Amazon’s base-level Kindle e-reader normally starts at $69, but the price has temporarily dropped to $49, putting it …
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A Kindle Paperwhite with a Retina Display? I’d (Probably) Buy One.
A lighter, higher-resolution Paperwhite with ambient light sensor may be in the offing.
The Top 5 e-Readers on the Market
See which one is our top pick for this holiday season.
Getting Kindle into Bookstores: Amazon Baits the Hook
Amazon wants your business — and to be part of your business — independent booksellers.
With New Nook GlowLight, Barnes & Noble Gets Back in the E-Reading Game
The bookseller unveils a lighter, brighter E Ink reader.
Hands On: Amazon’s New Kindle Paperwhite Is a Really, Really Refined E-Reader
A great e-reader for serious readers is getting just a little bit better still.
New Amazon Kindle Paperwhite E-Reader Launching Soon
Amazon is boasting the “highest-ever contrast” for the Paperwhite’s display, an improved light and a 25% faster processor.
E-Readers Are Supposed to Be Dying, but Kobo Keeps Making Fancier Ones
Innovation in e-readers is actually alive and well.
Don’t Call the E-Reader Doomed
Now that 2012 is over, the “Wall Street Journal” is pondering whether the e-reader era is coming to an end. Is it time to write e-readers’ obituary?
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Review: The Screen Makes It the Best E-Reader Yet
We live in the era of gadgets that want to do it all. The typical smartphone of 2012, for instance, isn’t content to just be a phone. It also wishes to be a PC, a still camera, a camcorder, a music player, a gaming console, a …
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Review: An E-Reader That’s Not Afraid of the Dark
If ever a technology was defined by its highs and lows, it’s E Ink, the monochrome screen system used in e-book readers from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and other companies.
Its virtues are downright amazing. E Ink uses power …
How Small E-Booksellers Could Help Break the Amazon-Apple Duopoly
It’s a scary time for publishers. Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five big publishers for allegedly price-fixing e-books. The goal was apparently to prevent Amazon, …