Earlier I posted about a couple of Icarus ereaders that I found listed on Amazon. I also found another oddball ereader that I hadn’t noticed before, even though it’s been listed on Amazon since April of last year. The ebook reader in question is the Energy eReader E4 Mini put out by a Spanish electronics […]
The 6″ Icarus Essence and 8″ Icarus8 eBook Readers
Back in 2012 I reviewed an ebook reader called the Icarus Excel, a 9.7″ E Ink ereader with a Wacom touchscreen and Pearl display. It is sold from a company called ICARUS based in the Netherlands, but they also sell through a third-party merchant on Amazon.com called Odyssey Shop. In fact the Icarus Excel is […]
Daily Deals & Freebies – January 27
Kindle Daily Deals 4 books in The Kathleen Turner series by Tiffany Snow Being a bartender by night and law firm runner by day helps make ends meet for Kathleen Turner. Mostly. Being 23 and single in Indianapolis wasn’t exactly a thrilling adventure, but then again, that’s not what Kathleen wanted. At least, not until […]
Daily Deals & Freebies – January 26
Please note that I’ve made it so only today’s Daily Deals & Freebies post appears on the front page of The eBook Reader Blog since the deals become out-dated each day. You can still find the older posts in the Deals section for reference. Kindle Daily Deals Amazon has 75 ebooks on sale today as […]
Daily Deals & Freebies – January 24
Kindle Daily Deals The Retribution by Val McDermid Val McDermid is a world-class crime writer whose books have sold millions worldwide. Now joining the Atlantic Monthly Press list for the first time, she is back with a chilling, high-velocity thriller featuring her immensely popular creations, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan. Today’s […]
OverDrive is Getting Rid of DRM on Audiobooks
OverDrive is the leading distributor of ebooks and audiobooks to schools and libraries. They make borrowing ebooks from libraries easy for anyone with an ebook reader, tablet, computer or phone. And soon borrowing audiobooks is going to be a lot easier too. Earlier this week, OverDrive announced on their blog that they are going to […]
Daily Deals & Freebies – January 23
Kindle Daily Deals Japantown by Barry Lancet San Francisco antiques dealer Jim Brodie recently inherited a stake in his father’s Tokyo-based private investigation firm, which means the single father of six-year-old Jenny is living a busy intercontinental life, traveling to Japan to acquire art and artifacts for his store and consulting on Brodie Security’s caseload […]
Rooting Directions for New Nook GlowLight
The smart folks at XDA have done it again. I thought there would be little interest in rooting the new Nook GlowLight since it lacks an SD card slot and doesn’t really offer anything new that the older Nooks don’t have, aside from the improved frontlight and higher resolution screen. But that didn’t stop developers […]