Amazon quietly phased out the Kindle Voyage over the summer. First it started disappearing from Amazon’s international websites, and then around the end of July they stopped selling it new in the US from Amazon.com. Now it’s only available used and refurbished, and occasionally new when they find a few laying around. So why did […]
Video Preview of 7.8-inch Onyx Boox Nova
The Onyx Boox Nova is among the list of new Onyx ereaders expected to get released this year. A new video surfaced on YouTube today from one of Onyx’s resellers showing a preview of the Onyx Boox Nova. The video doesn’t really show much but at least it confirms the Nova is still in the […]
Is Anyone Buying eBooks and Audiobooks from Walmart?
Walmart launched their ebook store last month, except it’s actually just Kobo’s ebook store with a Walmart logo on it. They were adverting it on the Walmart homepage at first, but it appears that they’ve already given up on that idea. Now you have to go hunting for the link to their ebook and audiobook […]
Kindle Oasis 2 DecalGirl Skin Review – Save Your Money
A couple weeks ago I posted about skins for the Kindle Oasis 2, and I decided to order a skin from DecalGirl. I wanted to try putting a skin on the 2nd gen Kindle Oasis to see if it would help give the device more of a book-like feel instead of the cold, slick feel […]
Refurbished Kindle Voyages on Sale for $119, and Other Deals
Amazon has been rotating sales on certified refurbished Kindles lately, and now it’s the Kindle Voyage’s turn again, but this time the price is even lower than usual. They recently dropped the price of refurbished Kindle Voyages from $149 to $139, and now they’ve taken an additional $20 off the price with the current sale. […]
New Likebook Mars with Android 6.0 and 7.8″ Screen Available for $239
This past week the new Boyue Likebook Mars showed up on YouTube in series of videos. It marks its claim as the very first E Ink ebook reader to come with an octa-core processor, and it’s also the first Boyue ereader to run Android 6.0 (their older models run Android 4.2.2). The new Likebook Mars […]
Too Bad Other Companies Can’t Make Kindles Too
One of the worst things about Amazon completely dominating the ebook market is the fact it locks people into using Kindle apps and Kindle ebook readers. This isn’t really even Amazon’s fault; if publishers didn’t insist on locking down their ebooks with pointless DRM (pointless because it can easily be removed for free by anybody, […]
New InkBook Prime HD with 300 ppi and Adjustable Frontlight Color
InkBook has been busy updating their line of ebook readers lately. They just released the new entry-level InkBook Lumos, and there’s the 7.8-inch InkBook Explore coming out soon, not to mention the 10.3-inch InkBook Infinity. Now they’ve just released an upgraded version of their best-selling model, the InkBook Prime. The new HD model adds a […]