The eBook Reader Blog

If you have an older Nook ereader or Nook tablet, you will need to make sure the software is updated by June 30th to keep the device working properly. If you don’t update your Nook it will lose the ability to download books and future software updates, and you’ll no longer be able to purchase […]

Barnes and Noble has started sending out emails to customers informing them that they will no longer be supporting the 1st generation Nook as of June 29th. After that date, Nook users will no longer be able to purchase or download ebooks on the 1st gen Nook. Not only that, but customers will no longer […]

Add this to the long list of questionable decisions that Barnes and Noble has made in regards to the Nook. Today B&N finally decided to put the Nook Glowlight 3 on sale for the first time this year. It’s marked down to $99—that’s $20 off the regular price. With a gift-buying holiday like Mother’s Day […]

A couple days ago I posted about the latest Nook Glowlight 3 being available for cheap from a seller at Amazon with certified refurbished units selling for $79. It turns out the same Nook is also selling for $79 with free shipping on eBay from a seller called Big Deals, a top seller with a […]

The Nook Glowlight 3 is Barnes and Noble’s latest E Ink ebook reader, and while I was just talking about it yesterday in regards to how it could impact a new Kindle, it turns out refurbished Nooks are selling for cheap. The funny thing is they are being sold at Amazon and not Barnes and […]

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a fan of reading while using the night mode options available on some ebook readers and reading apps. The thing is I just want ebooks to look like paper books for the most part, and I’ve never once read a paper book that had orange […]

Thanks to a new firmware update, Barnes and Noble has officially removed the 1GB partition restriction for sideloaded content on the new Nook Glowlight 3. This effectively opens up the full 6.35GB of onboard storage space for both Nook and non-Nook content. Previously sideloaded content was limited to just under 1GB of total space. Now […]

A number of folks have expressed disappointment with the new Nook Glowlight 3 because Barnes and Noble limited the available storage space for sideloaded content to less than 1 GB. The Nook has 8 GB of storage total, with about 1.6 GB reserved for the operating system and 5.4 GB for Nook content. After receiving […]