Amazon is developing a customized Alexa Voice to read the news. Currently Alexa reads the news, but uses the same voice when you issue it commands or search results. Amazon has created a special version of the voice that sounds the same as a quintessential evening newscaster.Everyone is familiar with the … [Read more...]
Black Friday Deals for e-readers – Roundup
This Black Friday there are many deals and discounts for e-readers. Good e-Reader is running a promotion where every single device we sell will be discounted by at least $20 or more! Amazon, B&N, Onyx, Remarkable, Sony and a number of other vendors are doing their own promotions.Remarkable - Take $100 off a … [Read more...]
Book sales decreased by 3% at Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble has disclosed that this summer they saw a decline in book sales by 3%. The bookseller saw an increase in sales from adult hardcovers and saw a modest improvement on trade paper, kids, and young adult categories. Non-books increased 1.9%, led by toys and games growth, cafe and better gift results. … [Read more...]
Hoopla launches a Book Club for Libraries
Hoopla is one of the largest companies operating in the digital library sector and their claim to fame was the per circulation transaction system, where libraries would get their entire catalog of audiobooks, ebooks, video and other digital content and libraries only pay when a user checked something out. It was … [Read more...]
Kobo Forma 32GB now available on the Kobo website
Kobo released the Forma e-reader last month and the only model available was the 8GB edition. The 32GB version was only available in Japan, but that has changed. Kobo is now selling both models directly on their website for customers in Canada and the United States. You can choose what storage option you want during … [Read more...]
Michelle Obama’s Becoming is B&N Fastest Selling Book of the Year
Barnes and Noble has announced that Michelle Obama’s Becoming had the biggest first-week sales of any book this year, surpassing Fear for the most copies sold, as well as having the best first-week start of any adult book in over three years. This comes at the time of the year where the bookseller desperately needs … [Read more...]
Scribd Audiobooks now available via Waze Audio Player
Waze is a GPS navigation system for your automobile and for the past while they have been beta testing an Audio Player that has Pandora, Deezer, iHeartRadio, NPR One, Scribd, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn functionality. The system is now rolling out everywhere and you can control your audio app of choice in Waze and … [Read more...]
This is how you get Google Play working on Android e-readers
Earlier this year Google cracked down on devices that were not certified and blacklisted them from accessing the Google Play Store and various core services. This was done to help curb the onslaught of cheap Android phones and tablets from China, as well as custom ROMS. This whole situation also had a tremendous effect … [Read more...]
Onyx Boox Poke PRO Unboxing
Onyx Boox has just released the Poke PRO and it costs a little bit more than the regular Poke, which we unboxed a few days ago. This unboxing video of the PRO model takes a look at the industrial design and everything that comes inside the retail packaging.Confused on the differences between the Poke and the Poke … [Read more...]
Kindle for PC Updated to Version 1.25
Kindle for PC is a program that allows you to shop for ebooks and read them on your computer, slate or tablet. Whenever you purchase something everything is stored in the Amazon Cloud and can be accessed on Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets or any of the companies apps. Amazon has just purchased out version 1.25 for both … [Read more...]
Kindle Paperwhite 4 is on sale in the UK for £89.99
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2018 edition went on sale a couple of weeks ago and it is already on sale in the United Kingdom. The regular price is £119.99 and has been discounted by £30.00, so you can purchase the latest generation e-reader for a paltry £89.99. The discounted Kindle is the base model with WIFI and … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble releases charging dock and keyboard for Nook 10.1
Barnes and Noble released their new Nook Tablet 10.1 this week and they have finally unveiled the accessories. The Charging Dock allows you to constantly keep it powered while listening to audiobooks or watching movies. It retails for $34.95 and comes with a limited 20% off discount using the code STACKED. The Smart … [Read more...]