With the introduction of the new Nook Wi-Fi and subsequent price-drops of the Nook 3G and Kindle 2, choosing the best device of the three can be a difficult decision. So which one is the best ereader to choose? Well, the good news is that you really can’t go wrong with any of them at […]
Limited Edition Sony Pocket Bundle
SonyStyle is offering a new bundle for the Reader Pocket Edition to promote the upcoming Sony Pictures movie, Eat, Pray, and Love—starring Julia Roberts. The movie comes out August 13th. Here’s the trailer. The bundle package comes with a silver Sony Pocket Edition, a special Eat, Pray, Love-themed cover, and a code to download the […]
Firmware Updates for Cybook Opus and Cybook Gen3
Yesterday Bookeen released new firmware updates for the Cybook Opus, which comes in several different colors now, and the Cybook Gen3. As usual with Bookeen’s ereaders, there two versions of firmware available, one for Adobe DRM ebooks and one for Mobipocket DRM ebooks (Mobipocket doesn’t allow Adobe support in conjunction with Mobi on a single […]
UK eBook Reader Sales and Deals
With all the recent ebook reader price-cuts in the United States and Canada, people in the UK are feeling a little left out, especially considering the constant fact that ebook readers are always more expensive in Europe compared to prices in the US. Compound regional restrictions for ebook rights on top of this, where ebook […]
Review and Video: PocketBook 301-Plus eBook Reader
Yaroslav Bondarenko from PocketBook Global’s US branch was nice enough to lend us a PocketBook 301+ to review. The 301 has been out for a couple of years, but was updated last summer. It has a plethora of advanced firmware features that belies its unassuming outward appearance. We’ll also be posting reviews of PocketBook’s newer […]
Borders Counters with $20 Gift Card with Kobo eReader Purchase
Not to be left out of the price-cutting ebook reader hype and media frenzy, Borders issued a press release today announcing that they will be bundling the new Kobo eReader with a $20 Borders gift card and double Borders Bucks. The Kobo eReader sells exclusively from Borders.com in the United States for $149. It is […]
iBooks App Update: iPhone, iPod, and PDF Support
Version 1.1 of iBooks is now available for download from the iTunes store, and now works for any iPhone or iPod running the new iOS 4. The iBooks app has been out since April when the iPad first launched. And until now it was exclusive to the Apple iPad; you couldn’t even see what ebooks […]
Kindle 2 Now $189: Amazon’s Retaliation
This is absolutely classic. Barnes and Noble officially announced the release of their new WiFi-only Nook today for $149, and at the same time dropped the price of the 3G Nook down to $199. If you do a news search for the term ebook reader or ereader, you get pages and pages all about the […]