According to an article posted by The Register, Sony has scored a major deal to get the entire series of Harry Potter ebooks bundled onto its new upcoming ebook reader. Not only that but Sony is paying JK Rowling millions for early electronic rights so that they can offer the Harry Potter ebooks exclusively on […]
Follow The eBook Reader on Facebook
So I finally went ahead and setup a Facebook page for The eBook Reader.com. Facebook is more popular than ever with over 750 million active users and this site has been up for over 2 years now, so I guess it’s about time. We are really late to the Facebook party, so please stop by […]
New Covers for Nook Touch from M-Edge and Oberon
Earlier in the week, M-Edge issued a press release announcing that they now have covers and accessories available for the Nook Touch. M-Edge is one of the leading designers for ereader and tablet cases. M-Edge offers four different styles of covers designed specifically for the Nook Touch. What’s nice is that the covers use a […]
Amazon Launches Kindle Cloud Reader, Here’s a Look on the iPad 2 (Video)
Today Amazon introduced a new HTML5 Kindle app designed for use with web browsers, which is optimized for the Apple iPad, and provides a workaround for Amazon to continue to offer Kindle shopping from within the app on the iPad. A couple of weeks ago, Apple started enforcing a rule that requires anyone who offers […]
New York Post for Android is Amazon’s Free App of the Day
If you like reading news from the New York Post, then today is your lucky day because Amazon is giving away the New York Post Android app for free, which normally costs $1.99. The reviews for it are absolutely horrible. It has two stars over 110 reviews. The app works fine, the reason it’s getting […]
Do Barnes and Noble’s Digital Magazines and Newspapers Have DRM?
I noticed something odd today while working on the review for the Pandigital Nova. I was able to open newspapers and magazines from Barnes and Noble with the Aldiko Android app. After further testing with other Android apps and on a computer with EPUB readers, all my newspapers and magazines from Barnes and Noble are […]
Discount Codes for eBooks and Textbooks
Below is a list of discount codes from Kobo, eBooks.com, eHarlequin, CengageBrain.com, and CourseSmart for savings on various ebooks and textbooks. As usual, some publishers don’t allow discounting on their ebooks so the codes won’t work for all titles. These include Random House: Imprints Ballantine, Bantam, Broadway Books, Crown, Dell, Doubleday, Knopf; Penguin: Imprints Dorling […]
Buy a Nook and Get $107 Worth of Classic eBooks and Study Guides
Barnes and Noble just announced a new back-to-school promotion where they are giving away twelve ebooks from their classics series, twelve SparkNotes, three Nook Study guides, and four Nook Color apps with the purchase of a Nook Touch, Nook Color, or 1st Gen Nook. The offer is good both online at B&N.com and in Barnes […]