Sony officially announced their latest ebook reader today, the Sony Reader PRS-T2, and it’s now available for order from Sony.com for $129 in three colors, red, black, and white. It’s also available from Sony Canada for $139. I’d suggest waiting a couple of weeks to buy, however, since it is likely to go on sale […]
Send to Kindle for Google Chrome Can Send Web Content to Kindle Devices and Apps
Amazon has released a really cool new browser extension called Send to Kindle for Google Chrome that lets Kindle users send web content such as news articles, blog posts, and even highlighted text from Google Chrome to a Kindle device or Kindle app. Unlike the other Send to Kindle apps that allow you to easily […]
Barnes and Noble Slashes Prices on Nook Color and Nook Tablet
Barnes and Noble has been running so many sales on their Nook devices lately that it’s hard to keep up with all the different promotions. This time around it’s more than just a sale, though. In the ever competitive market of Android tablets, the Nook Color and both models of the Nook Tablet have received […]
PSA: Don’t Order a Sony Reader PRS-T2…At Least Not Initially
Given the leaked product pages for the new Sony PRS-T2 ebook reader that turned up on J&R.com Thursday night (they’ve since been taken down) and the fact the PRS-T1 is no longer for sale on Sony’s website, there is a very good chance that Sony will make an official announcement about the release of the […]
New Sony Reader PRS-T2 Turns up For Pre-Order at J&R
We all knew Sony was planning on releasing a successor to their PRS-T1 ebook reader when the PRS-T2 went through the FCC last month, and while Sony has yet to release any official information on their new ereader, the Sony Reader PRS-T2 has turned up for pre-order for $129 from J&R.com in three colors: black, […]
Pulse RSS News Reader Comes to Web Browsers
Pulse has made a name for itself over the past couple of years as being one of the best RSS news reader apps for the iPad and iPhone as well as Android tablets and phones. Thanks to some help from Microsoft, an HTML5 version of Pulse is now available on all modern web browsers, including […]
Onyx Boox i62HD to Get Lighted Screen
Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jim Savitz, a regular reader of this blog. If you have an ereader or ebook related article or news tip you’d like to submit, feel free to send me an email. A couple of months ago Nathan posted a brief review about a new e-ink e-reader from Onyx […]
Microsoft Patents Contextual Advertising in eBooks
Microsoft has a habit of collecting lots and lots of patents and then bullying anyone who steps their toes out of line into forking over lots and lots of cash. So it’s not much of a surprise that Microsoft was just granted a patent for contextual ads placed in ebooks, even though Microsoft decided to […]