Removing the header and footer areas from a Kobo ereader's screen so you can show more text was one of the more useful "hacks" on that platform, and now...
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Category: e-Reading Tech
Fictionaries are Custom Dictionaries for the Kindle (as well as Many Other Reading Apps)
Many readers like the way the Kindle's X-Ray feature adds extra details to the books they read, but it only works with ebooks bought in the Kindle Store. Those...
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Kindle Paperwhite Audible Bundle Includes $79 Headphones, $129 Kindle Paperwhite
In the past Amazon has offered bundles that included variously a Kindle Fire tablet, case, and newspaper sub; a Kindle ereader and backpack; a Kindle, charger, and case; and...
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Another eReader Company Bites the Dust (No, Not the Nook)
Yesterday's story about the MobiScribe ereader reminded me about a story I had been waiting a few weeks to see if it developed. The ereader importer Icarus has apparently...
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New 6.8″ MobiScribe eReader Clears the FCC
A new FCC filing has brought my attention to a new ereader (and related tech) startup called Team UC. This company just sent a Netronix ereader through the FCC,...
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Sales Must be Slow, Because Amazon Just Put the New Paperwhite on Sale for $99
Amazon rarely puts their newest Kindle ereader on sale (Kindle Fire tablets are another matter*), but it looks like they have made an exception. The two-month-old 4th-gen Kindle Paperwhite...
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Onyx Boox Euclid Runs Android 60, Has a 9.7″ Screen, Costs $397
Onyx has a new ereader, and this time they are going retro. The Onyx Boox Euclid runs a current version of Android on a reasonably powerful CPU, but it also...
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Kindle Android App Now Lets You Store eBooks on Your SD Card
Amazon just released a new update for the Kindle Android app in Google Play today. There's no new feature listed in the "What's New" section, but it does show this...
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Barnes & Noble Releases New 7″ Nook Tablet After Black Friday
Barnes & Noble has defied conventional wisdom, and is launching its new Android tablet two weeks into the holiday season rather than weeks before. They've just announced a new...
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Amazon’s Black Friday Sales Begin Today – Here’s What’s Good
As promised, Amazon's Black Friday deals start today, and they are so good that they are well worth tearing yourself away from the table. Amazon doesn't have either of...
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Kindle for PC Updated With New Study Features, Collection Management
Amazon is rolling out updates for its desktop reading app this week. Both the Windows and macOS versions of the app have been updated, although not with the same...
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Kindle Voyage is On Sale Today at Woot – $99 (refurbs)
Have I got a deal for you! Woot is selling refurbished Kindle Voyages for $99 today. This is $40 off of Amazon's price for the discontinued Kindle (and Amazon...
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Pages Now Publishes Directly to Apple Books
Apple is now promoting their word processing app with the pitch that you can use it to publish a book to Apple Books: Publish your book directly to Apple...
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Samsung Veiled a Folding Smartphone (video)
Rumors have been circulating for several years now that Samsung was working on a folding smartphone, but up until yesterday all we had were rumors. Now we have rumors...
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Remarkable Writing Tablet Updated With Remarkable Handwriting OCR Feature
The Remarkable writing tablet was an unremarkable device when it launched last year, but it has been progressively getting better and better with each update. With the latest update,...
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