| What’s the number one way that users find out about your OverDrive digital collection? For many of our partners, the answer is through their main library website and catalog. Sharing information about your digital titles or adding MARC records to integrate your eBooks into your catalog can help users discover your ‘Virtual Library’. We also highly recommend adding a text or graphic that links to your collection. This is a quick, easy and free way to drive traffic to your eBooks.
We have a variety of sizes and designs of ready-made web graphics to choose from in the OverDrive Partner Portal, including:
You can find these graphics and many more, including options for promoting additional formats (audiobooks, music and video) in the Partner Portal. Just click on Marketing & Outreach, choose your platform – library, school or academic – and select Web Graphics.
As we shared last week, we also have images optimized for use on Facebook for cover photos, status posts and in custom tabs, available in the Social Media section of the Partner Portal!
*Please note: Email signature block graphics may not be recognized by all email programs, as some people have settings that only allow text based messages to be received. Our suggested best practice would be to include a text link to your digital collection URL alongside the graphic, in addition to hyper-linking the image.
Melissa Marin is a Marketing Specialist at OverDrive.
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Monday, October 21, 2013
Monday Marketing Idea: Add a web graphic
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Baen eBooks Now Available at Barnes and Noble
| Baen eBooks are now available on the main Barnes and Noble website and can be purchased there or directly on your Nook e-Reader. Baen struck deals with Amazon, iBooks and Sony earlier in the year and this move should give more exposure to the brand. Baen was founded in 1983 by Jim Baen and Simon & Schuster, where it became one of the major publishers in the science fiction field and an industry leader in innovation. Baen was one of the pioneers in electronic publishing, starting with a BBS and then with a website and chat room. The company then adopted ebooks, making it one of the earliest proponents of the medium. All Baen books were, and still are, DRM-free. In another first, Baen started Webscriptions, which were serialized versions of its books at reduced prices, which were sold 3 months in advance of print publications. Baen again was a pioneer when it introduced promotional CD-ROMs, which could be purchased or downloaded for free, containing all of an author's works. If you can think of an innovative way to distribute ebooks, Baen probably did it first. The company realizes they have to go where the customers are and not everyone is going to visit their website to buy books. The move to deal with Barnes and Noble gives them a wider audience in the US and UK. Baen eBooks Now Available at Barnes and Noble is a post from: E-Reader News |
Good e-Reader Radio – Should Self-Published eBooks be Segregated?
| United Kingdom bookstore WHSmith made waves last week about suspending all self-published eBooks. The company decided that it was better to not carry them at all, then try and weed out the good from the bad. Today on the Good e-Reader Radio Show, Michael Kozlowski and Mercy Pilkington discuss the right to self-publish and the bookstores responsibilities. This is a great show if you are an indie author, publisher or agent. The landscape of self-published eBooks is poised to undergo a tremendous shift as Kobo is setting the standard of offering bookstores who deal with them the ability to “turn off” self-published books. Is this the great call? Is Amazon and Barnes and Noble doing enough to upgrade their meta data and search engine results so only relevant searches pop up? Should they make a “Safe Search” program that parents can opt into so Erotica does not show up? We discuss everything in today’s show. Good e-Reader Radio – Should Self-Published eBooks be Segregated? is a post from: E-Reader News |
Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 20, 2013
