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...
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Bookeen Announces a Solar-Powered eReader (Again)
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 release, the French...
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Children in Mali Can Now Read PD eBooks, Wikipedia Thanks to MALebooks eReaders
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...
Continue readingBookeen to Launch Solar-Powered eReader in 2016
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...
Continue readingRoundup: 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,...
Continue readingReview: Bookeen Cybook Ocean is Deficient, Disappointing, and Defective
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...
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Comparison Review: Pocketbook InkPad vs Bookeen Cybook Ocean
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...
Continue readingCybook Ocean Goes up for Pre-Order, Also Cleared the FCC (video)
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...
Continue readingBookeen Announces Two New eReaders, Promises to Ship the Long Awaited Ocean eReader Next Month
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...
Continue readingLev eReaders Launched in Brazil, Priced to Compete with the Kindle
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...
Continue readingCybook Ocean 8″ eReader Clears the FCC
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...
Continue readingCybook Ocean 8″ eBook Reader Caught on Film
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...
Continue readingBookeen’s 8″ Cybook Ocean eBook Reader Delayed Again
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...
Continue readingCybook Ocean 8″ eReader Delayed
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...
Continue readingBookeen’s New 8″ eReader Unveiled
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...
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