Although I wouldn’t particularly recommend it, the Sharper Image Literati is on sale today for $49.99 plus $5 shipping at Woot.com. At that price any ereader is hard to pass up, despite its shortcomings.

The Literati is a 7″ LCD ereader that ties in with the Kobo ebookstore. It will also work with Adobe DRM’d EPUB and PDF ebooks acquired from other sources, including free library ebooks.

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There’s a post at MobileRead that points out a clearence sale on the Sharper Image Literati at Bed Bath and Beyond for $39.99.

It isn’t the greatest ereader out there, that’s for sure, just check my review for the details, but a color ereader at that price is pretty hard to pass up.

And it doesn’t stop there. The MobileRead poster was able to get the Sharper Image Literati for a grand total of $12 plus tax using this $20 mail-in rebate form, which expires today, and a 20% off coupon that can be acquired by signing up for their mailing list at BBB.

Even without the rebate, a 20% off coupon takes the total down to $31.99. If you need a spare ereader that supports Adobe DRM for ebooks and free library ebooks it’s worth checking out.

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This post is updated daily to list all the ebook reader sales through the 2010 holiday season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and any other promotion retailers can think up between now and the end of December that involves ereaders.

I’ve added this page toward the top of the main navigation list on the left so it’s easy to find quickly to check for updates. I’ll also post each new item that is added to this list on Twitter for those of you that want to keep updated on all the latest sales and deals as soon as they are posted.

Please feel free to contribute to this list by leaving comments if you notice an ereader sale that isn’t listed, or if you happen to notice that one of the sales is no longer active.

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A couple of days ago I received a review unit of the new Literati ebook reader from Sharper Image.

The Literati is a color ereader with a 7-inch screen and has built-in WiFi for connecting to the Kobo ebook store. It will be released later this month and will sell from a number of retail stores.

Click here for the full Literati review and video review »

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There’s an article over at the New York Times today about another new color ereader, the Literati by Sharper Image.

The Literati eReader has a 7-inch color TFT display with an aspect ratio of 800 x 480—an odd choice for something designed for reading and not video playback. It looks a lot like the Augen eReader, in fact.

But unlike the Augen, the Literati won’t have a web browser, but does have WiFi for connecting to the Kobo ebook store through the built-in Kobo application. It comes with 25 free public domain ebooks, with a coupon code for an additional 125.

As for the rest of the specs, there isn’t any. Even the Literati Reader website doesn’t mention them. There are a few videos, however, but they don’t reveal many details, other than the fact the device offers different font sizes, types, and has a brightness slider and night reading mode—all features of the Kobo reading app.

The Literati is expected to hit stores in October for $159 and will sell from Bed, Bath and Beyond, Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Kohl’s, and Macy’s stores. At that price, this device doesn’t stand a chance. The Augen sells for under $100 and there are several devices with more features, like the Pandigital Novel and Cruz Reader, that sell for about the same or slightly more.

New color ereaders are cropping up all over the place, a fad that won’t likely last very long once some quality low-cost tablets start hitting the market.

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