| Here’s our weekly look at the best-selling comics on four different digital platforms. The lists are constantly being updated; this is a snapshot of what they were Sunday afternoon. 1. Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3 #13 It’s the usual here, Big Two comics that came out this past week, except for The Walking Dead, which is the rare comic that has the staying power to linger on the list for two weeks. 1. Stephen King’s N Amazon shoppers are a mixed bag. On the one hand, the two bargain books, Astonishing X-Men and Spider-Man: Big Time, both made the chart. That almost never happens on comiXology, where the charts are dominated by new releases at full price. I’m guessing the Fables numbers were beefed up by earlier buys (it was on sale a few weeks ago). On the other hand, they snapped up the latest issue of The Walking Dead, and they are pre-ordering the first issue of The Sandman: Overture, which, at $4.99 for 19 pages, is the opposite of a bargain. With the new season of The Walking Dead just under way, it’s a good sign that the first two volumes of the collected edition are selling well. That means new people are coming into the series, presumably after watching the show. 1. It’s a Dog’s Life, Snoopy! Nook readers, on the other hand, are reliably cheap. Free books outnumber paid in their top sellers list by a ratio of almost 5 to 1; that second volume of The Walking Dead was 49th on their list. Of course, Nook is the only platform that commingles free and paid downloads, so it’s the only one where we can see this phenomenon. Still, it’s a pretty static list; it’s all cartoons, The Walking Dead, and Injustice, and that pattern continues after the top ten. If the sales are cumulative over time, that means no one is buying much these days. Incidentally, that issue of Sandman is the older series, not the one that folks are pre-ordering at Amazon. iBooks 1. The Walking Dead #115 As usual, it’s ponies and zombies over at iBooks, except for one new Star Trek comic. And the comics are pretty fresh: That issue #12 of My Little Pony is actually a pre-order, as it doesn’t come out till the end of the month, and the Star Trek comic is just out this week. It’s interesting to see folks reading the last two single issues of The Walking Dead and the latest volume as well as the first two volumes of the trade. That means iBooks is capturing both newcomers and regular readers looking for the latest fix. Digital Comics Best-Sellers for October 20, 2013 is a post from: E-Reader News |
Who Uses ComiXology? Part I
| The day before New York Comic Con, ComiXology invited the press to their offices to hear some statistics about its users—and then to hear from the users themselves, as they brought in a group of five comiXology customers to talk about their comics reading habits. We’ll summarize the stats in this first post and look at what the users had to say in the next one. According to the company’s research, comiXology users are primarily male. The typical guy who uses the service is 27-36 years old and has been reading print comics for over 15 years. They have at least some college education, and 18% work in technology. They get their comics news from CBR, IGN, and Bleeding Cool; their favorite TV shows are The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and Big Bang Theory; their favorite (non-comics) websites are IGN, Reddit, and ESPN, and their favorite apps are Comics by comiXology, Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard, and Kindle Women make up 20% comiXology’s user base (up from about 5% at its launch). They are somewhat younger (17-26 years old) than the typical guy and have only been reading print comics for one to five years. They also have some college education, and 23% are students. They get their comics news from CBR, Comics Alliance, and IGN; their favorite TV shows are The Walking Dead, Big Bang Theory, and Doctor Who; their favorite websites are Tumblr, BBC, and CNN, and their favorite apps are Comics by comiXology, Facebook, Twitter, and Kindle. Some other stats: The average comiXology user spends $100 per year on the app, but 25% of users spend more than $400 per year, and one big spender has racked up $63,000 in purchases. In terms of the devices they use, 80% of customers read comics on a tablet, 44% read on a computer, and 42% read on a smartphone. Two-thirds of them read their comics at night, and 55% admit to reading in the bathroom. The users surveyed were enthusiastic about comiXology’s Guided View feature, which zooms in on individual panels; 75% said it was a “key benefit,” and 85% simply liked having all their comics in the same place. And they are honest! Well, mostly: 25% admit to downloading comics illegally, but that’s down by 25% from the 2012 responses. Giving credence to the conventional wisdom that digital comics are expanding the market, 20% of new buyers in the third quarter of 2013 said their first comic purchase was digital, and 64% of that group said they now buy print comics as well. Finally, one interesting sidelight into comics use is that 40% said that they hide the amount they spend on comics from their significant other, and 10% say they would be “killed” if they admitted how much they spent. Check out the infographic below for more fascinating facts about comiXology users.
