Only a handful of e-reader brands focus exclusively on the North American market or worldwide. Amazon, Rakuten Kobo, Pocketbook, Meebook and Remarkable tend to sell their devices pretty well in every major country. Other companies focus on only one market, such as Tolino in Germany, Kyobo in South Korea, Barnes and Noble Nook in the United States, and HyRead and Mooink in … [Read more...] about Would you buy a Chinese e-reader?
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Chinese New Year puts the e-reader industry on pause
Chinese New Year 2024 starts on February 10th, 2024, and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 24th, 2024. This is a 16 day event, and most of the e-reader and digital paper industry are on pause. Most of the e-readers that you use on a daily basis are made in China, in addition to shipping and fulfillment of orders. Many popular Kindle models are not … [Read more...] about Chinese New Year puts the e-reader industry on pause
How the Chinese e-reader and ebook industry works
The Chinese market is one of the most profitable in the world regarding ebook sales. As of June 2023, the number of people who had read ebooks in China reached around 528 million, and ebook sales are projected to reach a revenue of US$1.96 billion by the end of 2024. The vast majority of people read on their smartphones, the most recent report states that 327 million read … [Read more...] about How the Chinese e-reader and ebook industry works
Should Onyx Boox and Bigme monetize their software?
Bigme, Pocketbook, Onyx Boox, Meebook, and dozens of other companies released many e-readers in 2023. Onyx Boox released twelve new devices for the domestic Chinese market and international releases. Bigme released six new products, Pocketbook released five, and Meebook around four. What do these companies all have in common? They make all their money selling hardware, so … [Read more...] about Should Onyx Boox and Bigme monetize their software?
Meebook M7 e-reader Review – A great all rounder
I was surprised how much I really liked the brand new Meebook M7 e-reader. This device has everything a discerning customer could want, physical page-turns, a SD card, Google Play and a new speed mode system that superchargers the reader. 256 levels of grayscale, system wide contrast mode and a screen that is as large as the latest generation Kindle … [Read more...] about Meebook M7 e-reader Review – A great all rounder
Read em and Weep – Bigme Read e-Reader Review
Bigme is a company that specializes in digital paper products. The entire offering is for users to make notes, annotate PDF files and freehand draw. Most of their lineup is black and white e-paper, but they also lead the charge with the most colour E INK products in the industry. They had the first commercial product with Gallery 3 and a number of units using Kaleido 3. It … [Read more...] about Read em and Weep – Bigme Read e-Reader Review
First Look at the Meebook M7 e-reader
The Meebook M7 e-reader is a pleasant surprise, the companies previous generation hardware and software experience was slow and sluggish, but this model is tremendous. It has everything you would want on an e-reader that doesn't lock you into a specific ecosystem. There is an SD card, speakers, page-turn buttons, Google Play and Google Play Services and razor sharp fonts when … [Read more...] about First Look at the Meebook M7 e-reader
First Look at the Bigme Read e-reader
Bigme is a brand that almost exclusively develops digital paper or e-note products. The vast majority of their products either have pure black and white screens and a fair number of them are using Kaleido 3 color e-paper displays. The only device missing from their portfolio is a pure e-reader, that reads digital content and can listen to audiobooks. Their first black and white … [Read more...] about First Look at the Bigme Read e-reader
Meebook has just released the M7 e-reader with Google Play
Mebook, formally known as Boyue, has just released a brand-new e-reader that will impress. They are among the few brands on the market offering a dedicated English e-reader with Android 11 and full access to the Google Play Store. This e-reader has a speaker, SD card, physical page-turn buttons, and five weeks of battery life. The Meebook M7 features a 6.8-inch E INK Carta … [Read more...] about Meebook has just released the M7 e-reader with Google Play
Meebook M7 – 6.8-inch e-reader with Google Play
Meebook has just released the M7 e-reader. This has a 6.8-inch screen with Google Android 11 and full access to the Google Play Store. This e-reader has it all, a speaker, SD card, physical page-turn buttons and five weeks of battery life. The Meebook M7 features an 6.8-inch E INK Carta HD e-paper display with a resolution of 1648x1236 with 300 PPI. There are 24 warm and … [Read more...] about Meebook M7 – 6.8-inch e-reader with Google Play
Hyread Gaze Mini E-Reader Review
Gaze Mini features a 6-inch E INK Carta HD black and white display with 300 PPI. It has a sleek white body and physical buttons. Unlike previous Gaze models, the Gaze Mini incorporates a concave screen design, a double row of physical buttons, and a built-in gyroscope and touchscreen. This enables convenient page-turning regardless of the user’s preferred hand. The physical … [Read more...] about Hyread Gaze Mini E-Reader Review
Will people read ebooks on the Apple Vision Pro?
Apple announced the Vision Pro VR headset last week, and everyone is talking about playing games and using productivity apps, but nobody is talking about reading or audiobooks. Will people listen to spatial audio-enabled books in VR or read their favourite book? Apple might be planning on porting over their Apple Bookstore to VR. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, "The … [Read more...] about Will people read ebooks on the Apple Vision Pro?
E-Readers have abysmal build quality
Do you use an e-reader to read digital books or other content such as comics, manga or magazines? What about a digital note-taking device to freehand draw or edit PDF files? The Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook and Kobo are three of the most popular brands in North America and most of the world. Midsize e-reader companies such as Pocketbook, Onyx Boox, Bigme and Fujitsu … [Read more...] about E-Readers have abysmal build quality