E-Reader News, Resources & Information

E-Reader-Info was launched in July 2009 to follow the e-reader industry and provide information and resources to e-reader professionals and consumers. While I still believe in e-readers (I think that Amazon's Kindle is the only electronics gadgets I truly value), I simply do not have time to continue developing this site, and I have sadly decided to offer it up for sale, for an asking price of $1,500.

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Sony announced that it is closing its Reader store in the US and Canada towards the end of March, and all Reader accounts (including their library content) will be moved to Kobo's platform. Sony says the migration process will be painless, and hopefully it will be so.

Sony PRS-T3

Sony will also install Kobo's application on select Xperia devices. This sounds like a good deal for Kobo. It's a shame to see Sony taking this step - they were once the leaders in e-readers (back before Amazon launched their Kindle).

The Magic Flip is a small (4") E Ink e-reader by Alcatel that can connect to Alcatel's mobile phones or tablets via Bluetooth. The e-reader supports "every standard book format" and can also display notification from your phone.

Alcatel will release the Magic Flip in the first half of 2014.

2013 is soon over... and here are the top 10 stories posted on e-reader-Info in the past year, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Wexler has discontinued its Flex One e-reader (Mar 10)
2. Sony's PRS-T3 E Ink e-reader passes FCC validation (Jun 27)
3. B&N slashes the prices of the Nook Simple Touch to just £29 in the UK (May 5)
4. Onyx to launch two new Android E Ink e-readers and an E Ink smartphone soon (May 16)
5. IDC: e-reader sales declined 28% in 2012 to 20 million units (Jan 6)
6. eMarketer: the e-paper e-reader market is still growing strongly (Jan 3)
7. Kobo holds about 20% of the global e-reader market, had a great 2012 (Jan 17)
8. GoodEReader reviews Bookeen's Cybook Odyssey HD frontlight e-reader (Jan 16)
9. Utility Kit, our second Kindle software title is released!( Jan 11)
10. Kobo set to release a new 6" E Ink e-reader (Jul 24)

Have a marry Christmas and a happy new 2014!

PocketBook's CAD reader is the first e-reader to use the new thin-glass based E Ink Fina display. This 13.3" device sports a 1Ghz dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, a large 8000 mAh battery, Wi-Fi, 3G and it runs Android 4.0.4. It includes a Wacom digitizer for both touch and stylus input.

The DPT-S1 is a large (13.3") E Ink touch "tablet" aimed for business and education applications. The plastic-based display is E Ink's 1200x1600 13.3" Mobius flexible E Ink panel that use Sony's own flexible TFT technology. Other features include 4GB of internal storage, microSD slot, Wi-Fi and PDF support (no other formats will be supported!). The DPT-S1 is 6.8 mm thick and it weighs just 358 grams.

The DPT-S1 will be released in Japan on December 3rd for 100,000 yen (over $1,000).

The Nook Glowlight is a 6" E Ink e-reader, an upgrade to the company's previous Simple Touch with Glowlight e-reader - mostly with new front-lighting technology. The Nook Glowlight weighs 175 grams and it ditches the physical page-turn buttons. The device includes 4GB of internal storage.

The Nook Glowlight costs $119 and it's available today from B&S.