Who Uses ComiXology? Part I is a post from: E-Reader News |
Comixology for iOS updated with new Look
| Comixology has updated their seminal iOS app that brings full compatibility with iOS 7. It is sporting a new icon, splash screen and a number of graphical UI elements. Overall, the app used to have a ton of black boarders and background, and now is very white and clean. The Top navigation bar has undergone an upgrade and has condensed the text to be smaller and closer together. They have also eliminated the Just Added text and now simple says new. One of the best updates is an age rating system when you click New. Comics will display a rating system so you can easily determine if its aimed at kids, teens or adults. Comixology for iOS updated with new Look is a post from: E-Reader News |
Saturday, October 19, 2013
A New Good e-Reader eBook Trailer Starts to go Viral
| The Good e-Reader Video Trailer Service assists indie authors in valuable The Good e-Reader Video service has been going strong the last six months and recently one of ours has started to go viral. It is very important that authors play a role in the construction of their trailer and we look at reference videos, cover art and exchange emails and phone calls to make sure the end result is stellar. You can reserve your video today for a one time fee of $199.99. We also showcase the video on our website that gets close to three million visitors a month for added exposure and our Youtube channel which gets one million views a month. We have a dedicated film production studio with state of the art computers, sound equipment and the latest software. Check out our latest video featuring Thatcher C. Nalley and the new eBook Letters From The Looney Bin. A New Good e-Reader eBook Trailer Starts to go Viral is a post from: E-Reader News |
WHSmith Boycotts Self-Published Authors
| WHSmith has announced that their online bookstore will reopen once all self-published materials have been removed. The store closed early last week due to UK Press reporting on a staggering number of digital books about incest, rape, and bestiality found in the children’s section. "Our website will become live again once all self published eBooks have been removed and we are totally sure that there are no offending titles available. When our website goes back online it will not display any self published material until we are completely confident that inappropriate books can never be shown again." Kobo has been in the news about this entire issue because they are powering the WHSmith store with millions of titles. Their self-publishing platform “Writing Life” has no safeguards in place to prevent this type of material from being uploaded and the company is incapable of policing it. The easiest solution is to just disable the feed with all self-published materials so WHSmith can open again next week. “Our goal at Kobo is not to censor material; we support freedom of expression. Further, we want to protect the reputation of self-publishing as a whole. While some may find our measures extreme, we are confident that we are taking the necessary measures to ensure the exceptions that have caused this current situation will not have a lasting effect on what is an exciting new channel that connects readers to a wealth of books." Kobo does not share all of the blame for this saga, as self-published books were basically on the honor system that they were not violating any of the laws. Amazon offers a platform called Kindle Direct Publishing, which lets any author upload a book and have it listed in the Kindle digital store. One of their guidelines states “"We don't accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts." This statement is laughable because if you spend a few minutes searching the site, you will find thousands of titles in violation. Self-Published authors are mostly to blame for this issue. In many cases if their book was a victim of the purge that all major digital bookstores initiated this week, they are simply changing the cover art, book description and title. They are then resubmitting it to Writing Life, KDP and Nook Press and having it automatically approved, because there are no humans actually verifying these books before their listed. These books once more are appearing in the children’s section because they are “gaming the metadata” and bypassing the filters. I applaud Kobo in actually developing a core feature that will allow bookstores such as WHSmith and Whitcoulls to opt out of self-published titles. Since so many of their bookstore partners worldwide actually depend on their feed for all digital content, this is an important step forward to eliminate self-published books, until more safeguards can be established. WHSmith Boycotts Self-Published Authors is a post from: E-Reader News |
Google to Launch Play Newsstand by the End of the Year
| Google is intending to release their Play Newsstand by the end of the year where they will offer newspapers and magazines side by side in their online store. Right now their section just comprises of magazines and it will also include thousands of newspapers for people to purchase single issues or subscribe to on a monthly basis. Google is betting on offering the same sort of digital content found on the Apple Newsstand. Play Magazines is thought to be merging when the Newsstand app when it comes out at some point this year. It would be tremendously redundant to have two different apps, and many sources are claiming they will merge them under a single banner. A recent tear-down of the new code for the Google Play Store has found the company will also offer free trials for newspapers. Here’s the introduction text: “Your favorite magazines and news are right here on Google Play. Pick up the latest issues or try out a free trial subscription. Read instantly with the Play Newsstand app, even offline.” via Android Police Google to Launch Play Newsstand by the End of the Year is a post from: E-Reader News |
Third Pole Education Base That Serves as a Digital Library Set Up in Ladakh
| For some, adventure is all about conquering a particular terrain. They can go to any length just to accomplish their goal, often creating history in the process. However, history of a different kind is being created in a particular region in India by a team of adventurers. The place is the Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where a team of adventurers comprising of Paras Loomba have set up what they refer to as the Third Pole Education Base or just an ebase. For them, it's like giving back something to a place they have been so fascinated about. The first two such ebase has been set up in the South Pole and Pench tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Created by Sir Robert Swan, who has the unique distinction of being the first to set foot on both poles, the ebase serves as a digital library that is equipped with computers and tablet devices where local readers can visit to surf the net, watch videos, or read books. Schools can also organize trips to the ebase where the students can make the most of the facilities available. One of the biggest positive aspects of the ebase is that it is open to everyone and is open all round the year. To achieve this, special effort has been taken to set up the ebase where the structure will be least prone to be affected by natural calamities such as flash floods, landslides, and such. Even the material that has gone into the making of the ebase has been specially chosen to provide enough insulation to ensure the interiors remains warm enough even during the harsh winter months. Equally laudable is the concern shown for mother earth, what with the entire ebase being fed with solar power, never a bad idea in a place that is referred to as a cold desert and is showered by ample sunshine for most parts of the year. Paras Loomba and his team have left their jobs just to pursue the dream of doing something different and have been buoyed by the success of the ebase. They are keen to replicate the same model in other parts of the country, with the next ebase likely to be set up either in Sikkim or Arunachal Pradesh.
