In a much anticipated move, Borders has lowered the price of the Kobo Reader down to $129, cutting $20 off the price so that it is now $10 cheaper than the Kindle 3 WiFi. Borders also cut the price of the Aluratek Libre by $20, making it just $99. These new prices will go into […]
Sales and Discounts
Ebook Readers On Sale
Looking around the internet, there are currently several ebook readers on sale. Here’s the list: The Sony PRS-300 is marked down to $99 at Sears. The Sony PRS-600 is also on sale for $119 at Sears. The Ectaco jetBook is selling for $89 from NewEgg. The jetBook Lite is back down to $99 again at […]
The Android Powered Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet Now up for Pre-Order
Thanks to a tip at MR, it looks like the Velocity Micro Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet are now available for pre-order with an expected ship date of September 8th for the Reader and September 27th for the Tablet. The Cruz Reader is another multimedia device like the Pandigital Novel that can display movies, pictures, […]
Entourage Edge Now Selling From Best Buy and Other Resellers
Just happened to notice that the Entourage Edge, the first foldable device to have both E Ink and LCD touchscreens, is now selling online from Best Buy along with some other retailers. In fact, the Entourage Edge website now refers all orders to their resellers, even though they still sell accessories. Interestingly, the price is […]
Refurbished Sony Pocket $99, Sony Touch $119
The prices of ereaders are dropping all the time. Sony Style now has the refurbished PRS-300 marked down to $99 and the refurbished PRS-600 marked down to $119. Refurbished products are often items that have been returned or ones that have had minor fixes, so they’re generally a good deal and this time, for an […]
WHSmith Cuts eBook Prices in Response to Amazon UK
Last week when Amazon officially unveiled the new Kindle UK ebook store, I compared some of Amazon’s ebook prices with WHSmith and found that Amazon had much lower prices in most cases. Here’s the post with the information about Kindle UK and the price comparisons. So now WHSmith is countering by cutting their prices by […]
Waterstones Selling the PRS-300 for £99.99
Finally a big price cut on a Sony Reader in the United Kingdom, the Sony Pocket Edition is down to £99 at Waterstones. The PRS-300 usually sells in the neighborhood of £129 – £169 in the UK, so that’s quite a decent amount of savings. Considering the new Kindle 3 starts at £109 for the […]
Newegg has 3 E Ink eReaders Under $100
If you’ve been waiting for a cheap ebook reader, Newegg.com has 3 different models on sale for $99 each, the Cybook Opus, Astak Mentor, and Foxit eSlick. The best of the bunch is the Cybook Opus. It has a 5-inch display and recently got a new firmware update. It comes with 1GB of internal memory […]