Imagine if you had a bookcase in your house full of books that you purchased with your hard-earned money, and every 4-8 years you had to pay a multibillion-dollar company a minimum of $350 to continue to have access to the books you purchased in your own library. That’s exactly how Apple’s ebook system works. […]
Archives for May 2025
Solar Powered E Ink Displays are Now a Reality
E Ink and their partners recently demoed some new products at this year’s SID Display Week, including a new 32″ solar powered E Ink poster called the Solis 32 Display. It uses E Ink’s full-color Spectra 6 technology, which is part of their digital signage line so it isn’t directly related to ereaders, but it’s […]
New Musnap Aura C has 10.3″ Color E Ink Screen, Runs Android
I came across a new eNote on Amazon that I’ve never heard of before, and a quick Google search suggests that pretty much nobody else has heard of it yet either. The Musnap Aura C Paper Tablet appears to be a new eNote out of China with a 10.3″ color E Ink screen (Kaleido 3) […]
Kindle Colorsoft More Popular Than Fire Max 11 Tablet
The Kindle Colorsoft got off to a rocky start with all the negative reviews about the uneven frontlight and the various drawbacks with color E Ink screens in general, but a surprising number of people are still interested in Amazon’s first color Kindle ereader. In fact, the Kindle Colorsoft is currently outselling Amazon’s Fire Max […]
Amazon Launches Kindle Learning Academy
Over on the official Kindle forum, an Amazon staff member posted several notices about a so-called “Kindle Learning Academy” with this explanation describing what that is exactly: The Kindle Learning academy (amazon.com/learningacademy/ereader) is a resource where Amazon Kindle E-reader and App users can come to learn more on how to setup, customize and engage with […]
Kindle Paperwhite Still Most Popular Kindle, Despite Higher Price
About every three years Amazon releases a new Kindle Paperwhite model, and it doesn’t matter how much they increase the price or how infrequently they put it on sale, it always remains at the top of the list of best selling Kindles. Right now the Kindle Paperwhite currently holds 6 out of the top 10 […]
New Bigme HiBreak Pro E Ink Phone with Android 14 Now on Amazon
The Bigme HiBreak Pro is a new Android-powered E Ink phone that’s been available to order from Bigme’s website for the past couple months, and now it’s available to order on Amazon as well. Bigme released two E Ink phones last year, one with a regular black and white screen and one with a color […]
NetGalley Adds Send to Kobo Button to Deliver Books to Kobos
Earlier this year NetGalley switched their ebooks over to a new type of DRM (LCP) that isn’t compatible with Kobo ereaders, and some folks that use NetGalley were disappointed they could no longer use Kobo ereaders to read NetGalley ebooks. Fortunately the two companies worked together to provide a solution, and that solution is now […]