Third Pole Education Base That Serves as a Digital Library Set Up in Ladakh is a post from: E-Reader News |
Write or Read Opens Subscription Reading Service with Real Data for Authors
| Write or Read, an organization for both authors and readers alike, is addressing too key issues in the ebook and self-publishing markets that have so far been fairly hard to grasp. The first is an attempt at a viable subscription reading service, something that has been attempted by many, many others, with little success; the other is a platform that provides authors with concrete data on what their readers are engaging with and for how long. Started by Sabrina Ricci, who has worked for several major companies within publishing, the site is in open beta with the hope of earning enough through crowdsourcing via a RocketHub campaign to launch a fee-based service. Currently, the open beta means the service is open to anyone, free of charge, and Ricci is depending on authors to make their books available for free in order to draw attention to the site. While this means you won’t find any New York Times bestsellers on the list, it does mean the readers and authors who have the urge to support a new concept and to further their works can join in. Self-published authors especially stand to gain from this beta period, as this is a chance to grow their reader base with only the limited investment of letting people read their already-written works without compensation, a far cry from the thousands of dollars many successful authors spend on publicity for their books. The campaign can be found HERE, along with a FAQ from the founder.
Write or Read Opens Subscription Reading Service with Real Data for Authors is a post from: E-Reader News |
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 vs Icarus Illumina HD
| Welcome to another Good e-Reader Comparison Video! Today we take a look at the front-lit display screens found on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 and the new Icarus Illumina HD. The Kindle Paperwhite 2 has a better display screen overall with fairly even light distribution accross the entire screen. The Icarus model tends to fade half-way down the screen and even has some light spillage happening on the side of the bezel. One of the drawbacks of the way the Icarus model initiates the front-lit display. You have to hold down on the settings button, while pressing the left/right D-Pad buttons to turn the light on and then find your optimal setting. There are only 8 degrees, which pales in comparison to the sheer amount of light options found on the Paperwhite. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 vs Icarus Illumina HD is a post from: E-Reader News |
e-Reader Adoption in the US grows to 24%
| The e-Reader industry in the US has really grown up during the last few years. There was a time not too long ago that an entry level model would cost you almost $199. Prices have plummeted the last two years and we are now seeing a wider adoption rate. You likely will not have any problem finding a solid device for just over a hundred dollars and in many cases you can buy one on sale for $79. We now see some firm statistics that 24% of the US population now owns a Kindle, Nook or Kobo e-reader. This new report comes courtesy of Pew Research that ran a survey that ran July 18 to September 20, 1013 among 6,224 Americans ages 16 and older. They issued a different report earlier in the year that said e-reader ownership was as high as 26% in January and 19% in 2012. You can see by the figures that e-reader ownership has not dramatically increased in 2013 and has basically remained rather stable. Likely the new crop of devices from Kobo, Amazon and soon Barnes and Noble will not raise the levels much higher. The bulk of e-reader growth right now is in Europe, Japan, Brazil and Russia. e-Reader Adoption in the US grows to 24% is a post from: E-Reader News |
Friday, October 18, 2013
Kobo Assures LGBT Publishers that their Self-Published eBooks will be Immune to the Purge
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"Kobo has been a great distributor to work with and has always been fair to all publishers," says Robert Christofle Publicist for Icon Empire Press. If you have come to the party late, the purge refers to a large number of hardcore adult content making their way into categories that they shouldn’t of. Parents were finding erotic material in the children’s section and found their kids looking at book covers portraying very depraved acts. This promoted WHSmith and other major bookstores to shut down, while the purge is going on. Electronic bookstores that offer self-publishing programs are not doing enough to insure that this problem will never happen again. There are no options for customers to just filter out these types of books in their search results. There is no dedicated self-publishing section which puts everything in the same category. Companies are not doing enough to insure that a bookstore is a safe haven and not a den of inequity. Kobo Assures LGBT Publishers that their Self-Published eBooks will be Immune to the Purge is a post from: E-Reader News |
Royal National Institute of Blind People Consulted by Amazon in Kindle HDX Development
