The eBook Reader Blog

Amazon has kicked off their Black Friday Deals Week promotion with some deals on Amazon devices. Among the deals they’ve got the Fire HD 10 on sale for $99, and the Kids Edition tablets are all $30-$50 off as well. There are no Kindle deals yet, unfortunately, other than the 3 months of Kindle Unlimited […]

Onyx has started selling some new stylus tips for the Onyx Boox Note series and the Max2. The tips supposedly offer a more paper-like writing experience than the original hard plastic stylus tips, and Onyx claims they won’t scratch the screen even when not using a screen protector. The new Boox stylus tips are available […]

Onyx recently uploaded a YouTube video showing off some new software features that they’re adding with an upcoming 2.0 software update. The new firmware will be available on their newer Android 6.0 devices, including the Max2, the various Note models, and the soon-to-be-released Onyx Boox Nova. The 2.0 software adds a number of new features […]

Onyx had several of their latest new devices on display at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair earlier this month. Among them was a special limited edition version of the Onyx Boox Max 2, called the Max 2 Pro. It has the same 13.3-inch E Ink screen and 1.6GHz quad-core processor as the regular Max 2, […]

In addition to the new 7.8-inch Onyx Boox Nova that’s getting released soon, Onyx also has a couple of new 6-inch ebook readers, the Onyx Boox Poke and Poke Pro, that are expected to get released in November or December. The Poke has a similar design to the larger Nova and Note models with a […]

Onyx has released a new version of their 10.3-inch Onyx Boox Note that adds a flush glass screen for extra durability. The Onyx Boox Note Plus is now available to purchase at Amazon for $569. That’s $20 more than the regular version. The Note Plus still uses a flexible plastic-based E Ink screen like the […]

Earlier in the month, the final specs of the new 7.8-inch Onyx Boox Nova were revealed, and it turns out there will be two versions, one with a Wacom touchscreen without a light—the Nova Plus—and one sans the Wacom touchscreen with a frontlight. Now there’s a YouTube video showing the final version of the Onyx […]

Onyx is getting ready to release a new 7.8-inch ebook reader called the Onyx Boox Nova. It turns out there will be two different versions of it. The regular Nova has a frontlight and a capacitive touchscreen and the Nova Plus lacks the frontlight but it adds a Wacom touchscreen and stylus pen for writing […]