Amazon Prime Day is number online online shopping period for the summer and there are plenty of deals to be had. The Amazon website buckled under the pressure of millions of people visiting the site at once and it crashed for an hour. The outage also affected Prime Music and Prime Video. The outage only affected … [Read more...]
Review of the Sony Digital Paper DPT-CP1
The brand new Sony Digital Paper DPT-CP1 is the companies first 10.3 inch model and it is fairly comparable to the 13.3 inch version. It is running the exact same operating system and firmware, so there are no cool little features that make it distinctive. Sony primarily developed this model because they wanted a low … [Read more...]
Reading books is on the decline
Reading ebooks and print are on the decline and everyone involved in retail and the publishing industry are trying to figure out why. Are people simply not reading for pleasure anymore and consuming original Netflix content or listening to Spotify? What we do know is that between 2003 and 2016, the amount of time that … [Read more...]
Reading outdoors on the Kobo Clara HD is glorious
One of the big advantages of E Ink based e-readers is that they display text perfectly in direct sunlight, as they are reflective displays – just like ordinary ink on paper. They have the same contrast ratio as a real book. The Kobo Clara HD does a solid job in direct sunlight and our most recent videos documents how … [Read more...]
The Amazon Kindle Oasis 2 is on sale
The Amazon Kindle Oasis 2 is available right now as a Lightning Deal and you can pick up a new e-reader for $199, which is a savings of $50 off of the regular price of $249. This is the first time that Amazon has ever discounted their flagship e-reader since it was released late last year. The new Kindle Oasis … [Read more...]
Good e-Reader Radio – is there a future in 3G ebook readers?
Welcome back to another utterly compelling edition of the Good e-Reader Radio Show! Today we are talking about 3G on e-readers and if it is time for more companies to start offering another option to buy ebooks on the go. It is summertime and that means it's time to relax at the beach or at the lake. What ebook readers … [Read more...]
66 libraries on pace to loan out over 1 million ebooks in 2018
In 2017 there were 58 libraries in Canada and the United States that surpassed over one million checkouts and this year there are over 66 libraries that are on pace for one million checkouts and another 15 are closing in. The list of libraries on pace to join the Million Checkout Club in 2018 includes seven on pace … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble wants you to bring your kids to the bookstore
Barnes and Noble has always run various campaigns to bring families to the bookstore. Their summer reading program has been running for 22 years and until September 3rd they are encouraging kids across the country in grades 1-6 to celebrate the joy of reading and even get a free book by reading eight books and turning … [Read more...]
Kobo just discounted e-readers in Canada but not the US
Chapters Indigo discounted the Kobo Aura Edition 2 and the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 last week. The deals were available online and in hundreds of bookstores across the country. Kobo has also just discounted these two e-readers on the main Canadian website, for the same price. Customers living in the United States have … [Read more...]
Amazon has a number of refurbished Fire Tablets on sale
If you are looking for an extra tablet for your kids or for the bathroom, Amazon has discounted a number of refurbished models. The Fire 10 HD is available for $89, which is a savings of $30. The Fire HD 8 is available for $64 and you save $25 vs the normal price. The Kindle Paperwhite is also available for $69, which … [Read more...]
Apple is going to release new laptops, computers and watches this fall
Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities has disclosed that there is going to be a slew of new products being released this fall. Apple will likely announce a new iWatch, Mac Mini, Macbook Air, Mac Pro, iPad Pro and three different iphones this fall. iPhone - There are three iPhones in … [Read more...]
Audible membership is now $4.95 per month
Audible is running an early Prime Day promotion where you can get three months of access to Audible for $4.95 per month for the first three months. This is an excellent deal because normally the cost of a monthly subscription is $14.95 per month, so this promotion gives you a total savings of $30. Audiobooks these … [Read more...]