Slashgear reports on a new, WiFi-equipped model of “Booq” e-reader from Netronix, revealed due to an expiring confidentiality agreement with the FCC. Back in June, Slashgear reported this device would likely show up as the next model of Cool-ER, the Cool-ER Connect. Of course, that was before Cool-ER had to declare bankruptcy—but as we reported last week, Cool-ER’s marketing director says not to count the company out of the running yet. It may also show up as a new, WiFi-equipped model of Kobo Reader. (The current Bluetooth-only Kobo is based on the current, WiFi-less Booq platform.) It...

Pocket-lint ran into Phil Wood, Cool-er's marketing director, and he says that the reader will be back. Wood blamed Cool-er's putative demise on the British banking system and the fact that "there was a large US retailer that reneged on the second large order". Cool-er will now be funded by Elonex and will present 5 new ereaders with the "Elonex Cool-er" brand. They will be marrying firmware from both companies and the new range will contain a full color e-ink unit. More details in the article....

As the iPad emerges as a powerful force for e-reading, the fate of dedicated e-book devices is either dim or bright, depending on who you talk to. Last week, Jeff Bezos made a lot of sound and fury about how well the Kindle is selling, but since he keeps all sales figures close to his chest it’s not at all certain what it signifies. Now Wired has a story about how the iPad is killing off some of the shakier e-reader companies, whose prospects were unclear even before its launch: Audiovox, iRex, Plastic Logic, and Cool-er have all...

Earlier we mentioned that this had been reported by eReaders.nl. Now it has been confirmed by The Bookseller. A petition was made in the Liverpool District Court by PR Beam Agency in late March and was granted on June 8. Interead's websites are live, the article says, but ordering facilities no longer work and emails have not been answered. The company never filed its required accounts and it is not clear what disposition will be made of its remaining assets. The Cool-er was lauched in 2009, and I remember the huge splash they made at the 2009 Book Expo...

Here is a Google translation from an article at eReaders: Of one of our visitors, we got the message that the creators of the Cool-er ereader currently experiencing financial difficulties. It would result in the fourth ereaderfabrikant his short time in trouble ". Integris Read the message has not yet been officially confirmed. In an email to an owner of a Cool-er told Phil Woods, Marketing Director of Integris Read, the company currently "Into liquidation" is. Our source tried to have a month to contact the customer-Cool, in response to a defect in the ereader. Eventually she sent a desperate email to...

Interead, who makes the Cool-Er, has announced the Cool-Er Connect, a new WiFi and touchscreen enabled model for September. The new reader will feature a 6 inch e-ink screen and will be built by Netronix. It will be priced at under $249. Along with this there will also be the Cool-Er Compact, which will also have a 6 inch screen but will be built around a smaller body. It will not have WiFi or a touchscreen. No price for this model has been announced. BestTabletReview notes that Cool-Er's previously announced 3G unit is absent from the lineup....

Kindle Review has a summary, with comments, on seemingly all available, and rumored, ereaders. It makes an excellent reference. Covered are Dell, Asus, Sony, Kindle, Foxit, Neolux, Azbooka, Hanlin, BeBook, Cool-er, Samsung, Bookeen, Onyx, Hanlin, Pocketbook, txtr, Plastic Logic, Apple, Netronix, iRex, Fujitsu and Brother....