A word of advice: If your Dell device has problems in the return window, take it back. If you have trouble after that, you are better off pitching it in...Continue reading
Category: Reviews
Hands on with the Pocketbook Color, Part II
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 tech. The post I...Continue reading
Hands On With the Pocketbook Color
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 design, I am not...Continue reading
Who Wants to Help Launch a Book Review Blog?
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 time? I mainly spent...Continue reading
Review: Epubor eBook Manager
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 an app called KDeasy...Continue reading
Best Buy’s “Available for Pickup in 1 Hour” Promise is a Lie
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 move considering that Amazon...Continue reading
Death to Tracfone
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 the past 4 years...Continue reading
InkBook Lumos Review: Buy Something Else
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 look, as well as...Continue reading
Two Years In and Kobo is Still Missing the Mark on its Color-Changing Frontlight
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 I will be writing...Continue reading
Authors Are Taking Friendly Fire in Amazon’s War on Fake Reviews
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 perpetrators, and even forbidden...Continue reading
New Rule: You Have to Have Spent $50 (Minimum) to Post a Review at Amazon
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. Amazon has fought back...Continue reading
The Dasung Paperlike Pro E-ink Monitor is What Every Author Needs
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 to keep both eyes...Continue reading
Remarkable E-ink Writing Slate Reviews – Great Tablet, But Not Ready for Prime Time
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: It’s not ready yet....Continue reading
James Patterson’s “The Store” Takes Aim at Amazon, and Misses
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 Amazon as the world’s...Continue reading
Negative Reviews are a Public Service, Not a Blight
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 met at a writing...Continue reading