Samsung surprised all by launching its first E Ink device, a 32-inch TV featuring the E Ink Spectra 6 display. The South Korean conglomerate counts its display business among its biggest money spinners though that has largely been confined to the conventional LCD and OLED panels. … | Continue reading
Kobo is running a rare sale for their latest generation e-readers in the United Kingdom. The Kobo BW and Kobo Clara Colour are both available for a £20 discount on the main Kobo website. You can also find the same deals on Amazon, if you don’t want to buy directly from Kobo. What … | Continue reading
For the first time this year, digital book sales increased in the United States by 16.8% in April. The format generated $83.1 million in sales. Digital Audiobook sales were up 54.6%, reaching $100.0 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 15.0%, coming in at $800 thousand. Lo … | Continue reading
The Amazon Books Editors share their list of favorites from among the vast selection of books released so far this year on Amazon Amazon has announced that the Amazon Books Editors have revealed the Best Books of the Year So Far, naming Percival Everett’s novel, James, as the top … | Continue reading
Naomi Klein, a prominent Canadian writer and activist, has won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction with her book Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World. The Tale of Two Naomis Doppelganger is Klein’s personal account into the world of online misinformation, sharing th … | Continue reading
It was just last month that Z Library announced the introduction of several new features on its site. It has now announced a slew of additional features which it claims will take user experience to newer heights. Here are the new features that Z-Library recently introduced on its … | Continue reading
Barnes and Noble, in collaboration with Lenovo, have launched a new tablet, the NOOK Tablet 9. This device is designed for immersive reading of digital content in full colour, such as comics, magazines, and webtoons. With full access to the Google Play Store, you can download mil … | Continue reading
The Kindle app for Android, iOS, and Mac (sorry, not Windows) now supports text-to-speech feature, a Reddit post on this revealed. It can read out in several international languages at the moment, which includes Spanish and French, apart from English of course. What is nice about … | Continue reading
Amazon is being targeted by a proposed class action lawsuit from author CD Reiss, who is accusing the tech giant of adopting techniques and practices that lets it have unilateral control of the audiobook market. That includes charging higher fees and limiting the reach of non-exc … | Continue reading
Philips has launched its new Philips Tableaux 4150 signage solution at InfoComm 2024. The new Tableaux 4150 comes with a 13-inch E Ink display and is going to run on the Android platform – Android 11, to be specific – similar to the 25-inch and 32-inch Tableaux displays. The 13-i … | Continue reading
Discover a unique deal on the Kindle Scribe, not on Amazon’s website but through their distributors. Target is currently offering a $100 discount on this digital notebook, a significant saving. The Kindle Scribe is not just a digital notebook; it’s a versatile tool that allows yo … | Continue reading
Smart Light Technology announced it will soon be launching a color e-paper identification card carrying the key identity information of a person, eettaiwan.com reported. With the use of a color e-paper display, you have several benefits which include a high-contrast color display … | Continue reading
Australian teens would sooner flick through the pages of a physical novel than listen to an audiobook or read on their phone or tablet, Deakin University research reveals. But almost three in 10 students in Years 7-12 say they do not read in their spare time, highlighting an urge … | Continue reading
Image credit: Campaignlive Amazon-owned Audible has released its first global campaign exploring how the online audiobook and podcast service can immerse people in different worlds. Created by Fold7, “There’s more to imagine when you listen” contrasts the world of an audiobook/po … | Continue reading
At the Digital Signage Japan event, E INK unveiled a 13.3-inch device running Spectra 6 e-paper, a technology they’ve never used in a screen this size before. While it’s not yet optimized for e-readers or e-notes, it’s a perfect fit for signage or a digital photo frame, showcasin … | Continue reading
The Hanvon Clear 6 Pro e-reader has been launched, ITHome reported. The e-reader comes with a 6-inch monochrome 300 PPI ‘super clear’ E Ink display having 30-level DC dimming with cool and warm control settings. The display is aided by the Regal afterimage elimination technology … | Continue reading
