The Sony Touch Edition, a.k.a. the PRS-650, is back in stock in both red and black at Sony Style.com after having sold out a few weeks before Christmas. Other retailers still aren’t showing them in stock yet, at least not at a reasonable price. Even the Sony UK site and other international Sony sites are […]
B&N Giving Away a Nook WiFi a Day Through January
Barnes and Noble is running a promotion on Facebook where they are giving away a Nook WiFi each day through January 30th. You need a Facebook account to enter and the sweepstakes are open to residents of the United States over 18 years old. Check out Barnes and Noble’s Facebook page for the official rules […]
Kobo Wireless eReader On Sale for $99
The Kobo Wireless eReader is on sale at Borders.com for $99 and is available in all three color varieties. The sale lasts for 4 days but unfortunately the Borders site doesn’t specify the dates so it’s unclear if the sale just started or is about to end (I was researching for a different article and […]
Review of the Nook Color Industriell Cover
One of the hidden costs of buying a new ereader like the Nook Color is that most don’t come with any kind of cover or sleeve to keep them protected. I forgot to get a cover when I first ordered the Nook Color and was literally using an old stocking cap as a makeshift sleeve […]
Pixel Qi Displays, A Closer Look and Video Interview
Pixel Qi is one of the new display technologies coming to ereaders, tablets, and other portable media devices in 2011. Pixel Qi displays are similar to regular LCD displays like a computer’s screen but are more energy efficient because the backlight can be adjusted and turned off to save on power. In this mode ambient […]
15 Percent off Codes for eBooks at Kobo
Below are some discount codes for ebooks at KoboBooks.com. These coupon codes didn’t say what the expiration date was, so hopefully they are valid for awhile. Kobo’s ebooks use Adobe DRM so they are compatible with most ereaders except the Kindle. They have apps for Android devices, iPad and iPhone, Blackberry, PC and Mac computers, […]
PressReader Released for Android with 1700 Newspaper Subscriptions
If you read a lot of newspapers then you might try checking out the new Android app called PressReader. There’s an app for the iPhone and iPad as well as Mac and PC computers. With PressReader you can subscribe to over 1,700 full-content newspapers from 93 countries in 49 languages. Newspapers cost 99 cents per […]
Kobo Adds 175k Educational and Technical PDFs to eBookstore
Kobo Books has added 175,000 PDFs to their ebook library from more than 2,000 publishers, including Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Blackwell, Palgrave, The World Bank, Springer, Financial Times Press, Routledge, and others. The PDFs include medical texts, academic and scientific texts, dictionaries, economics and business manuals, technical manuals, and other education oriented materials.