The eBook Reader Blog

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday quickly approaching, there are already a number of sales and deals going on for ebook readers and tablets. Some of these prices are really good, but don’t forget the ebook readers that have low prices all the time. I’d still recommend the $79 Kindle 4, $79 refurbished Nook Touch, [...]

Here’s a list of the best ebook readers that can be had for under $100. A couple of these are refurbished units where noted, but most of them are brand new. This list consists of dedicated ebook readers only, no tablets. I’ll put together a separate post for low-cost tablets in the near future.

Here’s a list ebook readers and the font styles each one offers. Now that ebooks have arrived to supplement paper books, it’s not enough to have just one font choice when sitting down to read. Everyone has their own tastes when it comes to fonts, so having choices is definitely a good thing. Plus having [...]

Over the past year, ereader prices have dropped considerably. This time last year the Kindle and Nook were both selling for $259. The original Kobo was released in May 2010 for the all-time low price of $149. Now there are several ebook readers priced under $120, even E Ink devices with paper-like screens. If you’ve [...]

MegaReader is an ebook reading application for iPhone and iPad that just got updated to add some new features. The most notable updates include adding iPad universal app support, multi-column support for Apple iPad, and integration with Instapaper 2.3.3, which allows you to read Instapaper articles in MegaReader.

A few weeks ago I was given a pair of Beam N Read LED lights to review as reading lights for ebook readers. Since I don’t care for the way clip-on reading lights change the balance of an ereader, I thought it would be interesting to see how well the Beam N Read lights work. [...]

Here’s a review of the MReader ebook reader that hails from a company called Pixelar in the UK. The review covers all the details about Pixelar’s MReader and includes a hands-on video review and some photos. The MReader has WiFi built-in but the feature hasn’t been added to the firmware just yet because they are [...]

There’s a new iPhone and iPad app from eBooks.com called Ebook Reader. It’s available for free from the iTunes store. According to the Ebook Reader website, the app supports iPhone/iPad format, ePub for Adobe Digital Editions, and unencrypted ePub. Not sure what they mean by iPhone/iPad format; it certainly doesn’t support Apple’s proprietary ePub DRM. [...]

According to an article at DigiTimes, Qualcomm has found a major client for their 5.7″ color displays. So major that they are willing to invest $2 billion to build a new production plant in Taiwan. So the big question is who is the major client? Given the fact that the article says this, the displays [...]

Barnes and Noble released a new Nook app for iPhone today and upgraded the iPad app. They also updated the PC app to carry the new Nook brand instead of the older eReader brand. I tested the new Nook for PC app and compared it to the old eReader app and the results were not [...]