Readmoo and PocketBook have come together to launch a new e-note device featuring a 10.3-inch color e-paper display, the website Yahoo.com reported. While there isn’t a lot that we know of the upcoming e-note device, what is known is that the e-note will offer Readmoo reading and … | Continue reading
Samsung has a new color e-paper display-based TV to show off at the Infocomm 2024 expo currently being held in Las Vegas, SamMobile reported. This happens to be the company’s first foray into the segment and is designed primarily for advertising purposes. The new Samsung TV has t … | Continue reading
Ledger Stax which was first introduced in 2022 is now shipping. The French hardware crypto wallet manufacturer stated it is the Batch 1 customers who will be getting the crypto wallet Ledger Stax first before those who are next in line. That includes those who are part of Batch 2 … | Continue reading
Thought there is an E Ink phone case for only the iPhone series? That isn’t the case as there is a similar case available for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and the S24 Plus models as well. Made of high-quality plastic, silicone, and glass, the case houses a 3.7-inch E Ink display … | Continue reading
The vast majority of Canadians prefer reading hardcovers and paperbacks to audiobooks and ebooks. BookNet Canada surveyed 1,247 Canadians to see if they had read or listened to a book in the past year, and 80% of Canadians had. Just over half of those readers had read between one … | Continue reading
The Litephone is a popular dumb phone with an E INK screen, and many people who switch to this brand do so because they spend too much time on their smartphones. It has a basic UI that allows people to text, make phone calls and little else. The company has just announced the Lit … | Continue reading
The Asus Project Dali laptop concept can well be adjudged the best concept device of Computex 2024. While it is a ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop that the concept device is based on, what sets it apart is the full-color E Ink display that it comes with on the lid. The display is fully cu … | Continue reading
Diehard sports fans aren’t happy just watching their favourite athletes play. They want to know about their lives, backgrounds, struggles, and comeback stories. That’s why biographies and sports-related books are so popular: they provide first-hand information about legendary ath … | Continue reading
Apple has filed a patent for a device with scrollable displays, the website PatentlyApple reported. As is usual with patent filing, this does not translate to a scrollable display-based device being next in the offing from Apple, nor is there any guarantee Apple would ever come u … | Continue reading
Those in South Korea can own the Millie’s Library e-Book Reader for a flat 40 percent discount if they agree to a yearly subscription pack from KT, the website MobileNewsis reported. The subscription pack spanning 12 months is priced a monthly KRW 20,900 while the same for 24 mon … | Continue reading
If you live in Switzerland, there is a new way to read an unlimited number of audiobooks and ebooks via Kobo. In late May, Kobo Plus is now available in Switzerland; there are over 1.3 million eBooks and over 100,000 audiobooks, including titles in English, French, German, and It … | Continue reading
Amazon has just updated their Kindle e-reading app for Android, iOS and FireOS. Many new features now exist, such as your notes and highlights being accessible in the app, even if your Kindle Scribe isn’t nearby. Amazon has also sent out an email to Scribe users letting them know … | Continue reading
Father’s Day is here and Amazon is celebrating the occasion with some nice discounts on several of its products. That includes the flagship Kindle device, the Scribe. Interestingly, no other Kindle device has been put on sale, which makes us wonder if it is only the Kindle Scribe … | Continue reading
Suzanne Collins, the acclaimed author behind the Hunger Games series, just announced that the acclaimed series will continue. Her publisher, Scholastic, revealed on Thursday that a fifth novel, “Sunrise on the Reaping,” is set to hit shelves on March 18, 2025. This new installmen … | Continue reading
Summer reading season is quickly approaching, the weather is starting to get really nice and it is time to curl up on the patio or beach, to read a new book on your Kindle. There are a number of new and notable titles available this month, spanning a wide array of genres. Most of … | Continue reading
If you are looking for a new e-reader device and looking for some nice deals, here are a few you can consider. Kobo Libra Colour It has been just months since Kobo launched the Libra Colour e-reader. It comes with a nice 7-inch Kaleido 3 color e-paper display and is also compatib … | Continue reading
