The eBook Reader Blog

Back in 2017 Japan Display announced that they would be working with E Ink to develop higher resolution epaper screens with 400 and 600 ppi. By comparison most 6 to 8-inch ebook readers like the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Clara HD have 300 ppi E Ink screens. The Kindle Voyage was the first ebook reader […]

It’s interesting how Kindles and other ebook readers have evolved over the years. They’ve added touchscreens and frontlights and now some models are even waterproof. One thing that hasn’t changed a whole lot is E Ink screens. Sure, they’ve improved the refresh rate and upgraded the resolution some, and a few devices like the Kobo […]

Not very many interesting E Ink devices have turned up at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in recent years, but at least there are a couple of new things to talk about this year. One interesting new device is the Kyocera Card-Keitai, which is a tiny E Ink phone that was recently […]

A couple months ago Lenovo unveiled a new dual-screen Yoga Book that features an LCD screen and an E Ink screen. The E Ink screen doubles as a keyboard, a writing pad using an included stylus, and an ereader, although I think it only supports PDFs at the moment. The new Lenovo Yoga Book C930 […]

Dasung has started accepting pre-orders on Indiegogo for their latest new device, the Not-eReader, which has a 7.8-inch 300 ppi E Ink screen. It’s kind of an ereader/tablet/monitor hybrid. They’re calling it the first E Ink mobile phone monitor. I don’t know if very many people want a 7.8-inch black and white monitor for their […]

Onyx recently showed off a 10.7-inch ereader with a color E Ink screen that was designed specifically to use as part of a pilot program for schools in China. Color E Ink screens have been around since 2010 when E Ink first released their Triton displays. A few devices were released using color E Ink […]

Earlier this year the chairman for E Ink told investors that shipments of ereader displays would be down for the first half of 2018, and that turned out to be true. Now in a new report in an article over at the Taipei Times, E Ink’s president seems to imply that no new Kindles will […]

Today Lenovo unveiled the Lenovo Yoga Book C930, which combines an LCD screen and an E Ink screen into a foldable notebook type of device with a flexible hinge connecting the two screens. The Yoga Book C930 is a lot like the dual screen Tiger Rapids PC that Intel showed off earlier this summer. The […]