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BookLikes, a New Social Reading Platform: Do we really need another?

Juli Monroe — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:37:36 +0000

DBW featured a press release for BookLikes, a new social reading platform that is supposed to combine the features of Tumblr and Goodreads. I consider one of my roles here is to involve trying things out, and potentially wasting my time so you don’t have to waste your. And my reaction to this site? Don’t [...]

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Review: The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Juli Monroe — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:00:13 +0000

I recently reviewed The Passage by Justin Cronin, the first book in his Passage series. As I said in my previous review, I had enjoyed the first book and was eagerly awaiting the sequel, The Twelve. I’m happy to report that the second book is every bit as good as the first. The e-book version [...]

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Review: The eBook Design and Development Guide by Paul Salvette

Juli Monroe — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:30:20 +0000

So you may have read my review of How to Format your eBook for Kindle, NOOK, Smashwords, and Everything Else. You remember that one, where I sort of missed that the book was no longer for sale? The author was kind enough to send us a review copy of his revised book, The eBook Design [...]

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Review: AmazonBasics Bluetooth Keyboard

Juli Monroe — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:31:09 +0000

I admit it: I’m cheap. And while I love technology, I don’t want to spend more money than I have to on it. When I decided I needed a Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad, I shopped around. The price range is huge. Naturally, I considered the Apple keyboard, but it’s expensive. Then I found the AmazonBasics [...]

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Review: MoKo Case for Nexus 7 Tablet

Juli Monroe — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:26:06 +0000

On Saturday, I bought a shiny new Nexus 7, which I already love. After the obligatory new app download frenzy, I switched my attention to selecting a case. After a happy half hour or so of browsing Amazon, I found one I liked. I used a similar selection process to the one I wrote about [...]

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Review: Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover

Juli Monroe — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:30:17 +0000

Are you envying the light on the Kindle Paperwhite, but you’re not quite ready to give up your Kindle Touch or basic Kindle? Consider the Amazon Lighted Kindle Cover. I have one for my Kindle Touch, and it’s an excellent case. At a $59.99, it’s expensive, but it’s worth it. Mine is black, and I [...]

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Review: Kobo Glo with SleepCover

Joanna Cabot — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:26:05 +0000

There’s a new e-reader in the house! I had been eying the Kobo Glo with some envy ever since it came out. It seemed like Amazon’s readers kept getting thicker and chunkier-looking, while Kobo’s kept getting smaller and cuter and faster. The glow light was what really sold me, though. I read in bed a [...]

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Review: Pirate Cinema, by Cory Doctorow

Chris Meadows — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:50:21 +0000

Cory Doctorow—blogger, former EFF employee, and all-around Internet activist—has a new novel out. It’s part of the Humble E-Book Bundle I mentioned a few days ago. It’s also available for free, separate from said bundle, from his website. I bought the bundle, and also checked out the free version from the website, and figured it would be worth a [...]

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Review: Kindle for Android

a TeleRead Contributor — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:45:46 +0000

By Jon Jermey Wouldn’t it be ironic if, after all the hype surrounding the launch of the Kindle e-reader, Amazon ended up making more money via their free reading software on other platforms? After all, we have the Kindle Cloud Reader as a browser extension for Chrome, Safari and Firefox, the Kindle for PC and [...]

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E-Book Review: Echoes of Honor (Honor Harrington #8)

Chris Meadows — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:15:35 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but I still mean to get the whole series reviewed so it’s time I got around to another one. As with prior reviews in the series, in each review I’ll include spoilers for previous books or stories but not spoil the ending of the current [...]

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Ars Technica reviews iBooks Author 1.1

Chris Meadows — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Interested in learning how iBooks Author works? On Ars Technica, Dave Girard has posted a 4-page-long review of the free e-book creator, with lots of screen shots. It goes into a lot of detail about what he learned in using it to create an iBooks version of his e-book 101 Autodesk Maya Tips. In short, [...]

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E-reader accessory review: Flygrip one-handed device grip

Chris Meadows — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:26:03 +0000

A few days ago, I was contacted by Chih-Chin Sun of Flygrip, an iPhone/e-reader handgrip accessory made by a company that began selling its products in February of this year. Ms. Sun had read my post about seeking a one-handed e-reading solution for my mother, who had her right arm amputated on New Year’s Eve, [...]

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Consumer Reports calls Nook very slightly better than Kindle

Chris Meadows — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:34:50 +0000

Which is the better e-reader, Nook or Kindle? If you listen to Consumer Reports, the answer is the Nook—by a nose. Book eReader reports that CR’s latest review, comparing the Kindle to the Nook Simple Touch, calls the Nook better…by 1 point. The Nook tied the Kindle on most things, such as battery life and [...]

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E-Book Review: In Enemy Hands (Honor Harrington #7)

Chris Meadows — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:15:08 +0000

As I mentioned in my review of Honor Among Enemies, with In Enemy Hands the Honorverse series changes from a pure space navy series to something more politically-based. While there are still plenty of naval battles in the offing, at times the space combat takes a distinct back seat to all the political maneuvering. I [...]

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Review: Sony Reader PRS-T1 – put under a microscope, literally

Paul Biba — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:08:29 +0000

Sony sent me a PRS-T1 for review – and at the outset let me say what a nice unit it is. Let’s start with a comparison to my new Kindle. (Of course the best comparison is to the new Kindle Touch, but that isn’t out yet.) Here are two screens side-by-side. I used the third [...]

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