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Hands on with the Pocketbook Color, Part II

5 August, 20205 August, 2020e-Reading Hardware, Reviews4 Comments

I am still working on my review of Pocketbook’s new ereader, but I thought you might be interested in a follow up post on the screen...

Hands On With the Pocketbook Color

30 July, 202030 July, 2020e-Reading Hardware, Reviews26 Comments

Pocketbook’s newest ereader arrived on my doorstep yesterday. I’ve had a day to play with it, and while I am impressed with its speed and svelte...

Who Wants to Help Launch a Book Review Blog?

14 June, 202014 June, 2020Reviews13 Comments

Remember back during the early part of the COVID-19 shutdown when we were supposed to start side gigs or learn new skills with our copious free...

Review: Epubor eBook Manager

29 April, 20207 May, 2020Reviews4 Comments

Calibre is widely considered the best tool for managing your library of DRM-free ebooks, but it’s not your only option. About 5 years back I reviewed...

Best Buy’s “Available for Pickup in 1 Hour” Promise is a Lie

2 August, 20196 August, 2019Reviews9 Comments

Facing serious competition from Amazon, Best Buy is repositioning itself as the retailer where you can order online and get something today. This is a great...

Death to Tracfone

1 August, 20191 August, 2019Reviews74 Comments

I need a recommendation for a cell phone provider, because I am done with the incompetent folks at Tracfone. I have been a Tracfone customer for...

InkBook Lumos Review: Buy Something Else

11 September, 201811 September, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Reviews12 Comments

For the first time in a very long while, a new review unit has crossed my desk. Update: This post combines both an introduction and first...

Two Years In and Kobo is Still Missing the Mark on its Color-Changing Frontlight

28 May, 201828 May, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Reviews28 Comments

With the Clara HD leaking yet again in advance of tomorrow’s announcement, the launch is now less breaking news than fait accompli. I don’t know that...

Authors Are Taking Friendly Fire in Amazon’s War on Fake Reviews

12 May, 201812 May, 2018Amazon, Reviews9 Comments

Amazon has been fighting fake reviews since at least 2012. They have deleted scads of reviews, banned paid reviews, filed suit against several batches of fake review...

New Rule: You Have to Have Spent $50 (Minimum) to Post a Review at Amazon

10 December, 201710 December, 2017Amazon, Reviews31 Comments

Any system that is important enough to be measured is going to be gamed by cheaters, and Amazon’s reviews section is no exception to that rule....

The Dasung Paperlike Pro E-ink Monitor is What Every Author Needs

25 September, 201722 May, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Reviews16 Comments

Stare at a computer screen everyday for years on end and eventually you’re going to develop vision problems. It might be headaches, or simply an inability...

Remarkable E-ink Writing Slate Reviews – Great Tablet, But Not Ready for Prime Time

17 September, 201710 January, 2018e-Reading Hardware, Link Post, Reviews3 Comments

If that early buzz for the $600 Remarkable tablet had you wishing that you had gotten in on the early pre-orders, I have good news for you:...

James Patterson’s “The Store” Takes Aim at Amazon, and Misses

12 September, 201726 September, 2017Reviews16 Comments

When the latest James Patterson-branded book came out last month, it got a lot of press attention for its choice of villain. The Store featured a thinly veiled...

Negative Reviews are a Public Service, Not a Blight

14 June, 201714 June, 2017Reviews10 Comments

There’s a solid minority of the book community that believes one should never be publicly critical of a book. That’s the view of one book reviewer I...

I’m Breaking Up With Grammarly

4 May, 201713 December, 2017content creation, ebook tools, Reviews, Writing66 Comments

I have just canceled my subscription to Grammarly’s writing tool, and after having sent a ranty email to Grammarly’s PR rep I thought it would be helpful...