Tolino e-readers are primarily aimed at the European German-speaking market, and various models have been available since 2013. In 2019, Kobo started to design the hardware for all future e-readers, but the software is currently running on Android. This is all going to change, ac … | Continue reading
Sony announced a couple of months ago that its Reader software for PC and MAC has been discontinued on March 31st, 2024. True to their word, the programs are no longer available. This was the primary way users could download firmware updates to their e-readers and sideload books … | Continue reading
Here’s introducing the Lenovo Tab P12 Paper, a tablet that the company claims is specifically designed to allow for a glare-free reading and writing experience. The tablet, as Liliputing claimed has been found listed on the official Lenovo France website. It isn’t an E Ink displa … | Continue reading
There are not very many reading solutions for the Apple Vision Pro. The Apple Books app was the first to gain functionality to read ebooks or listen to audiobooks in a virtual space. Now, there is another. The Kindle for iPad app is now available on the Apple Vision Pro via the A … | Continue reading
Kobo wants to extend the life of its latest generation of e-readers. The Clara BW, Clara Color and Libra Color will last a long time with a new initiative by Rakuten. Rakuten Kobo is partnering with iFixit, the leader in the technology repairability space, making it easy for cust … | Continue reading
Action Comics #1 is iconic for many reasons, but part of what makes it so valuable, is that this was first edition to introduce Superman. Last week, a rare copy the book was bought by an anonymous collector for a record breaking 6 Million dollars US. This price tag makes it the m … | Continue reading
As book bans sweep across the nation, state legislatures are taking action, but concerns over the potential impact on libraries are surfacing alongside these efforts. According to a recent report from the American Library Association (ALA), the number of banned books surged by ne … | Continue reading
Hanvon has introduced two new e-note devices, the N10 2024 and N10 Mini 2024. Of these, the N10 comes with a 10.3-inch e-paper display while the N10 Mini features a 7.8-inch E Ink panel. Both come bundled with a Wacom electromagnetic pen though the pressure sensitivity has underg … | Continue reading
Tolino has just announced three new e-readers the Shine, Shine Color and Vision Color. These devices are the same, hardware-wise, as the new Kobo Clara BW, Clara Color and Libra Color. This is because Kobo does all of the hardware of the Tolino brand, but the software is quite di … | Continue reading
Tolino has just announced three new e-readers the Shine, Shine Color and Vision Color. These devices are the same, hardware-wise, as the new Kobo Clara BW, Clara Color and Libra Color. This is because Kobo does all of the hardware of the Tolino brand, but the software is quite di … | Continue reading
Kobo has just announced the Libra Color, their first e-reader and e-note with Kaleido 3 colour E INK technology. This new product uses the E INK Carta 1300, 35% faster than the previous generation Libara 2 black and white model. You can buy ebooks, manga, and comics, read them in … | Continue reading
Kobo has just announced the Rakuten Kobo Clara Colour. A 6-inch dedicated e-book reader with an E INK Kaledio 3 screen can display over 4096 different colours. It utilizes the latest generation E INK Carta 1300 screen, around 35% faster than the previous generation Claraa. This d … | Continue reading
Introducing Kobo Clara BW, the upgraded black-and-white classic. Enjoy reading with Kobo Clara BW, featuring a glare-free E Ink Carta 1300 HD screen and complete waterproof protection. Bring your entire library anywhere with 16GB† of storage. Try Dark Mode or ComfortLight PRO to … | Continue reading
How about the latest model of the Amazon Fire HD 10 as your next tablet? It has got a nice 10.1-inch display having full HD resolution and an octa-core processor backed by 3 gigs of memory. Plus, there is 32 GB of native storage that is further expandable to up to 1 TB. Battery l … | Continue reading
Pocketbook has just announced its latest generation digital notebook, the InkPad Eo. PocketBook InkPad Eo is a high-end e-note and e-reading device, powered by Android 11, with a large 10.3-inch colour E Ink Kaleido 3 screen, built-in camera and stereo speaker, SMARTIight and a p … | Continue reading
Walmart and Rakuten Kobo partnered in 2018 to sell e-readers in over 1,000 US locations and online. As soon as this partnership was established, Walmart launched Walmart ebooks, where users who bought an e-reader from Walmart could buy ebooks through them. There was a dedicated W … | Continue reading
