Calibre 5.0 Adds Highlighting, Python Update
Calibre just hit a major milestone. The ebook library tool usually gets a maintenance update on Fridays, but today’s update was the 5.0 release. According to...Continue reading
Category: e-Reading Tech
Onyx Boox Poke 3, Nova 3, Note 3 Clear the FCC
In addition to announcing a couple new ereaders yesterday, Onyx recently also filed FCC paperwork for three additional ereaders. All three are updates for existing models,...Continue reading
Onyx Boox Note Air has a 10.3″ E-ink Screen, Color-Changing Frontlight (video)
Onyx launched two new ereaders on Sunday. The first is the Lumi, and the second is the Boox Note Air. The Note Air is an update...Continue reading
The Boox Max Lumi Sports a 13.3″ Screen with Frontlight (video)
Onyx announced two new ereaders yesterday, and they also recently filed FCC paperwork for three more (more posts are coming, yes). One of the new devices...Continue reading
Parabola Linux Has Been Ported to the Remarkable Tablet (video)
If you are looking for new things to do with your Remarkable tablet, I just heard that someone has developed a third-party firmware for it. It’s...Continue reading
Dasung Launches a 10.3″ eReader on Kickstarter With a Ridiculous Price
The Chinese E-ink monitor maker Dasung is back again with their second ereader, but I really do not recommend buying it. The Not-eReader 103 is a...Continue reading
How to Limit Data Tracking on Your Kindle eReader and Fire Tablet
I helped a reader enable the privacy settings on their Kindle ereader today, and I thought it would be useful to share what we did. I...Continue reading
Amazon Releases a Firmware Update for the Kindle Paperwhite 3, and Other Models
Amazon just saved me around $100 with their latest Kindle update. The ebook giant just released the v5.13.2 Kindle update, and it works on all Kindles...Continue reading
My Onyx Boox Poke2 Color Has Arrived – What Should I Do With It?
After two weeks of excruciating uncertainty, my Poke2 Color arrived via DHL today. Onyx’s first color ereader is a small nondescript black rectangle that arrived in...Continue reading
Avalue Launches a Whitelabel 13.3″ E-ink Tablet
Yesterday the Taiwan-based OEM Avalue announced, in partnership with E-ink, that they have “a Digital Paper tablet that can be optimized for use within a wide...Continue reading
Pocketbook Color Now Available from Newegg for $229
Pocketbook’s second color ereader, the Pocketbook Color, was initially only available in Europe when it launched about a month ago, but earlier today it showed up...Continue reading
Kobo Firmware Update 4.23 Includes Major Changes to the Menus, Interface
Going by the reports from their latest firmware update, Kobo is apparently in one of those moods to reinvent everything. The 4.23 update, which was released...Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Rolls Out an Update for the Nook eReader
Barnes & Noble isn’t just remodeling its stores during the pandemic; it’s also updating the Nook. I was just reading over at MobileRead that B&N has...Continue reading
E-ink Shows Off (Another) Foldable 10.3″ Display, This Time With a Frontlight
Foldable E-ink display prototypes are old hat in 2020 – the oldest prototypes are actually older than some of my nieces. With just the one foldable...Continue reading
Onyx is Planning a 7.8″ Color eReader Based on the Boox Nova2
Onyx has just managed to upstage themselves on their launch day. Mike Cane has tipped me to the news that Onyx has sent an official letter...Continue reading