The Oaxis Inkcase i7 Plus is currently available via Kickstarter and Good e-Reader is the first online publication to give you a sense on the retail packaging and how the final product functions. This product acts as case for your phone and gives you a secondary screen that is made with E-Ink. With … [Read more...]
Amazon Rapids Unveils Signature Stories
Amazon Rapids launched last November and features short stories for kids. All of the content is delivered in the style of an instant messaging app and are told through the lens of characters chatting with each other, one message at a time. Today, the company unveiled a huge update called Signature … [Read more...]
Onyx Boox Max Carta Video Review
The Onyx Boox Max Carta was designed to give you a great note taking device and the ability to install apps via Google Play. It has a built in headphone jack and a mono speaker so you can listen to audiobooks or music. The Carta has garnered a tremendous amount of buzz and many people have requested … [Read more...]
New Google Play Books Update Improves the Reading Experience
The Google Play Books app for Android has just undergone a major revision and it now simplifies the reading experience. The Library page went through some significant changes, four of the five tabs have been removed and there are just two: Shelves and Books. The new Shelves system provides bright … [Read more...]
Hoopla Now Offers Digital Comics from Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan
Hoopla has just expanded their digital comic portfolio for public libraries with the addition of Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan Comics. This new agreement adds thousands of popular comic book titles including Doctor Who, Assassin's Creed, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, and Saved by the Bell to … [Read more...]
Amazon Needs to Release the Kindle DX 2
Amazon has been making making e-Readers since 2007 and this year the company is celebrating their ten year anniversary of the Kindle. They have only made one single that is larger than six inches and this was the Kindle DX. This was brought back from the grave on a few different occasions, but it … [Read more...]
China Literature is Challenging the Amazon Kindle
China Literature is a subsidiary of Tenchet and they are going public and trying to raise $800 million in a public offering. The company, which is looking to raise funds for potential acquisitions and expand its mobile reading business. The firm saw revenues jump 59% last year to 2.6 billion yuan … [Read more...]
Findaway Voices Allows Authors To Self-Publish An Audiobook
Findaway Voices is a new self-publishing platform for audiobooks that is launching on July 18th 2017. The main premise of this new service is to connect authors with narrators and once the title is completed they are distributed into 170 different countries and various subscription services, … [Read more...]
Amazon Encourages Indie Authors to be Shady
Amazon introduced a radical new change for their Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Lending Library program in 2015. They would pay royalties based on the number of pages read, instead of qualified borrows. Immediately shady authors would give you a free Amazon gift card if you clicked on a link on the … [Read more...]
Onyx Boox Max Carta Unboxing Video
The Onyx Boox Max Carta has garnered a ton of media attention because it offers users more flexibility than the Sony Digital Paper. This device features a giant 13.3 inch display and over 16GB of internal storage. It has Google Play, so you can have a lot of freedom to install your favorite Android … [Read more...]
Audiobook Metrics and Statistics for 2017
Audiobook sales have been growing over the past four years and major publishers have all disclosed that audio sales are making up for the massive decline for their e-book units. How have audiobooks been growing in the first six months of 2017? Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio … [Read more...]
Amazon Fire 7 with Alexa vs Nook Tablet 7
Amazon and Barnes and Noble have both released new tablets in 2017 and they are both compelling for different reasons. Amazon has bundled Alexa with their latest 7 inch tablet, whereas B&N is getting back into designing their own hardware after years of marketing Samsung tablets with Nook apps. … [Read more...]
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