There are those few authors and publishers who look at digital books a little bit differently than the legacy publishers who see eBooks simply as another distribution channel for selling...Continue reading
Category: Reviews
Apple iPad Pro Review Roundup: Laptop Killer or No?
Earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook made a bold claim that once you owned an iPad Pro, you would never need a full-function PC ever again. Obviously he’s smoking something, but how...Continue reading
Texture by Next Issue: Better Than It Was. Still Has Room For Improvement
I heard that Next Issue had completely redesigned their app, an all-access pass to over 150 magazines, and called it Texture. The good news? It’s better than it used to...Continue reading
Nook Glowlight Plus Review: If It Were Made By Anyone Other than B&N …
It’s been just over a week since Barnes & Noble released their latest (and probably final) ereader, the Nook Glowlight Plus. As I sit here, getting ready to box it...Continue reading
TopJoy Reminds Us Why Some eReaders Never See the Light of Day
When I first reported a couple weeks ago about a Chinese OEM selling off-brand ereaders on Amazon, I wondered why I had never heard of many of the devices from companies like teXet,...Continue reading
Comparison Review: Onyx Boox i86 HDML and Pocketbook Inkpad
Everyone and their life coach has released a 6″ ereader, but 8″ models are still the rarer than hen’s teeth. I have two different large screen ereaders sitting on my...Continue reading
UnReview: Boyue T62 6″ Android eReader
Boyue might not be well-known outside of the hard-core ereader community, but in that sphere it is making a name for itself. Over the past several years it has released...Continue reading
Review: Kobo Glo HD
Earlier today a reader showed up in the comment section and started pestering me about my promised review of Kobo’s newest ereader, the Glo HD. I was one of the...Continue reading
Okada Books is an Indie African eBookstore
The indie author movement is so loud and boisterous in the Western world that it often drowns out similar efforts elsewhere in the globe. In Africa, for example, Okada Books has been...Continue reading
Early Review: Onyx Boox i86 Android eReader
Onyx is one of the better small ereader makers in China, so when I heard that they had an 8″ model in the works I know that I had to...Continue reading
Amazon Refines Customer Review Process With New Ratings Options
It’s always been easy to post a review on Amazon; simply jot down a few sentences, select a star rating, and you’re done. It’s so easy to post a review,...Continue reading
A Month Without My Computer: a Squaretrade Review
Squaretrade is one of the more widely known 3rd-party warranty services, but until last month I had never used it. Since I suspect most people have heard of the service but...Continue reading
Roundup: No One Likes the 8″ Cybook Ocean eReader
When I posted my review of Bookeen’s new 8″ ebook reader last month I didn’t think much of the $210 device. It cost too much and did too little, and...Continue reading
Hands On With the Hemingwrite
The Hemingwrite retro word processor is one of the more unusual gadgets to launch this year, and today at CES I finally had a chance to put my hands on it....Continue reading
InkCase Plus (Un)Review: I Paid $89 for THIS?
The InkCase Plus looked like a great idea when I backed it on Kickstarter this summer, but now that my order has finally arrived I wonder if I may have set unrealistic expectations....Continue reading