Amazon is losing money for every Kindle Fire sold for a very good reason. The company is hoping to get it back with content sales. A recent study conducted by research firm ChangeWave suggests that 29% of Kindle Fire owners plan to spend more money on Amazon.com. That number is only at 19% for non-Kindle [...]

We have heard all kinds of crazy claims about the negatives of adopting e-books. Every year that goes by, people get more comfortable with the idea of publishing and consuming e-books. Author Jonathan Franzen is certainly not a fan of e-books. In fact, he thinks the world might not work because digital does not feel [...]

Amazon had a quite successful year in 2011. It brought the Kindle Fire to the market and sold millions of these e-readers in the last month. In fact, studies have shown that Amazon Kindle Fire may already be on its way to becoming the #2 tablet right behind the iPad. But Amazon has been losing [...]

Reading e-books on tablets can be very convenient. You get to interact with your e-books and won’t have to carry heavy books around. But did you know that these devices could cause us neck pain? A study done by The Harvard School of Public Health suggests that tablets could end up causing neck pains for [...]

It was only a short couple of months ago that we saw B&N bring its NOOK tablet to the market. It seems the company is not done releasing new products.  A recent report by the New York Times suggests that a new NOOK device may be in the works and on track for a spring [...]

Being able to borrow books was not always possible on Kindle. Amazon did finally make that happen a few months ago. Not everyone prefers buying e-books all the time. Finding local libraries that lend e-books is not that challenging if you know your way around OverDrive’s website. Let’s not forget that public library books for [...]

We have covered DODOcase products for tablets and e-readers here in the past. They are quite solid and elegant. Just in time for Valentine’s day, DODOcase has released new special edition cases for the iPad and Kindle Fire. These “Love Me” cases are a tad bit more expensive than regular cases by DODOcase. The iPad [...]

The NOOK Simple Touch is already a very convenient device to use considering that its users can use their fingers to do things on it. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could use your NOOK Simple Touch with a USB keyboard? Hacker verygreen has figured out a way to activate USB host support on [...]

Those of us who spend a lot of time reading books than watching TV don’t hear about the ads Amazon has been running for Kindle devices. But Amazon actually has run a number of them already to promote these products. The latest one is all about the Kindle Fire. The commercial is one of the [...]

People have been buying tablets and e-book readers like hotcakes this past couple of years, considering that the prices for these devices have been dropping. With the iPad and Kindle going for $499 and $79 respectively, it is not a surprise that both of these markets have been growing fast. A Pew Internet survey suggests [...]

Those of you who own multiple e-readers, tablets, and smartphones at home know the importance of keeping your cables organized. Things can get a whole lot messy when you have to keep all your gadgets charged. Investing in a cord storage / cable management solution could go a long way towards bringing some organization to [...]

We all check the weather conditions in our local area before getting out of our homes. You don’t need a TV or an expensive tablet to check the weather forecasts in your area. Thanks to Kindlews, you can check this information in your area on your e-ink Kindle reader. Just go to the Experimental section [...]

Can’t wait to install Android 4.0 on your Kindle Fire? It is going to take some time to get Android 4.0 to run on this tablet without any issues. The good news is developer JackpotClavin has released a new version of the CyanogenMod 9 mod for the Kindle Fire that brings audio support to it. [...]

Apple has not only introduced a new e-textbook platform but also created a new tool to make creating interactive textbooks a whole lot easier. iBooks Author can be used to create textbooks, cookbooks, and other types of interactive material on Mac computers. You can not only add text and images, you get multi-touch widgets for [...]

There has been a lot of speculation about Apple’s upcoming announcement in New York City. So far we know that it will be about digital textbooks. According to AppleInsider, Apple will unveil a new digital textbook project codenamed “Bliss” that is inspired by Al Gore’s Our Choice app for iOS. Roger Rosner, Apple’s vice president [...]