The eBook Reader Blog

It’s that time of month again. The time when Tor gives away a free paid ebook for a few days as part of their eBook of the Month Club. Tor has been doing this for a couple of years now, and the free books are often pretty good. Oftentimes the freebie is the first book […]

Last month Amazon started selling a Twilight Blue version of the latest Kindle Paperwhite to go along with the black version that was released last fall. Releasing a new color eight months after the Paperwhite was first released is kind of strange, but what’s even weirder is Amazon sells four different colors of the Kindle […]

It’s amazing how many complaints there have been lately about Kindles and other ebook readers not having USB-C ports, especially the new Kindle Oasis. In fact, the top review for the new Oasis at Amazon is a 1-star review with the sole complaint that the new Kindle lacks USB-C and how that’s completely unacceptable and […]

I can’t help but notice that things have sure been quiet at Kobo lately. There hasn’t been any major software updates or new features added in a long time, and they rarely run sales or do any promotions to draw attention to themselves. Releasing a new reading device in 2019 could shake things up a […]

Review Date: August 2019 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The 3rd generation Kindle Oasis was released on July 24th, 2019. Amazon refers to it as a 10th generation Kindle, along with the Kindle Paperwhite 4 and the latest basic Kindle for 2019. The new Kindle Oasis looks exactly the same as the previous […]

Amazon has started up another Kindle Unlimited promotion and this time around you can get a 3 month subscription for $1.99. The offer is for new or returning users only, not current Kindle Unlimited members but the Kindle Unlimited Gift Deal is still active for current subscribers where you can get 20%-40% off the regular […]

I don’t know if it’s permanent or if it’s a limited time deal, but the 10.3-inch Onyx Note Pro is currently selling for $50 less on Amazon than it used to sell for. The Note Pro has been listed at $599 since it was released earlier this year. Now it’s priced at $549 with free […]

Walmart is Kobo’s lone retail partner in the US and they recently created a new listing for the 6-inch Kobo Aura on their website and they’re calling it the “Exclusive Walmart eBooks Edition”. So now Walmart has two separate pages for the Kobo Aura on the Kobo section of their website. On the old page […]