Barnes and Noble has proclaimed that they are no longer in the tech business and they don't have the culture or financing to compete with the likes of Amazon and Google. The bookseller will only focus on the growth of their retail stores going forward and are not going to innovate with the … [Read more...]
Amazon Kindle Audio Adapter Review
The Amazon Kindle Audio Adapter is a piece of hardware you can purchase for your Kindle Paperwhite, Voyage or Oasis. It plugs into the USB port of your device and in conjunction with a pair of headphones you can have everything read aloud. This is useful for navigating around the device, it tells … [Read more...]
Review of the Kobo Audiobook Experience on the iPad
Kobo launched an audiobook subscription service a few weeks ago. You can pay a small monthly fee and get access to one free title. If you want an additional title you can pay the normal price, if you are not a subscribed user, you can still purchase audio content. Recently Kobo revised their iOS app … [Read more...]
Google Now Includes Overdrive Library eBooks in Search Results
The next time you are searching Google for a particular e-book, you now have another option instead of buying it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Kobo; borrowing it from your local library. Google now includes Overdrive e-books in the search results and users are taking to their local branches … [Read more...]
BOYUE Likebook Plus 7.8 inch e-Reader Launches on Aliexpress
Boyue has just launched the Likebook Plus 7.8 inch Carta Screen e-book Reader with a resolution of 1440 X 1880 with 300 PPI and a backlit screen to read at night. Underneath the hood is a Cortex A9 Quad-Core processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. This device needs the beefy specs … [Read more...]
Audible Launches in Canada with Hundreds of French Titles
Audible has launched in Canada and updated their audiobook app for Android and iOS. There is over 300,000 audiobooks available to purchase or download for free, in addition to 100 new titles from Canadian authors in English and French. The company also has a French version of their main homepage and … [Read more...]
New Amazon Fire HD 10 Available for Pre-Order
Amazon has just announced the Fire HD 10 and it is available for pre-order and the entry level model costs $149. This new device has Alexa built into it and you can automatically wake the tablet out of standby mode by just yelling out her name. The Fire HD 10 features a 10.1 capacitive … [Read more...]
E-Ink and Plastic Logic are Betting on the Future of Wearables
E-Ink and Plastic Logic have been working together for ten years and the two sides have just signed another long-term contract. According to IHS, the flexible display market will grow to $15.5 billion in 2022 as the popularity of wearable and mobile devices with flexible displays increases. Plastic … [Read more...]
Remarkable vs the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the most popular e-reader in the world and today we compare it with the new Remarkable. In this comparison video we take a look at the e-book experience and what you can expect. The Kindle reads their own proprietary format and the Remarkable can read PDF and EPUB. We … [Read more...]
Dasung PaperLike PRO Carta Ships in November
Dasung is a company that makes secondary E-Ink screens for your computer, laptop or iPad. The first generation was a bit of a letdown, as it required complicated drivers. The second generation model had two different variants; one with an E-Ink Pearl screen and the other with Carta. The Pearl … [Read more...]
Remarkable 10.3 vs the Onyx Boox Max Carta
The Remarkable and Onyx Boox Max Carta are two devices that are geared towards digital note taking. The Onyx is more of a multimedia device; it runs Android and has Google Play to install apps, but screen can only be interacted with via the stylus and it does not have pressure sensitivity. The … [Read more...]
Why Do Girls Have Breasts And Other Questions This Children’s Publisher Can’t Answer
The internet is all in a tizzy about a three-year-old book and objectification of girls, namely, in the way it encourages boys to view girls as objects of sexual gratification. Alex Firth's title for Usborne, Growing Up for Boys, contains a passage that speaks to the actual purpose of breasts, … [Read more...]
