Last week I posted about the Energy eReader Pro HD, a new thin flush-screen ereader with Android 4.2 and Google Play from Energy Sistem, an electronics company based in Spain. Energy Sistem has also released two other new ereaders to add to their lineup, the Screenlight HD and Slim HD. Both are more basic than […]
Amazon Raises Free Shipping Threshold to $49 but Drops to $25 for Books
Things have just gone from bad to worse for Amazon shoppers. Yesterday they teased us with what turned out to be an erroneous $70 price drop on the Fire HD 8 (and it was back down to $99 again for a few hours today). Then Amazon goes and follows that up with a minimum order […]
Updated: Fire HD 8 Now Only $79! (Ended Again)
I don’t know what’s going on with Amazon but they keep dropping the price of the Fire HD 8 to $79 or $99 for a few hours each day. This has happened for three days in a row but just for a few hours at a time. See updates below… It normally sells for $149. […]
Kindle Voyage Finally Available in Canada
Amazon has officially released the Kindle Voyage in Canada. It’s been well over a year since it was released in the United States, so I guess it’s better late than never. A lot of people like to blame Amazon for the delay because of some big conspiracy, and blaming Amazon is a popular thing to […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks Plus $30 Off Fire HD 6 Deal
Here’s another weekly roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle books. Plus Amazon has the Fire HD 6 tablet on sale today only for $69, which is $30 off the regular price. It has a much higher resolution screen than the $49 Fire, and it’s gotten updated to Fire OS 5 so the operating system is […]
Scribd Changing What Unlimited Means Again
Scribd is a subscription service that offers customers access to ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and sheet music for a monthly fee of $8.99. Scribd has become somewhat notorious for changing their membership terms, and today they announced that more changes are coming starting in mid-March. It’s going to make some customers unhappy, but at least Scribd […]
Newer Tablets Trending Away from Higher Resolution Screens
Over the past couple of years it’s been interesting to watch the evolution of the tablet. For awhile it was all about upgrading to higher resolution screens, and now it’s gotten to the point over the past year or two where a lot of companies are backing off on screen resolution, going lower than previous […]
New Energy eReader Pro HD Released
Last week Energy Sistem released a new ebook reader in Europe called the Energy eReader Pro HD. It’s another newer Boyue-based ereader very similar to the InkBook Obsidian that I recently reviewed. The Energy eReader Pro HD has a slightly different outer design but all the elements are essentially the same, with a flush screen, […]