Scribd, the file-sharing platform that also hosts e-books and audiobooks is no more. To put it in the right perspective, the company is now renamed as Everand. Earlier, there used to be three separate entities – Everand, Scribd, and SlideShare that users had access to. Also, each … | Continue reading
Kobo has three new e-readers they plan to announce soon, as early as April 10th, 2024. The Rakuten Kobo Books account just posted an image telling people to prepare. The company is due to release the Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Clara Colour next week, and they will likely be on pr … | Continue reading
Bigme has just announced that the Galy is discontinued. This was the only Gallery 3 e-note on the market and has been sold for 18 months. The company will no longer manufacture any more units. Gallery 3 technology might be dead since the only other products displayed using this t … | Continue reading
Amazon Prime Membership is primarily purchased for discounts, often one-day or same-day shipping. If you order many things from Amazon, Prime membership is worth it. Yet the benefits go beyond quick delivery, including added savings, convenience, and entertainment. A Prime member … | Continue reading
Smart Displayer Technology has come up with a new color e-paper identification card. This not only makes the identification card a lot more colorful but the use of e-paper display technology makes it an eco-friendly design as well. Making up the actual display is a 4-inch Spectra … | Continue reading
Digital publishing is seeing a sharp upward trajectory in Vietnam, the publication Vietnamnet reported. It was on March 22nd that luminaries from the publishing realm convened to reflect on the year that was 2023 and to introspect as to what lies ahead in 2024. What emerged from … | Continue reading
It was just this January that Bigme launched the B751C e-note device featuring a 7-inch color e-paper display. Just three months down the line the company is following that up with a standalone version of the e-note device that does not include a stylus. This should suffice for t … | Continue reading
Kobo is sold out of the Libra 2 e-reader in Canada on the main Kobo website. The device is still available through Chapters Indigo and Amazon.ca. The Libra 2 is also available at the main Kobo store in the United States and Amazon. Rakuten Kobo is gearing up for the forthcoming L … | Continue reading
Think of E Ink displays and chances are that it is the Kindle that comes to your mind before anything else. What is intriguing is that this continues to be the general perception about E Ink displays even though it has been 17 years since the first Kindle was launched. However, w … | Continue reading
Kobo is gearing up to release the Kobo Libra Colour and Kobo Clara Colour e-readers using Kaleido 3 colour e-paper technology. Fnac, the largest retailer in France, released the product page earlier today, and Chapters Indigo also had a product listing before they were both taken … | Continue reading
Amazon First Reads is a program that Amazon runs, that anyone can participate. Every month a pool of 8 ebook titles are refreshed and encompass a wide array of genres and publishers. Users can select one book and pay $1.99 to download it and the title is yours to keep. For the mo … | Continue reading
Here is an exciting piece of news for bookworms and audiobook enthusiasts. Spotify announced it is introducing an additional perk – 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening at no extra cost to its Premium users in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. The plan starts on April 9. Worth … | Continue reading
Amazon has released the 5.16.8 update for the 11th and 10th-generation Kindle e-readers, including the Oasis. There is a new sleep timer; users can set how long a Kindle waits before going to the lock screen from the settings/device menu. The library search filter has new functio … | Continue reading
According to a new report released today by OverDrive digital reading is surging in K12 schools nationwide. The State of K-12 Digital Reading is based on data from Sora and reveals some fascinating insights into the reading habits of students across different age groups. The Sora … | Continue reading
Eyes are one of the most important organs in our bodies, but many of us neglect the importance of the eye care. We assume that vision decline is just a natural part of aging. However, that’s not necessarily true. According to Dr. Jane Barratt, Secretary General of International F … | Continue reading
It’s the end of the road for Google Podcasts. Come April 2 and we will be seeing the last of the Google podcast service. While this might seem like the end of an era, well, that isn’t the case. Rather the fact is, Google isn’t quitting the podcasting realm. Rather, as ArsTechnica … | Continue reading
