TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Kobo Mini http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5 Technology: No Big Deal Anymore? http://www.teleread.com/tech/technology-no-big-deal-anymore/ http://www.teleread.com/tech/technology-no-big-deal-anymore/#comments Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=91022 I posted earlier about the computer shopping that’s been going on in my family lately. Well, gadget lusts strikes again—the Beloved’s mother showed me a 900-page doorstopper of a historical fiction novel she plans to take on an airplane with her, and I commented that it would be so much easier to just take an -ebook […]

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Kobo Mini on sale for $39.99 until July 18 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/kobo-mini-on-sale-for-39-until-july-18/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/kobo-mini-on-sale-for-39-until-july-18/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2013 17:09:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=87894 Want to do a “little” reading? Kobo has just put its Kobo Mini 5” e-ink reader on sale for 50% off until July 18th—$39.99 rather than $79.99. Light, touch-sensitive, Wi-FI capable, and 2 GB of on-board storage. It even has a built-in very basic web browser akin to the Kindle’s. Of course, it’s tied to […]

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E-Reader Price War Breaks Out in UK as Kobo Chases Nook Down http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/e-reader-price-war-breaks-out-in-uk-as-kobo-chases-nook-down/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/e-reader-price-war-breaks-out-in-uk-as-kobo-chases-nook-down/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=87017 WHSmith, the UK high street bookstore and stationery chain, has hit a new low in e-reader retailing—price-wise—with a deal on the Kobo Mini e-reader for just £29.99 ($47.07), down from its original £49.99 ($78.45) retail price. WHSmith, known to Brits as just Smiths, is also handing out £5.00 ($7.85) gift vouchers on till receipts to […]

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Why I Finally Broke Down and Ordered a Kindle Paperwhite http://www.teleread.com/kindle/i-broke-down-and-ordered-a-kindle-paperwhite-heres-why/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/i-broke-down-and-ordered-a-kindle-paperwhite-heres-why/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:59:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79935 By Nico Vreeland Ever since we first started ChamberFour.com, I’ve been staunchly anti-Kindle. I’ve disliked like Amazon’s DRM scheme, its reluctance to adopt library e-books, its inhuman use of “Locations” instead of page numbers, its attempt to hardball Macmillan by refusing to sell Macmillan books—the list goes on. When a Sony Reader was the only decent non-Kindle […]

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The World’s Smallest E-Reader? http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/the-worlds-smallest-e-reader/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/the-worlds-smallest-e-reader/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:15:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=77530 If you haven’t already seen it, run—don’t walk!—over to this post from The Digital Reader, where our pal Nate has a review of what he’s referring to as “the world’s smallest e-reader,” the TrekStor Pyrus Mini. And let me tell you, this thing looks ridiculously, incredibly small. (And as someone who absolutely loves miniature consumer electronics, let me assure you […]

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Kobo Launches Canadian Indie Publisher Promo — Updated http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-launches-canadian-indie-publisher-promo/ http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-launches-canadian-indie-publisher-promo/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:47:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=77378 From the Ontario Book Publishers Organization (OBPO) today comes a bit of interesting news about a ten-day e-book promo that kicks off today on Kobo’s Canadian site, Kobo.ca, which apparently involves an opportunity to win either a Kobo Arc or a Kobo Mini. (More on that later in the post.) Dubbed the 1001 Canadian Nights […]

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Starting this Friday, save $20 on the Kobo Mini e-reader http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/starting-this-friday-save-20-on-the-kobo-mini-e-reader/ http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/starting-this-friday-save-20-on-the-kobo-mini-e-reader/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:30:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=77185 Our friends over at Good E-Reader alerted us this morning to a Valentine’s  Day promotion that’s being planned by the good folks at Kobo: Starting this Friday, January 25, and running all the way through Valentine’s Day (Thursday, February 14), the fantastic and too-small-to-be-believed Kobo Mini e-reader will be available for just $59.99—that’s a full $20 […]

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Why “Send To Kindle” makes Amazon better than Barnes & Noble and others http://www.teleread.com/kindle/why-send-to-kindle-makes-amazon-better-than-barnes-noble-and-others/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/why-send-to-kindle-makes-amazon-better-than-barnes-noble-and-others/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:54:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=76576 By Juli Monroe Last week I wrote an article for one of our sister sites, GadgeTell, on ways Barnes & Noble could remain relevant with the Nook line. While I stand by everything I wrote in that article, I missed an important point. One of the reasons I stay with Amazon and my Kindle Touch […]

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Morning Roundup — Stories you may have missed http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-stories-you-may-have-missed-3/ http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-stories-you-may-have-missed-3/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:59:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=72609 Kobo Mini/Glo/Touch Triparison (Good E-Reader) The eBook: Deja Vu all Over Again? (Tech Crunch) Changes for Retailers as eBook Revolution Moves Abroad (Paid Content) Hands-on with the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (ZDnet) Kindle Daily Deal: Mariana by Susanna Kearsley {and} Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo * * *  Follow us @TeleRead Join us on Facebook   

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Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo: First impressions http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-mini-and-kobo-glo-first-impressions/ http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-mini-and-kobo-glo-first-impressions/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:46:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=72341 I was at Indigo the other day while they were setting up the new Kobo readers and I got to play with both the Glo and the Mini. My overall verdict: I was impressed! I don’t agree with all of the choices Kobo has made with their software, but they are more ‘personal preference’ things […]

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Daily Roundup — Stories you may have missed http://www.teleread.com/kindle/daily-roundup-%e2%80%94-stories-you-may-have-missed/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/daily-roundup-%e2%80%94-stories-you-may-have-missed/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:29:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=72263 Kobo Mini and Glo Shortage Strikes Canada (Good E-Reader) Kindle Paperwhite Sold Out Until November (GigaOM) I Love My Kindle but it Drives Me Crazy (Tech Drive) Ebook Publishing Platforms Are a Joke (Future Book) Kindle Daily Deal: For the King’s Favor by Elizabeth Chadwick (&) Ashfall by Mike Mullin

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Morning Roundup — Links To Start Your Day http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-links-to-start-your-day-2/ http://www.teleread.com/news-roundup-2/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-links-to-start-your-day-2/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:52:35 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=71598 Chapters will Have the Kobo Mini & Glo September 30th (Good E-Reader) >>> Nintendo 3DS to get Bookstore in Japan (The Digital Reader) How Indie Bookstores Failed to Recognize the Buying Power of the Mass-Market Reader (Dear Author) Going Blind? DRM will Dim Your World (Boing Boing) ♦ Kindle Daily Deal: Bewitching by Jill Barnett (and) Mockingbird by […]

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Kobo and Kindle Announcements: The morning after … http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kobo-and-kindle-announcements-the-morning-after/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kobo-and-kindle-announcements-the-morning-after/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:47:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=70159 TeleRead did a great job bringing you all the news from the Kobo and Kindle press events yesterday. Now that the dust has settled a little, how are people feeling about the new stuff on its way? A few trends I feel are worth commenting on: GEOGRAPHY MATTERS I personally think the Kindle is a […]

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Kobo Announces Its New Line of E-Readers http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-announces-its-new-line-of-e-readers/ http://www.teleread.com/kobo/kobo-announces-its-new-line-of-e-readers/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:27:17 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=70056 A fair amount of important news related to e-books broke today, but due to hoopla surrounding the Amazon press conference that took place in Santa Monica this morning, much of it didn’t receive quite the amount of attention it probably would have on any other day. For starters, Kobo made a valiant effort to get a jump […]

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