Amazon owned Audible is getting serious about podcasts. They have been meeting with talent agencies and producers to acquire new podcast projects. They have already purchased from documentary producer John Battsek, as well as from comedians Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish. Audible wants to position themselves as a more enticing destination for podcast fans and to fend off … [Read more...] about Audible is getting serious about podcasts
Archives for May 2020
Bill Clinton and James Patterson are working on a new book
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson was a runaway bestseller for months and sold over three million copies. The book focused on a potentially devastating cyber attack, but also briefly referred to impeachment proceedings, a reminder of Clinton's being impeached in 1998 after his relationship with Monica Lewinsky was revealed. The team is working on a … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton and James Patterson are working on a new book
Amazon Prime Day has moved to September
Amazon Prime Day has been occuring in July for the past five years, but the company has moved the event in 2020 to September. Amazon has sent out emails to all of the resellers and vendor and are now allowing unlimited shipments of non-essential goods to warehouses.Amazon has been struggling for months to respond to a rush of customer orders during the public health crisis … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Day has moved to September
Kobo issues new firmware update that fixes Overdrive Holds
Kobo has just released the 4.21 firmware update for every touchscreen e-reader. One of the big changes is introducing support for the new Overdrive Holds system, which went live in March. This allows library patrons who borrow books, ebooks and audiobooks who are on a waiting list to cancel their hold or reschedule their hold for a later time.Here is the changelog of the … [Read more...] about Kobo issues new firmware update that fixes Overdrive Holds
Hisense A5C Color E INK Phone Unboxing Video
The Hisense A5C is the first color e-paper phone that is using the new E INK Kaleido. It features a 5.84 inch single screen with color E INK panel that is capable of displaying 4096 colors. It has a front lit display for reading in the dark. Underneath the hood is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It has a rear facing camera capable of 13MP … [Read more...] about Hisense A5C Color E INK Phone Unboxing Video
ebook sales declined 5.7% in first 3 months of 2020
In the United States ebooks with an ISBN number have declined 4.8% in March 2020 and generated $74 million. In the first 3 months of the year ebooks fell 5.7%, and the format made $232 million in sales. One of the reasons why ebooks are sluggish this year is due to the rise in audiobooks and the resurgence of print. Physical paper formats in the Trade category increased 1.2%, … [Read more...] about ebook sales declined 5.7% in first 3 months of 2020
Kindle Paperwhite Hunger Games Edition available soon
Amazon is trying to capitalize on the latest novel by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes. They will be releasing a Kindle Paperwhite 4 Hunger Games bundle on June 10th, which comes with two different cases. The original has a picture of a gold mockingjay with an arrow, the color scheme is predominately black. The sequel case has a green color scheme with a … [Read more...] about Kindle Paperwhite Hunger Games Edition available soon
Hisense A6 Dual Screen E INK smartphone Review
The Hisense A6 is designed similar to the dual screen phones of yesteryear, such as the Yotaphone. This device has a full color IPS screen and the rear screen is a full E INK monochrome touchscreen. Would you buy this device? It does have solid hardware specs and could be your primary phone.HardwareThe Hisense A6 features a 6.53 IPS LCD display with a resolution of … [Read more...] about Hisense A6 Dual Screen E INK smartphone Review
CLEARink is shifting its focus to Asia and changing ownership
CLearink E-paper has been in the prototyping stage since 2012, when the company was first founded. The company has never released a commercially viable product and none of their partners have used their technology. Today, Clearink has announced that they have changed the ownership structure and are shifting their focus to Asia to enable faster product development through … [Read more...] about CLEARink is shifting its focus to Asia and changing ownership
The best poker ebooks for serious players
As life continues to move online, people are constantly on the lookout for digital versions of their favourite hobbies. These are often more convenient; easier to access, cheaper to produce and take up far less storage space. Ebooks are a prime example of one of the best digital products to have taken off. They are so easy to download, with many services such as kindle store … [Read more...] about The best poker ebooks for serious players
The Amazon Kindle is doomed, unless it uses color e-paper
E INK has been employed on almost every single commercially successful e-readers from 2007 and onwards. The Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Pocketbook, Onyx Boox, Likebook and Sony have always used black and white screens. All of these devices might be put out to pasture soon and become totally irrelevant with the advent of modern color e-paper.Color e-paper in 2020 is also called … [Read more...] about The Amazon Kindle is doomed, unless it uses color e-paper
Echo Buds, Fire HD 8, Hisense and Padmu are on Good e-Reader
Over the course of the past few days, the Good e-Reader Store has added a ton of new products. This includes the Amazon Echo Buds, Hisense Pro CC, the Padmu sheet music reader and pre-orders are now available for the Amazon Fire 8 HD and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus.The Amazon Echo Buds are only available to be purchased from the main Amazon.com website and they do not sell them … [Read more...] about Echo Buds, Fire HD 8, Hisense and Padmu are on Good e-Reader
Onyx Boox Releases 2.3 Update for their Android 6 devices
Onyx Boox has just pushed out the 2.3 firmware update for their newer devices that run Android 9.0 a couple of weeks ago. This same update is now available for most of their older devices that are running Android 6.0. This includes Onyx Boox MAX 2, Max 2 Pro, Nova Pro, Nova Plus, Note Plus, Note S and the Poke Pro.The firmware update should be available to install by … [Read more...] about Onyx Boox Releases 2.3 Update for their Android 6 devices