This April, several new and notable Kindle books will be released. Some are from debut authors, and others are perennial best-selling ones. Spring is in the air; it is time to sit outside and read a good book. Many genres are represented here, including fiction, non-fiction, roma … | Continue reading
The Amazon Big Spring event might be over, but the Kindle Paperwhite is enjoying a hefty discount for those of you that are looking to buy a new e-reader. The 16GB model is on sale; the regular price is $150, but it is now available for $130.00. This device is the most significan … | Continue reading
Ah, the digital age – where the weight of our work no longer breaks the backs of our bookshelves, and the globe shrinks to the size of a tablet screen. It’s a world where e-readers and tablets aren’t just fancy gadgets but the linchpins of modern business communication. Dive with … | Continue reading
Amazon offers the Kindle range of e-reader devices. That’s among the best you can have when it comes to reading e-books. Then the company also offers the Kindle app that promises to let you have access to the Kindle Store via almost any device, be it a smartphone, tablet, laptop, … | Continue reading
Here is an E Ink display that brings a touch of elegance to your space. Meet Inklay, developed by Lukas von Niederhäusern, a designer and programmer hailing from Zurich, Switzerland. The newly launched device that is done up in walnut and oak frames not only makes it look a class … | Continue reading
Here is an easy way to make your Kindle serve as a clock and a weather station, and the best thing here is that no complex technicalities are involved. As a Reddit user Puzzled_Athlete_1253 stated in a recent post, you won’t even have to hack your Kindle as well. Instead, the pro … | Continue reading
Audiobooks along with other aural forms of digital media such as podcasts or online radio have been making steady inroads in our lives of late. If you need quantitative proof of the trend, here it is. The 2024 Infinite Dial Report for Edison Research has revealed that the percent … | Continue reading
Amazon is having a very rare promotion today for the Amazon Kindle Rewards Beta program. When you buy an ebook, you will earn three times the rewards. If you purchase many books today, you can quickly get a voucher for $3.00 when you redeem the points, which is suitable for a dis … | Continue reading
The South Korean e-reader store Innospaceone has a new e-note device to offer in the form of Mars10. As is already perceptible, the Mars10 comes with a 10.3-inch HD E Ink Carta display having 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution. That makes for 200 PPI pixel density which might not be t … | Continue reading
Laurent de Brunhoff, the artist who revived his father’s picture book series about beloved children’s character, Babar the elephant, has died at the age of 98. According to the New York Times, de Brunhoff passed away on Friday, at his home in Key West, from complications of a str … | Continue reading
Kindle e-readers have long served as a medium for showing ads. Users either chose to live with it or pay the extra $20 to get rid of those though many said that just politely asking the Amazon support staff to remove the ads worked for many. So far so good but as Futurism reporte … | Continue reading
Barnes and Noble has disclosed to Good e-Reader that a number of tablets that were released between 2011-2013, are being discontinued. Starting in June, 2024 users can no longer connect to the Barnes and Noble Bookstore to buy digital content, such as audiobooks and ebooks. They … | Continue reading
The Amazon Spring Sale might be over though the fun continues for those who are still looking for a nice deal on Kindle e-readers. Here is a roundup of all the Kindle deals currently available. 1. Kindle Scribe 64 GB with Premium Pen. $319.99 Discount $100 You can save $40 when y … | Continue reading
When you purchase a new Kindle e-reader from Amazon, and are not buying it as a gift, Amazon has an option to automatically register the Kindle to your Amazon account. When the device is shipped off and you unbox it for the first time, and go through a simple setup process, the K … | Continue reading
In a concerning turn of events, the renowned shadow library platform, Z-Library, finds itself embroiled in a battle against fraudsters capitalizing on its latest fundraising campaign. The initiative, aimed at securing crucial funds that the library said it needs for project maint … | Continue reading
In a landmark ruling, book publishers have secured a significant legal victory against the Internet Archive (IA), marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing war against copyright violators. As TorrentFreak reported, the decision, handed down by a New York federal court, underscores … | Continue reading