Microsoft announced that they will be closing their ebook store for good as of April 2nd, 2019. Considering how unpopular it was that’s not surprising, but what is surprising is the fact that they’ve decided to delete all ebooks from user accounts and issue refunds for past purchases and pre-orders.
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PocketBook released the Touch Lux 4 last fall, and while the specs aren’t particularly impressive, it’s worth noting that it is available to purchase on Amazon since most people will probably never come across it. Pocketbook doesn’t have any distributors in the Unites States so their ereaders are hard to come by unless you import
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A growing number of companies seem to be launching E Ink tablets with support for pen input. Sony, Onyx, and ReMarkable currently offer one or more models. Last month MobiScribe introduced a new 6.8 inch model. And now it looks like a new option is the way the EeWrite E-Pad tablet. The folks at Gadget
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One thing that’s nice about Kobo’s ebook readers is the fact that they are open to software modifications and users can choose to install alternate reading programs if they wish, including programs like KOReader and Plato. What’s nice is you can still use Kobo’s default software if you want to; the installed reading apps don’t
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Likebook has released a new 7.8-inch E Ink ebook reader and digital notepad called the Likebook Muses. It’s available from Likebook’s Amazon store for $329 with free shipping. It’s basically an upgraded version of the Likebook Mars that was released last year. Most of specs appear to be the same, except the Muses has twice
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Ever since Apple updated the iBooks app with the release of iOS 12, a lot of people have been voicing their complete and utter dislike of the new app, which is now called “Books” instead of iBooks. The main purpose of the update was clearly to try and sell people more ebooks—and Apple didn’t make
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Release: 3.39.1 [01 Feb, 2019] New features Content server: Implement the “Copy to library” function. To use it click the three dots in the top right corner of a book’s page and choose “Copy to library” Content server: Add Next/Previous buttons to the book details page Bug fixes Content server: Fix editing metadata that affects
In a recent comparison test of e-readers run by the well-known tech magazine Computerbild (issue 02/19), the PocketBook Touch HD 3 prevailed against both the Tolino and Kindle competitors, taking first place. The latest e-reader launched by PocketBook scored well with its high-resolution E-Ink-Carta™ display equipped with SMARTlight lighting. Voted ‘the best display in the
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Some Kobo eReaders, tablets, and Kobo apps are longer manufactured or supported. This means that some Kobo products won’t be able to download content or get updates. To improve our eReaders, apps, and services, we’ll need to discontinue support for our earlier devices and apps so that we can focus on making our current and
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Xiaomi always brings in something exciting to the news, and this time is the Kindle like an e-reader. The Chinese electronics maker has lots of different products varying from smart air filters to smartphones. From the past few months, many users were asking that how they can miss Kindle-like e-reader in their brochure. Today, Xiaomi
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