The great thing about ebook readers is the ability to carry thousands of books with you wherever you go. Not only that but they eliminate all the physical space required to store paper books; you can have an entire library’s worth of ebooks on a dime-sized microSD card. It’s pretty amazing when you think about […]
Archives for 2016
Should Amazon Add ePub Support to Kindles?
Kindle ereaders are one of the few reading devices on the planet that don’t support ePub format. Kindles are the most popular dedicated readers and ePub is the most common ebook format, so what gives? Why doesn’t Amazon add support for ePub ebooks to Kindles? Fire tablets support ePub with apps available through Amazon’s own […]
13.3-inch Sony DPT-S1 Reader Still a Popular Choice (Video)
Sony’s specialized DPT-S1 E Ink PDF Reader has been on the market for a couple years now. It was the very first 13.3-inch E Ink ereader to get released, and as it finally starts to get some competition from other companies, the Sony DPT-S1 still remains a popular choice. I thought that once the 13.3-inch […]
Kindle Book Deals for Young Readers, Last Call Kindle Sales
Today Amazon has another Gold Box Deal of the Day for Kindle books, with discounts on ebooks for young readers this time. This is also the last day for the sales on Kindle ereaders and Fire devices. Amazon has been running more sales on children’s ebooks lately to help parents keep their kids interested in […]
New Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Tablet Released with Full HD Screen, Android 6.0
Samsung has quietly released a new 10-inch tablet in the US, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 SM-T580. It has a number of good things going for it, including a high-res 1920 x 1200 resolution screen, a 1.6 GHz octa-core processor, and Android 6.0, the latest version of Android that’s still only available on a small […]
New Kindle Software Update 5.8.1 Brings Back the Dots
Amazon has another firmware update for Kindle ereaders that they’ve started rolling out. The new software version is 5.8.1 (which is weird considering the last version was 5.7.4). The update is available for the Kindle Oasis, the Kindle Voyage, the entry-level Kindle, and the Kindle Paperwhite 2 and Paperwhite 3. Like usual you can wait […]
Gvido: Dual Screen 13.3-inch ePaper Music Score Device (Video)
There are a lot of forms of ereading, more than most people realize. A Japanese company, Terrada, has a new specialized epaper product under development designed for reading sheet music. The device is called the Gvido. It’s a dual-screen ereader with two E Ink Mobius screens (wow, that’s going to be expensive!). E Ink issued […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle Deals – June 13th
Here’s another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get your week off to a good start. There’s also this post from last week with 10 free audiobooks if you missed it. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of June 13th, 2016. Most of these titles are free […]