Australia Kobo announced on their blog this week that Borders Australia will sell the Kobo eReader and launch an ebook store powered by Kobo that will include ebooks from Australian authors and publishers, among the 2 million titles Kobo boasts as their selection. The blog speaks in the future tense but it appears that the […]
Amazon’s New Free eBooks List
Taking a page from the Apple iBooks store, Amazon has finally created a separate list for the top 100 free ebooks so that they no longer clog up the top 100 Bestseller ebooks list. Take a look at the new layout for the Bestsellers in Kindle store lists. The top 100 free and paid lists […]
iRex DR-800 On Sale For $379
Best Buy.com has the iRex DR-800 marked down to $379 from the usual $399. It still says available online only, not sure why they haven’t gotten them in stores yet, considering it was released back in February.
Refurbished Sony Pocket $110 Today Only
The Sony PRS-300 is “Today’s Woot” at Woot.com. It’s refurbished and is selling for $109.99 plus $5 for shipping. New ones cost about $35 more on Amazon. Thanks to a reader for sending the tip. If you happen to notice any good deals please feel free to leave a comment on one of the posts […]
How to Win a Free Kobo eReader
Came across this on Twitter, Kobo is giving away 5 Kobo eReaders this week and 5 more next week (May 18th-31st). All you have to do is buy an ebook from the Kobo ebook store to be entered in the contest. Actually, I skimmed over the rules and you don’t even have to buy an […]
B&N’s In-Store Free eBook Promotion
Barnes and Noble issued a press release yesterday about another in-store promotion for Nook owners, iRex DR-800 owners (it’s tied in to B&N’s store as well), and any other mobile device (phones, ipods, etc) with B&N’s eReader software installed. Take any of these to a B&N store to get a voucher to download a free […]
It’s Official: $100 Sony Touch was Pricing Mistake
I was holding out hope that I'd be getting two shiny new Sony PRS-600s for just $100 each after finding them Saturday morning on Borders.com, but I received an email from Borders that confirms it was indeed a pricing error and that the order has been canceled. On the bright side, they are sending a […]
On Sale: Sony PRS-900 $299
Thanks to a tip at the Mobileread forums the Sony PRS-900 is on sale at Dell for just $299. They have the wrong picture up, but the rest of the specs check out. That's a great price considering all the features and accessories that it comes with.