Price wars between Amazon and Barnes and Noble are one thing, but now it’s really going to get interesting. Amazon was just granted a patent that was filed in 2006 for ebook readers with a secondary LCD display. Yeah. You read that correctly. Amazon holds the patent for the design of ebook readers like the […]
Free eBook and Audiobook From Cemetery Dance: The Painted Darkness
The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman is free in both ebook and audiobook form for a limited time from Cemetery Dance Publications, the leading specialty press publisher of horror and dark fiction. The hardcover is currently available for pre-order from several sites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and will be released in November. […]
Some News About the New Kobo Reader Firmware Update
Kobo announced on their blog this morning that the first phase of upgrades for Canadian Kobo Reader owners has gone well so far, and that the update will automatically be rolling out this week for everyone else in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. If you own a Kobo eReader, at some point during the […]
The Samsung E-60 Comes to France
After being available in Korea for the past 5 months, the Samsung E-60 ebook reader is now coming to France. In Korea, the Samsung E-60 sells from Kyobo for 349,000 Won, which converts to about $285 USD. And now, a French website, Actualitte, is reporting that the Samsung E-60 is coming to 228 Carrefour retail […]
DreamBook Color eBook Reader W95
The DreamBook Color ebook player W95 is an Australian ebook reader/tablet hybrid. It has the form factor of an ebook reader but with a color LCD screen for viewing videos, photos, etc. It’s made by Pioneer Computers Australia, the #1 manufacturer of notebooks, PC’s, and servers in Australia, according to their website. Like the Pandigital […]
8 Free eBooks From eHarlequin.com
Some free ebooks for the ladies . . . Most of the free ebooks listed below are available in EPUB, PDF, Microsoft LIT, and MobiPocket formats from eHarlequin.com. eHarlequin also offers other promotions for free ebooks, like the banner to the left suggests (they have offers for other categories too). Winter’s Passage by Julie Kagawa […]
The eBook Reader Blog Week in Review – June 28th to July 4th
This Week’s Top Posts New Kindle DX with Better Contrast and Lower Price – Amazon continued to dominate the news this week by introducing the new graphite Kindle DX for $379 that will be released on Wednesday. What’s more, the new Kindle DX is the first ebook reader to use new higher-contrast screens just announced […]
Books-A-Million Giving Away Sony Readers Every Day in July
Books-A-Million, one of the nation’s leading book retailers with 227 stores in 23 states, is giving away a shiny new Sony PRS-505 each day this month to promote their new ebook store. In order to win the Sony Reader, you have to purchase an ebook from the Books-A-Million website to be entered into the daily […]