. It was done using a remote desktop app to mirror the display on the Max […]

Amazon has a new limited time offer where they are giving away a 6 month subscription to Kindle Unlimited for free with the purchase of a Kindle Paperwhite. Oddly they don’t appear to be advertising the deal anywhere and there’s not a specific landing page about it, but there’s a note about the bundle deal […]

Icarus has a new ebook reader up for pre-order called the Illumina XL HD that is expected to get released in August. It features a 7.8-inch E Ink screen with 300 ppi, making it the first ereader to knockoff the Kobo Aura One. However, aside from having the same screen it’s completely different than the […]

I’ve been using the Kobo Aura One since it first came out last September, and then when I got the new Fire HD 8 earlier this month I was surprised by how much heavier and thicker it is than the Aura One. Both are essentially 8-inch devices so I guess I wasn’t expecting such a […]

Here’s a quick comparison review between the Kindle Paperwhite 3 and the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2, the latest new waterproof ebook reader from Kobo. The Kindle Paperwhite 3 was released two years ago now, but it’s still the most popular Kindle and is the most comparable to the Aura H2O. I won’t be comparing […]