The eBook Reader Blog

Review Date: March 2019 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The Likebook Muses, model number T78D, is the latest Android-powered octacore-equipped ebook reader from Boyue, an ereader company based in China. It’s a lot like the Likebook Mars that was released last fall, but with an updated design and they added a Wacom touchscreen […]

The Likebook Muses is a new Android-powered ebook reader with an octa-core processor and a 7.8-inch E Ink screen with adjustable frontlight color. It has a Wacom touchscreen and comes with a stylus pen to write notes and drawings directly on PDFs. Boyue has added some additional features to make reading PDFs easier than when […]

Boyue released the Likebook Muses last week. It’s a lot like the Likebook Mars that I reviewed last fall, but there are a few differences worth noting. Both devices run the same Android-based software that offers the same features for the most part, and both have the same general specs with a 1.5GHz octa-core CPU […]

Does the Likebook Mars with the Kindle app make for a suitable 7.8-inch Kindle? That’s the question we look to answer with this review. The Likebook Mars is a new 7.8-inch ebook reader that runs Android 6.0. It has an octa-core processor and 2GB of RAM, so unlike Android ereaders of the past, it has […]

Yesterday I posted a review of the InkBook Lumos, and basically I really like the design and the amount of features it offers for the price, but the software leaves much to be desired, especially the default reading app. I feel the same way about the reading app on the new 7.8-inch Likebook Mars. It’s […]

This past week the new Boyue Likebook Mars showed up on YouTube in series of videos. It marks its claim as the very first E Ink ebook reader to come with an octa-core processor, and it’s also the first Boyue ereader to run Android 6.0 (their older models run Android 4.2.2). The new Likebook Mars […]

There have been some rumors going around about Boyue coming out with a new ebook reader with an octa-core processor, and those rumors appear to be true. A series of four YouTube videos were uploaded yesterday showing off a new 7.8-inch E Ink ereader called the Boyue Likebook Mars. In the video description it says […]

A YouTube video has turned up showing the new 10.3-inch Likebook Note that is expected to get released in June. The video shows a couple of surprising details. First off, the Likebook Note has a frontlight, a capacitive touchscreen, and it has a stylus for writing on the screen. That would make it the first […]