The Onyx Boox Nova is one of the most eagerly anticipated e-readers of the year. It will be the first Onyx branded device that is aimed at readers, instead of professionals. It will be available to purchase sometime next month. The Nova will feature a 7.8 E-Ink Carta HD screen with a resolution of 1872×1404 and … [Read more...]
Is Self-Publishing Still a Flash in the Pan? Yeah, Right.
In case you were waiting for the hoopla surrounding self-publishing to die down, there's some unfortunate news from Bowker: the number of ISBNs issued for self-published books just reached one million last year. That may not seem like a lot--surely there are more than one million self-published books, right?--but … [Read more...]
Remarkable experiences email vulnerability and issues new firmware update
The Remarkable Writing tablet has been experiencing outages with their send to email functionality that allows users to email documents and PDF files. The company has admitted they disabled email a few days ago and customers were greeted with the error message “Failed to send to [email address]". Remarkable has just … [Read more...]
The Tolino Shine 3 is available now
The Tolino Shine 3 e-reader was just announced today and this new device replaces the Shine 2, which was released in 2015. The big selling points with this model is twice the amount of internal storage and it now has a capacitive touchscreen display, instead of an infrared. The Shine 3 also has a color temperature … [Read more...]
BN Press Now Offers Pre-Orders, But Why?
Barnes & Noble is still clinging to life despite years-long rumors that almost every aspect of the business model is at death's door. With physical stores closing and the Nook constantly rumored to be on the chopping block, it's hard to know what to believe. So the recent announcement that B&N's Press (formerly Nook … [Read more...]
There will be a new Amazon Kindle Announced on October 17th
Amazon is going to be announcing a new Kindle e-reader on October 17th. The company posted a teaser image on their Weibo account in China and the product will be officially unveiled at the Zhuzhong Art Museum. Local media have received private invitations from Amazon to attend the unveiling event. I believe this … [Read more...]
Onyx is launching Boox Digital Signage in 2019
Good e-Reader has exclusively learned that Onyx Boox plans on launching a digital signage solution sometime in 2019. The company is going to release a 42 inch and 31.2 version and the naming convention is tentatively called Boox Signage. Boox Signage will feature an E Ink screen and it remains to be seen if they … [Read more...]
Thalia has just purchased a 50% stake in Skoobe
Skoobe was founded in 2010 by the publishing group Georg von Holtzbrinck , the publishing group Random House and the Bertelsmann service provider Arvato. They launched their unlimited subscription service in 2012 in Germany and by 2016 they had a catalog of 175,000 books by 1,600 German publishers, as well as … [Read more...]
Will you buy the new Google Pixel Slate for $599?
Google has just announced the Pixel Slate, which is a Chrome OS tablet. It includes Google Assistant and apps from the Google Play. It will retail for $599 and accessories include the $199 Pixel Keyboard and $99 Pixelbook Pen and will be available later this year. Will you buy this or pass? Google says that the … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble to open new concept store that focuses on books
Barnes and Noble experimented with a few different prototype stores in the past few years. They focused on primarily adding a full restaurant experience where people can buy food and drinks and read their favorite book. This week they are opening up a new prototype store in Vernon Hills Chicago. The … [Read more...]
Kobo Forma Video Review
The Kobo Forma is the latest generation e-reader that will soon be available in North America. This device is considered a flagship model and is brimming with features and enhancements. The purpose of this video review is to give you a sense of what it brings to the table and if it is a worthy upgrade to the Kobo Aura … [Read more...]
10 of the 20 bestselling books so far this year are nonfiction
Nonfiction books have been crushing the bestseller list for the entire duration of 2018 and the trend should continue for the rest of the year. Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, which is the only print title to crack the one-million-copies-sold level so far this year. Another political book was not far behind Fury: Bob … [Read more...]