Everyone these days is focusing on electronic displays that go far beyond the e-reader industry. AI, blockchains, machine learning and the automotive industry are driving factors behind most of the new technologies that are cutting edge. SD Display Week is right around the corner and here are the top 5 trends that will be evident at the show. Electronic School books … [Read more...] about The Top 5 Trends in Electronic Displays for 2018
Archives for April 2018
eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017
Over the course of the past five years ebook sales continue to fall. In 2016 they experienced a decline of 14% in 2017 they plummeted another 10%. According to PubTrack Digital, part of the NPD book group the ebook format sold 162 million units last year, down from 180 million in 2016. PubTrack gleans their data from 450 publishers in the United States, including the big 5. … [Read more...] about eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017
Amazon Freetime Unlimited is coming to Alexa
Amazon Freetime Unlimited is coming to all Alexa devices May 9th and this means kids will have full access to 300 audiobooks from Audible and radio stations that have no advertising. Freetime will also give hands free content from Disney, Nickelodeon, National Geographic, and more. The service is free to people who use Kindle Freetime Unlimited or if you are new to this whole … [Read more...] about Amazon Freetime Unlimited is coming to Alexa
Amazon is going to release the Fire TV Cube
Amazon has developed a new product called the Fire TV Cube and there is a product listing available on their website. It is believed that the Fire TV Cube will serve a dual purpose, it will function as a dedicated Amazon Echo and also a 4K television streaming box. It is rumored that the upcoming streaming device will have what amounts to an Echo Dot built-into the top so … [Read more...] about Amazon is going to release the Fire TV Cube
Bookeen Celebrates 15 Years of Making e-Readers
Bookeen is one of the few companies that were around before the entire e-reader industry went mainstream and thrived when most of their other competition went bankrupt. Bookeen is now celebrating their 15 year anniversary and they remain one of the most reading centric companies in France. In addition to designing ebook readers, they also run an independent ebookstore, … [Read more...] about Bookeen Celebrates 15 Years of Making e-Readers
Storytel Launches Audiobooks in the United Arab Emirates
Storytel launched in 2005 and is the dominant audiobook subscription service in the Nordic countries. In the past few years they have branched out across Europe in a quest to rival Audible. When I spoke to CEO Jonas Teller a few months ago he said his big goal of 2018 was to "launch in a couple of new markets and to create local language audiobooks in the markets where we are … [Read more...] about Storytel Launches Audiobooks in the United Arab Emirates
What is going on with Plastic Logic?
Plastic Logic has been around for almost twenty years and they have no commercial success stories, although the company is still developing new products. They raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the years and in 2010 they tried to release the Que e-reader, but it was a commercial failure. This was the last hardware they would ever develop themselves and instead pivoted … [Read more...] about What is going on with Plastic Logic?
Amazon is now delivering magazines in KFX on iOS
Amazon is now delivering magazines using their enhance typesetting engine called KFX on their iOS e-reading app. Read your favorite magazines in a new mobile-friendly format. Initial titles include Food Network, Cosmopolitan, Life & Style, Us Weekly, and 15 others. Amazon introduced Enhanced Typesetting in August 2015 on the Kindle Voyage and gradually added support for … [Read more...] about Amazon is now delivering magazines in KFX on iOS
Kobo Launches Rapid Page-Turn System
Kobo has just launched a new firmware update (4.8.10956) for all of their e-readers that increases the speed of your page-turns with a new rendering engine. You can turn this feature on by going to the reading settings menu and choose to turn pages by tapping or swiping, or by swiping only. This new system is great, it allows you to tap your finger rapidly on the screen or … [Read more...] about Kobo Launches Rapid Page-Turn System
Xiaomi Mijia e ink Hygrometer Unboxing and Review
The Xiaomi Digital Thermometer Hygrometer measures both the temperature and humidity of the room and the parameters are displayed on a screen. The device features an e-ink display which ensures it conserves battery power, it will last up to a year on a single charge. The display uses a 3D curved screen, with beautiful curves along the edges. Apart from showing the temperature … [Read more...] about Xiaomi Mijia e ink Hygrometer Unboxing and Review