Audible Originals are hit or miss in terms of quality and in the past these audiobooks were only able to be accessed if you spent one of your precious credits. Amazon has augmented their Originals program and will now make six titles available on the first Friday of every month and you can pick two of them to download for free.The first six titles comprise of Girls & … [Read more...] about Audible Originals now given away for free to paid subscribers
Archives for September 2018
New Illumina XL6 e-reader has an Octa Core processor
Icarus is going to be rebranding the new Boyue Likebook Mars for the European market and they are calling it the Icarus Illumina XL6. It features a giant 7.8 inch epaper screen with an Octa Core processor and is going to be available on October 1st and retail for 289€.The Icarus XL6 is going to feature a 7.8 E Ink Carta touchscreen display with a resolution of 1782×1448 and … [Read more...] about New Illumina XL6 e-reader has an Octa Core processor
Amazon Kindle Voyage is back on September 21st
Amazon has brought back the Kindle Voyage and it is going to be available on September 21st in many different countries. This is the same model that launched back in 2014, making it the oldest e-reader that Amazon is continuing to sell. The Voyage is going to be available in both WIFi and 3G configurations.In 2018 the Voyage has been experiencing stock shortages and it was … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Voyage is back on September 21st
Ebook sales fall 4.8% in the first six months of 2018
Digital book sales have decreased 4.8% in the first six months of 2018 according to the American Publishers Association. The format has generated $504 million dollars and will likely crack over a billion when it's all said and done by the end of the year. Audiobooks continue to be the fastest growing segment in publishing and they grew 35% and brought in over $213 million … [Read more...] about Ebook sales fall 4.8% in the first six months of 2018
Scribd fixes a bug that lets you read and listen to everything
Scribd made their algorithm more aggressive last month and started to throttle users more stringently. There was a bug in the system that allowed you to bypass the throatting system when a book or audiobook was added to your saved titles list. You could access dozens of titles in your list and have full access to them all. Scribd has since solved this bug and gave a rundown on … [Read more...] about Scribd fixes a bug that lets you read and listen to everything
Barnes and Noble is throwing in the towel on the Nook e-reader
Barnes and Noble is officially not prioritizing the Nook anymore. The company has announced that in the past three months hardware digital sales fell 8.6%, to $25.3 million. One of the big reasons of the decline is that some stores were moving the Nook section to the back of the bookstore. Apparently this is going to occur in every store going forward.Tim Matel the Chief … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble is throwing in the towel on the Nook e-reader
New Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet available on October 4th
Amazon has just announced an all-new Amazon Fire HD 8 which is now available for pre-order for $99 and will begin shipping on October 4! It features a vibrant 8-inch widescreen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 with over a million pixels and bright, vivid picture. It is powered by a Quad-core 1.3 GHz processor and 1.5GB of RAM. There are two different storage configurations, 16GB … [Read more...] about New Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet available on October 4th
Will you buy the new Kobo e-reader?
Kobo is going to be releasing a new e-reader this year and many people are speculating that it will be a the Kobo Aura One Edition 2. This would be the second device the company has released this year, the first being the Clara HD.The Aura One came out in 2016 and features the largest E-Ink screen that Kobo has ever produced. It is 7.8 inches and the resolution is 1872 by … [Read more...] about Will you buy the new Kobo e-reader?
Penguin Random House is changing their terms for library ebooks
Penguin Random House is one of the largest publishers in the world and they are responsible for one quarter of all books released every year. They have been doing business with libraries for many years under the unlimited model, where libraries pay more for an ebook, but retain the rights to it forever. PRH is now changing this arrangement and going to a metered approach, where … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House is changing their terms for library ebooks
Boyue Likebook Mars will be released soon
Boyue has just announced the Likebook Mars, which is a huge upgrade over the Likebook Plus. This new device is the first e-reader in the world to use a 8 core CPU, which should provide a very quick and snappy Android experience.The Likebook Mars features a 7.8 E Ink Carta touchscreen display with a resolution of 1782x1448 and 300 PPI. It has a new color temperature system … [Read more...] about Boyue Likebook Mars will be released soon
All Icarus e-readers are out of stock
Icarus runs their own website and online store, where they directly sell their entire portfolio of e-readers. Over the course of the past few weeks every single one of their devices are out of stock. There are also no devices available on Amazon either. The company has just told me that they have a new e-reader coming out in October 2018.During the last twelve months many … [Read more...] about All Icarus e-readers are out of stock
This is how Android Lite and Go apps perform on an e-reader
Android developers have released a series of Lite and Go apps in the past few months. These were primarily designed for the developing world, where people tend to have lower end smartphones with 2G internet connections. Lite apps tend to be 2MB to 10MB fully installed and lack many of the animations and features of their berethron.Good e-Reader has just conducted a video … [Read more...] about This is how Android Lite and Go apps perform on an e-reader
Pocketbook Touch Lux 4 Review
The Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 came out in early 2016 and it was due for a refresh. The company has just issued the 4th generation model and it completely redesigns the e-reader and it is now similar to the InkPad.HardwareThe Pocketbook Touch Lux 4 features a six inch E Ink Carta display with a resolution of 1024×758 and uses a capacitive touchscreen. It has a new … [Read more...] about Pocketbook Touch Lux 4 Review
Good e-Reader now available on Google Home and Google News App
Good e-Reader is more accessible than ever before and you can now get caught up with all of the latest digital reading news on Google Home and the Google News app for Android and iOS.If you live in the United States and have any of the Google Home speakers, Good e-Reader now supports the beta version of Speakable Schema. All of our articles will now be read aloud when you … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader now available on Google Home and Google News App