There’s no denying the fact that dedicated ebook readers are a niche product. You’d be surprised by how many people have never used a Kindle, a Kobo or other dedicated ereader. There’s still a sizable percentage of the population that doesn’t even know what they are, much less use them. But lots of people read […]
Installing KOReader and Kobo Start Menu on Kobo eReaders
One advantage with Kobo ereaders is the fact that there’s an active development community among Kobo users who help add extra features and tools to Kobo devices that the stock software lacks. There are a number of easy-to-install patches like nightmode for white text on a black background and full screen mode to get rid […]
Text-to-Speech Alternatives for Listening to Kindle eBooks
Kindle ereaders haven’t supported text-to-speech for five years, not since the original Kindle Touch from four generations back, but the question still comes up all the time. Whenever a new Kindle comes out one of the first things that gets asked is if it supports text-to-speech or not. Technically newer Kindles do support a form […]
Screen Protectors and E Ink eReaders a Bad Mix
It’s surprising to me how many screen protectors there are available for E Ink ereaders, Kindles especially. Amazon even has screen protectors listed as one of the main add-on accessories on all of their Kindle product pages. At $12.99 not only are the screen protectors way overpriced, they are completely unnecessary. First off you can […]
New Nook Tablet Pulled From Shelves Due to Faulty Charger
Barnes and Noble has another Nook problem on their hands. Their latest Nook Tablet that was released in November has been pulled from B&N’s website and store shelves because of a faulty charging adapter, according to a report by Android Police. The Nook tablet affected by this is the new $49 7-inch model that B&N […]
Woot Deals on Refurbished Kindles and Fire Tablets ($25-$75)
Woot is running another round of deals on refurbished Kindle ereaders and Amazon Fire tablets. They are all previous generation models, not any of the newer devices, but the prices are very low. You can get a Kindle 4 or a Kindle 5 for only $24.99. Those are the basic Kindles with page buttons instead […]
Why Such a Lack of Onyx Boox N96 Reviews?
The Onyx Boox N96 is a 9.7-inch E Ink ebook reader with an Android operating system and pen-enabled touchscreen. There are two models of the N96 available, one with a frontlight and stylus touch and another with stylus and hand touch but no frontlight. Both Onyx N96 models started selling in early 2016. Banggood started […]
Removing DRM from Kindle eBooks in Jeopardy Moving Forward?
In February Amazon is expected to release an update for their Kindle for PC program that could make removing DRM from Kindle ebooks problematic. When Amazon came out with their new enhanced typesetting engine in 2015, they started to change the Kindle ebook format from AZW to KFX to accommodate the added features. Since then […]