| Amazon does not have the most glorious track record when it comes to making their devices accessible to people with vision problems. The company used to include a headphone jack in their prior Kindle models and decided to discontinue it due to competitive nature of the North American market. This has resulted in rampant protests by the National Federation of the Blind. Amazon at least is starting to take the issue of greater accessibility seriously by consulting with the Royal National Institute of Blind People in the development of the new line of HDX tablets. The new accessible devices mean that blind and partially sighted people will be able read the full range of Kindle books, newspapers and journals in a variety of ways. The built-in screen reader allows readers to listen to titles whilst the magnification function enlarges the screen view. The device can also be used with an electronic braille display and the audio book player also supports accessibility. The device offers access to TV and film content from LoveFilm through the device's improved media player, meaning that a blind user can enjoy the tablet's full range of features independently. RNIB firmly believes that blind and partially sighted people should have access to the same choice of books as sighted people and its work encompasses both the digital and traditional worlds of publishing. Although not everyone will benefit from these new devices, increasing numbers of blind and partially sighted people are using new technology and by working collaboratively with the publishing and technology industry, the charity wants to make sure accessibility is at the fore of all new developments. Blind reader Gary said “I feel like I have been set free in a sweet shop! The whole of the Kindle catalogue is now available to me on a Kindle device not only in synthetic speech but in braille using my electronic braille display as well”. Some of the new features in the HDX line of tablets include Voice Guide technology will allow menu navigation to be read aloud to the user and Voice Guide Navigation will tell users what they click on. For example, if you are clicking on an ebook, it will tell you what book it is and then read the book to you when you open it. Royal National Institute of Blind People Consulted by Amazon in Kindle HDX Development is a post from: E-Reader News |
Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013
| ComiXology brings on the vampires this weekend with a sale on True Blood, the comic based on the HBO show: Graphic novels are $4.99, single issues are 99 cents, through Sunday evening. You’ll have to act fast to take advantage of their other weekend sale, the Marvel vs. sale (Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers, Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher, etc.), as it ends this evening. The big sale on Dark Horse Digital this weekend is science fiction comics, with issues of Aliens, Battlestar Galactica, The Bionic Man, and more for 99 cents each. Amazon offers big-time savings on Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos’s Spider-Man: Big Time in the Kindle store, marking the graphic novel down to $1.99. Not into superheroes? Check out Joe Hill’s horror story Locke & Key; the first volume is just $4.49 on Kindle. And for something truly alternative, check out the first volume of John Allison’s Bad Machinery for just $2.99. Here’s the full Amazon deals page so you can check out all the bargains. Digital Comics Bargains for October 18, 2013 is a post from: E-Reader News |
Amazon Kindle 7 HDX Now Shipping to USA Customers – Canadian Pre-Orders Now Available
| The Amazon Kindle HDX 7 inch tablet is now shipping out to customers to the USA. This is the latest generation offering that is a significant upgrade to the entire product line of Kindle Fire tablets issued last year. The 7 inch HDX has a resolution of 1920×1200 at 323 PPI. Amazon is hyping up reduced glare, dynamic image contrast, and improved brightness for better viewing in any lighting conditions. Underneath the hood is a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor that is running at 2.2 GHZ and 2 GB of RAM. There is also a dedicated on-board graphics with the Adreno 330 graphics engine. All of these things combined will be one seriously powerful unit that will be able to tap into the extensive Amazon App Store and be able to run any app or game that you can throw at it. It will also be useful for viewing videos and movies as part of Amazon Video. Amazon has the speakers at the top of the device now and audiobooks/movies will sound really good with Dolby Audio. Living in Canada, sometimes we get the short end of the stick and although pre-orders are now available, the HDX 7 and 8 tablets won’t ship out until November 26th. Amazon Kindle 7 HDX Now Shipping to USA Customers – Canadian Pre-Orders Now Available is a post from: E-Reader News |
Macmillan’s Entire eBook Backlist Catalog Now Available at Axis 360 Libraries
