In recent years the number of ereaders that come with memory card slots has declined dramatically. It used to be common for all ereaders except Kindles to come with a memory card slot. The 1st gen Kindle was the only Kindle to ever have a memory card slot. Getting rid of expandable storage clearly hasn’t […]
Why Aren’t Plastic E Ink Screens Available for More eReaders?
Why is it that in 2017 we still don’t have a single option for a smaller ereader with a plastic-based screen? E Ink has been making plastic screens for their 13.3-inch devices for a few years now, but why don’t they offer any smaller screens with a plastic substrate? Normally you’d think of plastic as […]
Onyx Boox Max with Upgraded 13.3-inch Screen Available to Pre-Order
Earlier this month some rumors started surfacing about a new Onyx Boox Max with a higher resolution screen coming out soon, along with a Max 2 later in the year with some hardware upgrades. Things must be moving along smoothly because one of Onyx’s authorized resellers, eReader-Store.de, has started taking pre-orders for the Onyx Boox […]
How to Register and Deregister Kindle eReaders
If you order a new Kindle directly from Amazon, it usually comes already registered to your Amazon account, so when you get it all you have to do is charge it up to get started reading. If you buy a Kindle from Best Buy, eBay, or some other retailer you’ll have to manually register it […]
Big Kindle Sale for Prime Members – Up to $50 Off Kindles
Amazon is having a big sale on Kindle ereaders exclusively for Amazon Prime members. It’s the same kind of sale they had around the holidays and black Friday. If you don’t have Prime and don’t want to get left out of the deal there’s always the option to get 1 month of Prime for $10.99. […]
Kindle Book Deals and Woot Sales for $25 Kindles and $35 Fire Tablets
Once again Amazon having another 1-day only sale on select Kindle ebooks for one of their main deals of the day. They’ve been offering a list of discounted Kindle ebooks every Sunday lately and today is no exception. This time the deal includes standout Kindle reads for $3.99 or less. There are 21 ebooks on […]
Sony is Working on Another Large Screen eReader
For a company that got out of the ebook market, Sony just can’t quite seem to let go of making ereaders with E Ink screens. Sony’s last PDF-specific device, the DPT-S1, was unceremoniously discontinued last fall, and it looked like that might be the end of Sony’s E Ink ereaders, but now some evidence has […]
Apple’s New Cheaper iPad a Good Choice for eReading
Earlier this week Apple unveiled a new 9.7-inch iPad that started going on sale today. One of the most intriguing things about the new iPad is it comes at a much lower price than previous models, especially considering it has 32GB of storage space (or 128GB if you want more) instead of the usual 16GB. […]