People have different preferences when it comes to what they like to have display on the screen of an E Ink ebook reader when it’s turned off and resting in sleep mode. The term screensaver is often used to describe the image that appears on the screen while a device sleeps. E Ink screens don’t […]
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10 Reasons Kindle eReaders Are Better Than Paper Books
Some people prefer to read paper books and some prefer to read ebooks. Neither viewpoint is right or wrong, but each comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. For some people, once they start reading ebooks there is no going back to paper books. Ebooks are more convenient in a number of ways, […]
Onyx eReaders and E Ink Tablets On Sale for Black Friday and Christmas
Onyx is currently promoting a Christmas Sale on their website where you can get $15-$50 off the price of Boox ereaders and E Ink notepads depending on how much you spend. The deals are only available from Onyx’s official Boox Shop, not their Amazon store, but one advantage with buying from Onyx directly is they […]
Onyx Selling Poke2 Color Again with Color E Ink Screen
Onyx has started taking orders for the Poke2 Color once again, their first color ereader that uses E Ink’s new Kaleido screen technology. Onyx first started selling the Poke2 Color back in August, but they only sold it for one day before it sold out and then it’s been unavailable ever since. It’s good to […]
What Was Your First eBook Reader, and Do You Still Use It?
Posting about the 1st gen Kindle the other day got me thinking about the first ebook reader I ever bought. It wasn’t the first Kindle or even the second generation Kindle. I didn’t know Kindles existed until mid-2009. When I first came across the 2nd gen Kindle listed on Amazon’s website I thought it was […]
New 3.0 Firmware Update Released for Previous Gen Onyx eReaders
Onyx has released a new software update, version 3.0, for their line of Android-powered Boox ereaders and writing tablets. The update is available for the previous generation models, including the Onyx Max3, the Note2, the Nova2 and the Poke2. For the most part it’s the same software that comes on Onyx’s newer models, but it […]
Best eBook Readers List – 2020 Edition
Last year around this time I posted a list of the best ebook readers for 2019, and I wanted to update that list for 2020 but not much has changed this year. The same Kindles, Kobos, and Nooks are still available without any changes, expect Kobo put the Kobo Aura 2 in a new case […]
List of New eBook Readers Released in 2020
I thought it would be interesting to make a list of all the new ebook readers that have been released in 2020 by each of the main ereader manufacturers. I’m not going to include models from obscure companies or ones that are only released in China or other non-English countries, and the list includes dedicated […]