As we enter the final week of January, there are some decent deals to be had on ebook readers and tablets. There are also plenty of sales on ebooks to keep your ereader or tablet fed during these cold winter days. If you happen to come across any other deals feel free to mention them […]
Kindle Paperwhite Now Available Internationally From Amazon.com
Amazon has officially started selling the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite 3G to dozens of countries worldwide. Up until now Amazon’s latest frontlight-equipped ebook reader was only available in the United States, parts of Europe, Japan, and as of yesterday Canada. Now there are international product description pages for both the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle […]
Android Tablet and eReader Troubleshooting Guide
Over the past couple of years I’ve had the opportunity to use and review around two dozen Android tablets and ereaders, including the Kindle Fire, various Nook tablets, the Asus Transformer, cheap Chinese imports, a bunch of crummy tablets from Pandigital, and even some Android-powered E Ink ebook readers like the Nook Touch and Sony […]
Kindle eBook Readers Now Being Sold From Amazon Canada
It has taken Amazon forever, but it has finally happened. The Kindle Paperwhite and basic Kindle are now being sold directly from Amazon’s Canadian website. Up until now all Kindle ereaders ordered from Canada had to be purchased from Amazon’s U.S. store. Having recently added Kindle ebooks to Amazon.ca, this isn’t much of a surprise, […]
Total Boox Allows Users to Pay for an eBook in Segments – Pay for Only What You Read
Here’s an interesting new concept. An Israel-based company called Total Boox is launching a new platform for ebook reading and distributing in 2013 that allows people to pay only for the parts of an ebook that they actually read. Instead of the “buy now, read later” approach of today’s ebookstores, Total Boox aims to let […]
Are Electrowetting Displays the Future of eReaders and Tablets?
Over the past year tablet displays have greatly improved in terms of screen resolution and pixel density, but two areas that still need improving are outdoor readability and energy efficiency. Today’s tablets with LCD screens are very bright and easy to read indoors, but outside and in areas with bright lighting annoying reflections and glare […]
Cybook Odyssey HD Frontlight Headed to the U.S.
One European eReader I have always had an overseas crush on is the Cybook Odyssey HD. Now that French eReader developer Bookeen has released a 2nd-gen edition of this device—with a frontlit display—I want one even more. The Cybook Odyssey HD Frontlight features a 6-inch capacitive touch HD E Ink display (1024 x 758), and its […]
Walmart, Costco, Target and Other Retailers to Start Selling eBooks?
Last week Publishers Weekly posted an interesting article about how ebooks could be coming to grocery stores, drug stores, and other mass-market retailers in as little as six to eight months, maybe sooner. At this stage in ebook evolution it still seems a bit odd to buy ebooks from stores like Walmart and Walgreens, but […]