Kobo’s new ereaders don’t technically get released until April 30th, but they’ve already started turning up for sale online at Amazon and Walmart. The Amazon listings are shipping now and the Walmart listings say they’ll arrive on May 1st. In both cases, they are being sold by BlueProton, Kobo’s official retail partner in the US […]
The Mysterious Recurring Kindle Scribe Sale
I noticed over the past week that Amazon has been putting the Kindle Scribe on sale, but they’re only doing it for maybe a few hours each day. I don’t understand the point of putting it on sale off and on each day, but it’s what they’ve been doing. I was going to post about […]
Help Articles for New Color Kobo Models Now Live
Kobo has added some help articles and user guides for the new Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Clara Colour on their support website. They have a page with some things to know about the color screen, and what uses it provides, like adding multi-colored highlights and annotations to ebooks. They also say the color screen […]
The Best Time to Buy Kindles at the Lowest Prices
People often ask when is the best time to buy a new Kindle at the lowest price, and the answer is usually Prime Day. Kindles often hit their lowest prices ever during Prime Day sales, but an Amazon Prime membership is required, of course, so the cost of that has to be taken into account, […]
New 10.3″ PocketBook InkPad Eo eNote with Android 11 and Color
PocketBook has announced the upcoming release of their first eNote with a color E Ink screen (they’re starting to churn out as many new models as Onyx), and it’s called the PocketBook InkPad Eo. Unlike the PocketBook InkPad X Pro that they released a few months ago with Android 8.1, this new model runs Android […]
Kobo Clara: List of Differences Between 4 Models
Now that Kobo has annouced the upcoming release of the new Kobo Clara Colour and the Kobo Clara BW, I thought it would be helpful to outline the differences between each Kobo Clara model. The Kobo Clara HD was the first Clara model, and it came out in 2018. Fast forward six years and now […]
Another Kindle Discontinued – What’s Next?
We’re only four months into 2024 and Amazon has already discontinued two Kindles this year, while not releasing any new models since 2022. Meanwhile Kobo is releasing three new ereaders this month, two of them with color E Ink screens, and yet Amazon just keeps removing Kindles from their lineup without replacing them with anything […]
When Will Amazon Realize Not Everybody Wants Cheap Kindles?
Amazon has a long history of making their own branded products as inexpensive as possible so they can sell more units and keep people engaged in buying more stuff from Amazon. Their Fire tablets are a prefect example of this. If you want a nice tablet that’s going to last for a long time, get […]