Though you can fly, drive, take the bus or even walk from American to Canadian soil whenever you want, Amazon has never been as open to Canada as it has to the States. Case in point, the latest Kindle e-readers, available in the US ever since September 2012, but released up north just now. The more »

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 more »

Few things can make for such a fun personal experience than hitting the open road and bringing some books-on-tape along. Their modern embodiment, audiobooks, are the easiest means of devouring a long book when your eyes are busy with more important tasks than reading lines. Understandably audiobooks are not for all people. Personally, I too more »

I’ve been reading posts saying that “E-Ink is dead” for, well, years now. The general argument goes something like this: “People really want tablets. They don’t want a single-function device. E-ink is too slow to refresh and isn’t good for anything except reading books. And people don’t read anyway.” All of those things are true more »

Amazon released a software update for the Kindle Touch yesterday, and I’ve been trying it out. My verdict? I really like it. There had been concern that Amazon would abandon the Touch when the Paperwhite came out, and I was glad to see it wasn’t true. I’d been thinking about the Paperwhite for two reasons: more »

Anyone else find it ironic that I’m writing this at a Barnes and Noble Cafe? There have been many stories recently about the uninspiring fourth quarter Nook sales. Some are predicting the demise of the Nook line if Barnes and Noble doesn’t do something, and soon. So what can they do to encourage people to more »

Lots of Android users adore ComiXology, but a recent update to the Android app left many people feeling sour. Version 3.1 of ComiXology was met with complaints regarding deleted comics and a unfortunate return to the app’s old user interface. ComiXology is aware of these problems and has since reverted the Android app back to more »

One of the most significant figures in the science fiction world, writer Arthur C. Clarke has been digitized. Thirty-five titles by Clarke, including his most celebrated ’2001: A Space Odyssey,’ will be released in e-book format for the first time in the U.S. The availability comes with an announcement made by independent e-book company RosettaBooks. more »

Google Books for Android received an update today that brings a “read aloud” option that instantly reminds us of Pocket’s text to speech feature that was introduced in September. Much like Pocket, Google Books will read text for you line by line. The text that’s being read will also be highlighted in yellow to help more »

It’s not easy to try to defeat Amazon with its own weapons and Barnes & Noble is learning that the hard way. B&N’s NOOK line of e-book readers and tablets is far less popular than the Kindles, which has forced a series of price cuts on the former. It’s all for our benefit though, so more »