| Baker and Taylor have inked a new deal with publisher Macmillan to have their entire back catalog of 11,000 eBooks available for libraries. Anyone doing business with the Axis 360 platform will now have access to have any of these titles to purchase. In early 2013, Macmillan started a public library pilot program with a select group of backlist ebooks from its Minotaur Books mystery and crime fiction imprint. Now, in addition to the current inventory of romance titles and thrillers from Minotaur books, public library patrons can enjoy best-selling, classic and high-demand titles from all Macmillan imprints such as Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt, Macmillan Children’s, St. Martin’s Press and Tor. Newly available titles from Macmillan will be added as they become eligible for sale on a monthly basis. “We are excited patrons will now have access to even more of Macmillan's ebook catalog to borrow and enjoy," said George Coe, President of Baker & Taylor's Library & Education division. "Baker & Taylor is committed to working with our publishing partners to provide libraries with an outstanding selection of digital and printed materials for their patrons." Macmillan's Entire eBook Backlist Catalog Now Available at Axis 360 Libraries is a post from: E-Reader News |
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Students Found to Rely on Pirated Textbooks to Save Costs
| A study conducted by NetNames has revealed an unlikely source for the bulk of ebook piracy, students. The online security company further revealed that the extent of piracy is even more startling; with no less than 76% of digital content meant for academic use can be downloaded free from pirate sites. NetNames searched for 50 textbooks across 5 disciplines – Medicine, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Business – and found 38 to be available from one e-book sharing site completely free. Experts pegged the high rate of piracy as far as academic ebooks are concerned to the high price tag that these typically come for. Some of the ebooks can be priced as high as £80 – £90, which has forced the students to seek other ways to avail of these. The typical mindset at work here is that many of the ebooks will be of use to them for a few months to about a year at the most, which prompts them to seek other alternatives so as not to end up drawing too much from their student finance loan. "It’s something we’ve been talking to publishers about. We talk to all content owners about this sort of thing. The best way to beat piracy is to get your content out there, to give it to people in some way or make them buy it in some simple, cheap, easy way,” David Price, NetNames director of piracy analysis. However, chief executive of Publishers Association, Richard Mollet seems not too concerned of the finding in spite for piracy proving to a major issue in the digital content segment. “About a quarter of all novels bought in the UK are bought as e-books, so as that digital market grows, we’re bound to see a little bit of piracy alongside it. “But I have to say, it’s a very small issue compared with the sort of levels we see in film and music. E-books are nowhere near that,” said Richard Mollet. This is a bitter pill to swallow for companies such as Barnes and Noble, Google and Amazon that spent millions of dollars making their own digital textbook marketplace.
Students Found to Rely on Pirated Textbooks to Save Costs is a post from: E-Reader News |
Kobo Aura HD Vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2
| The Kobo Aura HD was a departure from the standard six inch e-reader and gave a larger viewing area with the 6.8 inch display. The limited edition model came out in April and quickly gained momentum and customer acceptance. It now accounts for 25% for all hardware sales for the Canadian based company. Today, we compare this unit with the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2, which just came out. The Kobo Aura HD features a 6.8 inch touchscreen with a resolution of 1440×1080 with 265 DPI. This e-reader is seriously the best in the business with its high-definition display. This e-reader also has a built in comfort light, which allows you to read in the dark. In our side by side comparison, you can see that the new Kindle really puts this unit to shame. The Kobo Aura HD is using a 1GHZ CPU processor and has 4 GB of internal memory. This is 2 GB more than what the Glo offers, and you can expand the memory up to 32 GB via the Micro SD card. Battery life is fairly respectable at a solid month of normal use. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 features a six inch e-Ink display screen with a resolution of 1024×768. The front-lit display has received a small upgrade and gives a better illumination experience then the previous model. Underneath the hood is a 1 GHZ processor and 256 MB of RAM. There is 2 GB of internal storage and the majority of your content will be held in the cloud. So what are the big differences between these two e-readers? The Aura has more flexibility in your font selection, it has double what Amazon offers. Advanced users may dig the ability to load in your own fonts. The display screen on the Paperwhite gives you a better front-lit experience, but the Aura is higher resolution. One of the cool abilities the Kindle has, is being able to make notes, highlights and annotations in sideloaded PDF’s. Kobo Aura HD Vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 is a post from: E-Reader News |
