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Bookeen Launches Solar Cover for the Cybook Ocean

15 September, 2016 // 8 Comments

For the past 18 months Bookeen has been working with SunPartner Technologies to develop its Wysips solar panel into a cover, and today that was released to market. The Leaf Solar Cover is a [Read More ...]

Bookeen Announces a Solar-Powered eReader (Again)

22 February, 2016 // 7 Comments

Bookeen announced a solar-powered ereader at Mobile World Congress on Monday. I'm still casting about for first-hand reports or actual photos, but according to reports which cite the press [Read More ...]

Children in Mali Can Now Read PD eBooks, Wikipedia Thanks to MALebooks eReaders

18 May, 2015 // 4 Comments

Worldreader is probably the best known program which brings ereaders to 3rd-world countries but it's not the only one. Between poverty, corruption, under-trained teachers, and a general dearth of [Read More ...]

Bookeen to Launch Solar-Powered eReader in 2016

3 March, 2015 // 12 Comments

With over a decade of ereader design behind them, Bookeen is the oldest surviving ereader maker in the world, and they're not slowing down. Yesterday Bookeen announced a new partnership with [Read More ...]

Roundup: No One Likes the 8″ Cybook Ocean eReader

10 January, 2015 // 4 Comments

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 today I can report that I'm not the only one who [Read More ...]

Review: Bookeen Cybook Ocean is Deficient, Disappointing, and Defective

13 December, 2014 // 3 Comments

As the number of new ebook readers launched declines each year, the ebook reader market has largely consolidated into 6" models as well as a handful of larger and smaller models. One of those [Read More ...]

Comparison Review: Pocketbook InkPad vs Bookeen Cybook Ocean

1 December, 2014 // 17 Comments

The Pocketbook InkPad and the Bookeen Cybook Ocean are the only two 8" ereaders on the market at the moment, but in spite of having the same size screen they could not be more different. [Read More ...]

Cybook Ocean Goes up for Pre-Order, Also Cleared the FCC (video)

7 November, 2014 // 2 Comments

Bookeen's new ebook reader went up for pre-order this week, and is scheduled to ship on 24 November. The Cybook Ocean sports an 8" epaper screen, and thanks to the FCC filings I can also confirm [Read More ...]

Bookeen Announces Two New eReaders, Promises to Ship the Long Awaited Ocean eReader Next Month

17 October, 2014 // 10 Comments

Bookeen held a press conference today to announced that they would be shipping 3 new ereaders next month. In addition to the much-delayed Ocean, Bookeen is also about to ship a couple 6" ereaders, [Read More ...]

Lev eReaders Launched in Brazil, Priced to Compete with the Kindle

6 August, 2014 // 2 Comments

The ebook reader market might be withering in the US but there are still signs of life elsewhere in the world. The Brazilian publisher/bookseller Saraiva has just launched a couple new ereaders to [Read More ...]

Cybook Ocean 8″ eReader Clears the FCC

13 May, 2014 // 5 Comments

Bookeen's much delayed 8" ebook reader showed up on the FCC website this morning, bringing it one step closer to being officially available in the US. The FCC paperwork doesn't really add anything to [Read More ...]

Cybook Ocean 8″ eBook Reader Caught on Film

25 March, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bookeen's much delayed ereader was on display at the Salon du Livre (a book fair in Paris) this week, and a French gadget blog called Les Numériques got to play with it for a few minutes. The Cybook [Read More ...]

Bookeen’s 8″ Cybook Ocean eBook Reader Delayed Again

19 March, 2014 // 1 Comment

When the French ereader maker Bookeen first announced their 8" ebook reader 6 months ago few imagined that it would be in the running for the most delayed gadget of 2013. The Cybook Ocean, which was [Read More ...]

Cybook Ocean 8″ eReader Delayed

29 November, 2013 // 4 Comments

Bookeen's new 8" ereader won't be coming out this year. While French ereader maker Bookeen had originally planned to release the Cybook Ocean before Christmas, they recently announced that this [Read More ...]

Bookeen’s New 8″ eReader Unveiled

30 October, 2013 // 7 Comments

It's been just over a month since Bookeen teased us with the news that they had an 8" ereader in the works and today we finally got a look at it. The Cybook Ocean has an 8" screen with a resolution [Read More ...]

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