eReaders Category: News, Gadgets & Rumours

EPUB3 Books and Readers: Where are they?

March 20, 2012

Even though the specification for EPUB v3.0 was finalised last October, we’ve yet to see any production ready EPUB3 books out in the wild. The likely reason for this is that EPUB3 compatible eReaders have only come on the scene recently and without an eReader, there’s no way to test how the ebooks look – [...]

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jetBook K12 Colour E-Ink Reader

August 30, 2011

A couple of weeks back Ectaco announced their new 9.7 inch E-Ink eReader (WiFi and Touch Screen), nothing special in that, but the big news about this is that it will be the first colour E-Ink device to be available for purchase! The jetBook Color EDU.12 has been in development since earlier this year in [...]

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Amazon Kindle/EPUB Rumour…true?

May 20, 2011

Rumours are abound right now that Amazon is on the verge of providing support for EPUB ebooks on their Kindle eReader. What’s getting peoples tongues wagging is a post from an eReader blog* stating that Amazon is telling publishers to start providing them with titles in the EPUB format. As vague as the details are [...]

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New iTunes 9.1 with EPUB Library Support

March 31, 2010

Apple have just released an updated iTunes 9.1 to make ready for iPad syncing and EPUB support for when the users receive their iPad and can access the iBooks store. We here in Europe can’t even pre-order an iPad yet so I won’t be able to do a full test for some time yet but [...]

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Apple iPad and EPUB Books

February 20, 2010

It’s been a few weeks now since the Apple iPad announcement; a 9.7-inch multi-purpose tablet with native Book, Magazine and Newspaper options. Although Apple hasn’t released this as a dedicated eBook reader or as a direct competitor to popular eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, in essence, it is an eReader nonetheless. [...]

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New ORIZON eBook reader with WiFi from Bookeen

January 9, 2010

Today, Nicolas Gary from the French website www.actualitte.com contacted me about their exclusive first look at the next generation Bookeen eReader, the ORIZON. As the article is in French, Nicolas has kindly written a short overview in English. Bookeen is introducing a new eBook Reader called ORIZON, supporting ePub files (with or without DRM) of [...]

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Read EPUB ebooks in your Web Browser

December 9, 2009

If you’ve ever been visiting a site that’s offering free .epub files and wished you could just click the link and immediately start reading – with none of that “open with… ” or “download to you computer first” nonsense – then I’ve found exactly what you want. An eReading app that allows quick and easy [...]

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New Asus Eee Reader with Dual Screen

September 10, 2009

Fancy an eBook reader with two screens? Then you might want to take a look when Asus release their Eee Reader, which could be out before the end of the year. I’m not totally convinced that having two screens will improve peoples reading experience, though perhaps the one book type that could benefit woud be [...]

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New Sony Readers for Pre-order at Waterstones UK

August 25, 2009

If you didn’t already know, I come from the UK, so you can imagine my delight when I saw that the two new Sony Readers (Pocket Edition & Touch Edition) are on pre-order over at Waterstones UK and W.H.Smith.co.uk. I fully expected that us Brits would have to wait another year before being able to [...]

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New EPUB eBook Reader to be sold in Argos…Cool!

August 20, 2009

Although news on the release of the COOL-ER eBook reader isn’t new, what is interesting is that the makers have struck a deal to sell this in the Argos stores. For those of you who are not from the UK, Argos are a household name — if a Brit hasn’t bought from Argos, you know [...]

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