E-Readers News & Reviews

DOJ Places E-Book Price-Fixing Blame on Apple

The Department of Justice this week made public a number of filings that paint Apple as the ringleader in its e-book price-fixing case. The pre-trial documents provide details on a case...
Amazon Acquires Display Maker Liquavista

Amazon has reached a deal with Samsung to acquire “electrowetting” display maker Liquavista, the online retail giant said Monday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Liquavista uses a technology...
Kobo Mini Review

The Kobo Mini’s 5-inch display gives e-reader fans a portable and affordable option, but the reading experience feels cramped compared with the competition. (2.5 out of 5) Kobo is betting that...
Kobo Aura HD Review

The Kobo Aura HD has landed on the ereader market as a direct rival to the better known, and more popular, Amazon Paperwhite, and, to a lesser extent, other tablet...
Kobo Glo Review

The Kobo Glo backlit E Ink e-reader attempts to rattle the cages of Amazon and Barnes & Noble with a brighter backlight and gamification. (3 out of 5) Kobo is not...
LeapFrog Launches LeapReader

Reading and writing are fundamental to a better future for young children. With that in mind, LeapFrog today unveiled the LeapReader, its new reading and writing learning system. LeapReader, targeted to...
Kobo Aura HD Review

The Kobo Aura HD offers the most crisp and clear e-reading experience around, but you’ll pay a tablet price. (3.5 out of 5) There seems to be a high-definition version of...
What Should We Expect Now That Books Are a Service, Not a Product?

World Book Day celebrates the written word and protects the rights of those who pen it. As the day’s founder, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), celebrates today’s bibliodiversity...
Kobo Aura HD Review

Kobo strikes gold with the well-designed Aura HD, a premium ebook reader with high-quality edge lighting and a super-sharp display. (4 out of 5) Pros Large, sharp screen Fast page turns...
Kobo Reveals Aura HD, ‘Porsche of eReaders’

Kobo today announced its limited-edition Aura HD e-ink reader, which it said includes the highest resolution e-ink display currently on the market. The 6.8-inch, 1,440-by-1,080, 265 dpi e-ink device will be...
Kobo Aura HD Reader

Kobo today announced its limited-edition, top-of-the-line Kobo Aura HD E Ink eReader offering the highest resolution 6.8-inch E Ink display at 265 dots-per-inch (dpi). The touchscreen e-reader offers 30 percent more...
In-App Purchases ‘Coming Soon’ to Nook Devices

In-app purchases are “coming soon” to Barnes & Noble’s e-reader and tablet devices, the company announced today. In partnership with mobile payment provider Fortumo, the book retailer expects to begin offering...
Kobo Glo Review

The Kobo Glo’s lighted e-ink display is better quality than the Kindle Paperwhite and the Nook with GlowLight, but the e-reader’s other attributes may not be enticing enough to lure e-book...
Get Organized: Tips for Managing Your Ebook Library

If you read a lot of ebooks, chances are your virtual storage spaces are just as sloppy and disorganized as your real-world bookshelves. You could try to mimic the intensely structured...
Apple Updates iBooks With Support for Japanese Titles

Apple today launched an updated version of iBooks, which added hundreds of thousands of Japanese titles. Japan, which boasts a 99 percent literacy rate – one of the highest in the...
Barnes & Noble Founder Wants to Buy Retail Business, Dump Nook

Barnes & Noble has managed to survive where one-time rivals like Borders couldn’t, but the world’s largest brick-and-mortar bookseller may experience a shake-up of its own soon. The company announced Monday...
Amazon, Publishers Face Class-Action Suit Over E-book ‘Monopoly’

A trio of independent bookstores this week filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon and its largest publishing partners over their use of digital rights management (DRM) technology to create what the...
Macmillan, DOJ Settle E-Book Price-Fixing Case

The Department of Justice and Holtzbrinck Publishers – which operates as Macmillan – reached a settlement this week in a long-running suit against Apple and five publishers over an illegal conspiracy...
Amazon Patent Tips Used E-Book Store

Amazon might be getting into the used book business. Based on a recently awarded patent, the online retail giant could open a secondhand e-book store to allow easy trafficking of electronic...
BioShock Infinite Arrives as E-Book Next Month

The long-awaited BioShock Infinite is not expected until late March, but a new e-book prequel, BioShock Infinite: Mind in Revolt, is expected for release Feb. 12 for the Amazon Kindle. The...