Wed October 16 2024
Amazon Announces Kindle Colorsoft |
04:50 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News Today Amazon (apparently accidentally) announced the first E Ink Kindle with a colour display, the Kindle Colorsoft. They also announced updated versions of the basic Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Paperwhite SE, and Kindle Scribe. The Kindle Colorsoft uses a custom version of the eInk Gallery 3 display, comes with wireless charging and is waterproof. The basic Kindle has a 6" screen, higher contract, faster page turns and 25% greater maximum brightness. It comes in Matcha or Black only. The Kindle Paperwhite has a 7" display with higher contrast, 25% faster page turns, an auto-adjusting front light and 16GB of storage. It comes in three colours: Raspberry, Jade or Charcoal. The Kindle Paperwhite SE has the same features with the addition of optional wireless charging and 32GB of storage. It comes in three colours: Metallic Raspberry, Metallic Jade or Metallic Charcoal. The Kindle Scribe has white borders around the screen, which has a new paper-like texture, and an AI feature to summarize English text. The Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite SE should be available very soon Archive of USA Press Release in Spanish (the original has been taken down] |
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Sat September 28 2024
MobileRead Week in Review: 09/21 - 09/28 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Is it really Sunday again? Hoorah! Time to dig in to another digest of MobileRead delectables E-Book General - News |
Mon September 23 2024
New Kindles on their way? |
07:25 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News Two new devices from Amazon have appeared on the FCC website. They look like two new Kindles. https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/2A4DH-5688/ Amazon will probably be announcing these new Kindles shortly. Thanks to Nate Hoffelder for the heads-up and to The eBook Reader for the original story. |
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Sun September 22 2024
RIP Best-Selling Author Nelson DeMIlle |
04:09 PM by Critteranne in E-Book General | News He is known for Cathedral, Plum Island, and The General's Daughter, among others. |
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Sat August 10 2024
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/03 - 08/10 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review If you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week. E-Book General - News |
Tue August 06 2024
One of our members and WordStar |
12:22 PM by PeterT in E-Book General | News
Robert is a long time MobileRead member, along with a keen user of the Kobo readers. More details at https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806 |
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Sat May 18 2024
MobileRead Week in Review: 05/11 - 05/18 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review There's been a whole heck of a lot of stuff happening this week. Purvey the below for your pleasure. E-Book General - News |
RIP Nobel Laureate Alice Munro |
02:44 AM by Critteranne in E-Book General | News The acclaimed Canadian writer has died at 92. She was particularly well-known for her short stories. Here is a link to the AP article (via MSN). |
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