If you like getting ebooks for free, Tor is giving away another highly-rated ebook this week as part of their monthly ebook club. The free ebook is The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander. It has a 4.8 star rating at Amazon with 102 reviews. It’s a science fiction alternate history novelette (description below). […]
Will Amazon Ever Release a Color Kindle?
It’s interesting how Kindles and other ebook readers have evolved over the years. They’ve added touchscreens and frontlights and now some models are even waterproof. One thing that hasn’t changed a whole lot is E Ink screens. Sure, they’ve improved the refresh rate and upgraded the resolution some, and a few devices like the Kobo […]
Power Saver Mode on Kindle Paperwhite, Have You Tried Disabling It?
Have you noticed how the new Kindle Paperwhite takes longer to turn on after it’s been turned off for awhile? It now shows a “Waking Up” screen that takes a few extra seconds to load before the device will turn on. This happens because of a new Power Saver setting that is enabled by default […]
Onyx Boox Note S on Sale for $305 with Coupon Code
Onyx currently has the Onyx Boox Note S available at its lowest price ever, slightly lower than the Black Friday sale price, and it also comes with a free cover when both are purchased together that sells for $25 separately. The deal is available on Onyx’s Amazon store where you can get the Onyx Boox […]
New White Version of Sony DPT-RP1 Now Available on Amazon
Amazon has started accepting pre-orders for a white version of the Sony DPT-RP1, Sony’s specialized digital paper PDF ereader with a 13.3-inch E Ink screen. It sells for the same $699 as the black version and it’s expected to get released on January 13th so it should be available next week. From a hardware and […]
Kyocera Card-Keitai E Ink Android Phone (Video)
Not very many interesting E Ink devices have turned up at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in recent years, but at least there are a couple of new things to talk about this year. One interesting new device is the Kyocera Card-Keitai, which is a tiny E Ink phone that was recently […]
New Onyx Boox Note Pro and Nova Pro Have Frontlights and Dual Touch (Videos)
Onyx is demoing some new products at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, where they’re showing off some interesting new E Ink ereaders for a change (new E Ink devices used to show up at CES but it’s been a non-event in recent years). Onyx has a new 10.3-inch Note Pro and a 7.8-inch Nova […]
Why is Walmart Raising Prices of Kobo eReaders?
I don’t know what’s going on with the Walmart Kobo partnership but the whole thing hasn’t made a lot of sense from the beginning. You would think that Walmart would carry Kobo’s ereaders in stores for people to try out before buying, but that hasn’t happened. For awhile a few stores stocked Kobo’s lower-end model, […]