The eBook Reader Blog

There’s a post at MobileRead that points out an interesting promotion Sony US is offering all the way up until January 1st, 2011. You can trade-in any brand of ereader for a credit on the purchase of any of the three new Sony Readers. Here’s the link to the form that determines the value of […]

This post will explain how to add different fonts to any Sony Reader and how to override the CSS file in a DRM-free ebook to display those fonts. For DRM encrypted ebooks you have to strip the DRM for this method to work. It only takes a few minutes to get this up and going […]

Details of Sony’s new line of ebook readers are starting to roll in. Sony unveiled 3 new ereaders on September 1st, all upgrades of the current Sony Touch, Pocket, and Daily Editions. The big news about these new Sony Readers is that they all have touchscreens and all use the new Pearl displays from E […]

Over at SonyInsider, there’s an interesting article about two new Sony Readers set to launch soon, the PRS-350 and the PRS-650. Both are upgraded versions of the current 5 and 6-inch models. Given Sony’s history of releasing new ereaders at this time of year, expect an official announcement within the next few weeks. According to […]

BooksAMillion is not only giving away Sony Readers this month, they are also selling the PRS-505 for just $99, or $89.10 for those with a club card. They have the silver model and the red one pictured left. The Sony Reader PRS-505 is one of if not the most popular Sony Reader of all time. […]

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 […]

Sony issued a press release on Tuesday, June 29th—Library Advocacy Day—announcing the Reader Library program, a new initiative to help promote and expand ebooks in public libraries. The Reader Library program provides public libraries with educational material about ebooks and digital reading devices. The program educates librarians about ebooks and ebook readers, and gives library […]

The 6″ Astak Mentor is marked down to $129 at Newegg, the lowest priced E Ink ereader ever! Sony Touch continues to remain on sale for $199 at Best Buy and Sony Style, and also comes with a free $30 cover for purchases through June 19th. Amazon is offering free 2 day shipping on the […]