The Onyx Boox Go Color, a recent addition to the market, has swiftly gained popularity. It has already become the top-selling e-reader on Good e-Reader, with Onyx Boox receiving a significant number of orders from its online store. This surge in demand for e-readers that display … | Continue reading
Indigo Books & Music Inc. has agreed to a privatization deal, accepting a revised offer from a holding company linked to its largest shareholder. Under the terms of the agreement, Trilogy Retail Holdings Inc. and Trilogy Investments L.P. will pay $2.50 per share in cash for the r … | Continue reading
Whether it’s a beloved childhood story or a favorite movie, revisiting familiar narratives offers a profound sense of comfort. There’s something immensely reassuring about returning to the same stories, pictures, and characters. It’s akin to the way many adults turn to their favo … | Continue reading
Walmart is in the process of replacing the paper price labels with Electronic Shelf Labels having E Ink displays. The change, as Reuters stated, is being implemented across 2,300 of its stores in the US. It is being estimated to take around 2026 for the entire process to be compl … | Continue reading
The TCL Tab 10 NXTPAPER 5G tablet is now available to buy in the US via Verizon, Liliputing reported. First introduced in January, the tablet is unlike the scores of others already available in that it comes with a paper-like display. TCL said the display boasts of its next-gen N … | Continue reading
Seekink Technology happens to be among the pioneers when it comes to the manufacture of E Ink displays and devices. The company announced its participation in the inaugural global e-Paper Industry White Paper during the IoT Solutions World Congress 2024. This marks a momentous de … | Continue reading
Anyone looking for a budget tablet device has much to rejoice at the moment. Amazon is offering some nice discounts on several of its top-ranking tablet devices, with some selling for as low as just $65. To be more specific on this, the Fire HD 8 is now selling for $65 while its … | Continue reading
Image credit: Laptopmag You’ve lots of options when it comes to customizing your smartphones with a case. But that’s not true for laptops! As of now, stickers remain the popular way to add a personality to your laptop lid. But if you want to remove or replace them, they leave beh … | Continue reading
A recent survey conducted by Preply, a leading online language learning marketplace, unveils the most popular books across the U.S. through an analysis of online search volumes. Preply surveyed more than 1,000 readers to learn about America’s reading habits, preferred genres, and … | Continue reading
Japan’s ambitious plans to translate manga to English using AI technologies seem to have hit a roadblock already even before things got rolling on this, PRTimes reported. The Japanese Association of Translators has come out in strong opposition to the move stating it isn’t in the … | Continue reading
Book publishing trends keep evolving as the technology shapes the industry and self-publishing shifts, presenting both opportunities and challenges for authors, publishers, and even readers. Here are the top 5 book publishing trends shaping the future of the industry: 1. The Rise … | Continue reading
Ynvisible Interactive Inc., the Vancouver, British Columbia-based manufacturer of e-paper displays announced it has entered into a partnership with the Norway-based material technology company CondAlign AS for designing new e-paper display solutions. More specifically, Ynvisible … | Continue reading
The Huawei MatePad 11.5 S with PaperMatte display is now available globally. This comes around a month after Huawei first announced the tablet device. As is already known, the MatePad 11.5 S is unlike others in that it comes with a paper-like display that makes it extremely eye-f … | Continue reading
A bunch of publishers has taken Google to court claiming the latter is promoting pirated copies of their books. As Reuters reported, the case has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York where the publishers – Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw … | Continue reading
Costco recently announced its decision to significantly reduce regular book offerings in stores across the United States starting January 2025. The mega-warehouse will limit book sales to the holiday shopping period, from September through December, discontinuing regular stocking … | Continue reading
IEI Integration Corp. has introduced the Peach-E73 ePaper display unit which features a 7.3-inch 4-color E Ink display. The display module is based on the company’s advanced Remote Management Platforms, which it said will allow for advanced system monitoring, control, and content … | Continue reading