How to fill your eBook reader for FREE – our no-catch guide

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Hot on the tails of our look at the online eBook stores offered by UK booksellers, we thought it fair to your wallet to point out that filling your new reader with titles need not cost you money. From the earliest days of the internet, Project Gutenberg has been offering out of copyright books for reading on … [Read more...]

Astak announce new eBook reader

Electronics manufacturer Astak has unveiled a new 5" eBook reader which is available to pre-order for our States-side cousins. As with the new Sony readers, there's no word on a UK launch but this latest release lends weight to the growing industry belief that the time of the eBook as a mass market concept has finally … [Read more...]

Buying eBooks – Our round-up of the top retailers

So you’ve taken the plunge and splashed out about £200 for a new eBook reader, found the bundled ‘classics’ a bit lacking and are looking to buy yourself some newer titles. The good news is some of the UK’s biggest names in book retailing have eBook stores to compliment their reader offerings, so how do they … [Read more...]

Sony confirm leaked readers

Sony's PRS 600 Touch  Edition is available from Tesco's online store

Following last week’s leaks, Sony has officially announced two new additions to its range of ebook readers. So far on US pricing is known but the entry level, 5” screen Reader Pocket Edition will be selling for $199 when it hits the shops at the end of August with the Reader Touch Edition set to retail “for … [Read more...]

Why I’m not excited by Sony’s new readers

Sorry to be a grouch but the admittedly sparse details we know about Sony’s leaked new ebook readers really aren’t that exciting. Maybe it’s because I’ve not long had my Sony PRS-505, but I can’t excited about the entry level PRS–300’s reduced 5” screen even if does boast more internal memory and … [Read more...]