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Good e-Reader is the leading news source on e-readers, ebooks, digital newspapers and magazines. The commentary section focuses on our views of upcoming trends in the industry.

Editorial: Last Wheel of Time eBook Will Have a Delayed Release; Will Probably Increase Piracy

In an incredibly stupid decision, the late Robert Jordan’s wife has caused…

LG Flexible e-Paper Fails to Change the e-Reader World

In early 2012, LG debuted a new kind of flexible e-Paper technology…

The Death of iOS Magazine Apps

When the Apple iPad burst onto the scene, everyone wanted to get…

Has Amazon Prime Killed eBook Lending Clubs?

Barnes and Noble and Amazon during the last few years developed eBook…

Why e-Readers are Here to Stay in 2013

iSupply and IHS recently released new statistics that paint a very doom…

Feature: Why e-Reader and Tablet Companies Fail

During the last five years since I started covering the e-reader and…

Gift Giving Guide – The Best e-Readers of of 2012

Digital Books and e-Readers have gained a massive amount of traction in…

e-Reading After a Hurricane

The United States is still reeling from Hurricane Sandy, and I was…

Pocketbook Abandons the US Market, Scales Back Worldwide Operations

Pocketbook first burst on the scene in 2007, releasing a slew of…

Commentary – Why I’m Not Sold on the iPad Mini

The Apple iPad Mini was the company’s first foray into the highly…

How HTML5 Based Books Will Disrupt the Digital Publishing Sector

Many digital publishing companies are increasingly looking to iOS and Google Android…

Are e-Reader Companies Expanding Too Fast?

The largest companies in the world involved in the e-reader industry are…

Feature: Vietnam Publishers Lobbying for War on eBook Piracy

Last week we published our first feature on the emergence of book…

The History of the Barnes and Noble Nook and eBook Ecosystem

In the United States, no bookseller quite reaches an all encompassing magnitude…

Why Libraries Need to Adopt a Paid Membership Program for Country Wide Access to eBooks

Many libraries in the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia allow patrons to…

The Vision Problem – Why eReaders Are Not Widely Adopted in Public Schools

The Amazon Kindle and many other e-readers continue to enjoy unbridled success…

Will the New Nook Tablet Run Windows 8?

Earlier this year, Microsoft decided to invest in Barnes and Noble to a…

50 Shades of Grey Being Used as a Marketing Ploy for New Erotica Books

When the 50 Shades of Grey series hit bookstores earlier this year,…

What Kobo and Amazon Need to Do with Their Second Generation Tablets

e-Reading has changed dramatically in the last two years and many users are…

Who Will Release the Next e-Reader? Poll Results

For the last few months we have been running a poll on…

How Uninformed Digital Authors Destroyed LendInk

When authors submit digital ebooks to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, they…

The Current State of Affairs – Solar Powered e-Readers

e-Readers, such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, are…

How Customers Benefit from the e-Reader Wars at Target

Major companies in the e-reader sphere are jockeying for position in the…