Top 20 e-Book Reader Brands, Devices and Suppliers

An E-BOOK READER, also called an e-book device or e-reader, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals.

Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-book reader, but specialised e-book reader designs may optimise portability, readability (especially in sunlight), and battery life for this purpose. A single e-book reader is capable of holding the digital equivalent of hundreds of printed texts with no added bulk or measurable mass.

An e-book reader is similar in form to a tablet computer. A tablet computer typically has a faster screen capable of higher refresh rates which makes it more suitable for interaction. Tablet computers also are more versatile, allowing one to consume multiple types of content, as well as create it. The main advantages of e-book readers are better readability of their screens, especially in bright sunlight, and longer battery life. This is achieved by using electronic paper technology to display content to readers.

e-Book Reader News, Reviews & Resources

• 5 Can't-Miss Tips and Tricks for That New Amazon Kindle You Just Got - TIME Magazine.
• 5 things I wish I'd known before I bought an Amazon ereader - "Some of the things you need to know before buying an Amazon Kindle."
• 6 Best Recommended E-Readers 2023 - Good e-reader.
• 9 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR AMAZON KINDLE - Wired.
• 2023 Best E-Reader: The best Kindles & readers for your books tested & reviewed - "Which e-reader is the best? We've rounded up the e-readers, including the best Kindles and Kobos, to show you which ones you should buy."
• A look back at the triumphs & stumbles of the original Kindle - "Readers weigh in on Amazon’s first e-reader, thirteen years later."
• Adobe READER - "Free PDF viewer download."
• After a decade of resisting, I finally bought a Kindle - The Verge.
• Amazon issues new mandatory Kindle for PC or Mac update to download new e-books - "Amazon has issued a new Kindle update for PC and Mac that is mandatory for users to install if they wish to continue downloading any Kindle e-books published as of January 3, 2023."
• Amazon Kindle - Wikipedia.
• Amazon Kindle Oasis review - "Amazon’s luxury ereader hasn’t changed much." TechRadar.
• Amazon Kindle Oasis review: For the love of reading - "How much of a premium would you pay for warm backlighting?"
• Amazon Kindle Oasis review: getting warmer - "Small improvements make the best e-reader slightly better."
• Amazon Kindle Oasis review: the luxury e-reader really is something special - The Guardian.
• Amazon Kindle Oasis review: the most paper-like reader yet - "Luxury model has colour-changing frontlight that gets warmer as the sun sets."
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review: the new standard - "Refined design, water resistance and good screen makes latest e-reader about as good as a single-use device gets."
• AMAZON KINDLE PAPERWHITE REVIEW: A BIGGER & BETTER BOOK - "The most popular Kindle gets its biggest update in nearly a decade."
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite vs Kindle Oasis: which ereader is right for you? - "We compare Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon Kindle Oasis ereaders."
• Amazon Kindle Scribe Review: This Note-Taking E Ink Tablet Strikes a Great Balance - "It's got some room for improvement, but the Scribe delivers on its promise of an e-reader that you can use to take notes, mark up documents and doodle."
• Amazon Kindle update is removing a key feature for loads of users - "No more buying books on the device."
• Amazon Kindle users can super-charge their ebook reading with secret free tool - "Amazon Kindle users need to know about a little known free tool which will help super-charge and enhance their ebook experience. You may not have heard of it but Amazon offers a free ebook tool called Reading Insights, which not only tracks your reading history but could inspire you to read even more."
• Amazon launches Kindle e-reader aimed at children - "New 6in Kindle Kids Edition comes with 1,000 books, word-building tools and parental controls."
• Amazon launches two new Kindle Paperwhite colors - "You can now get the e-reader in plum and sage."
• AMAZON.COM BEST SELLing KINDLE books - as of September 26, 2023: 50,000+ results.
• Amazon's cheapest Kindle now has a better screen and a front light - "Higher contrast, better touchscreen and Paperwhite-like light among improvements."
• Amazon's gold Kindle Oasis reminds everyone how rich you are - engadget.
• Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite adds a bigger screen, longer battery life & USB-C - "It also has adjustable color temperature for night reading."
• Are Audiobooks As Good For You As Reading? Here’s What Experts Say - TIME Magazine.
• Barnes & Noble is reinventing itself, but not its e-readers - "The company is looking to give its stores an indie bookstore vibe, but its e-readers have more of an Amazon Kindle in the early 2010s vibe."
• Barnes & Noble Nook - Wikipedia.
• Barnes & Noble’s new app makes finding your next read less overwhelming - ‘What book should I read next?’
• best ebook readers for 2022 - Digital Trends.
• Best Recommended E-Readers 2023 - Good e-reader.
• Comparison of e-readers - Wikipedia.
• Dedicated e-book devices - Wikipedia.
• E-BOOK READER - Wikipedia.
• E-Book Sales Slip & Print Is Far From Dead - The New York Times.
• COMPARISON OF E-BOOK READERS - Wikipedia.
• Digital rights management (DRM) - set of access control technologies for restricting the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works.
• Does the e-book revolution spell disaster for print books? - "Do you love the smell of yellowed paper, the feel of parchment against your skin, the weight of a leather-bound volume in your hands? Bibliophiles like myself would agree that there is nothing that can truly replace the genuine feel of a physical book. The traditional ‘book’ form that we love so much has been around for centuries, so it is hard to think of it as something replaceable. And yet in a few short decades, modern technology has been making an ambitious attempt to do the very thing."
• E Ink demos a folding e-reader that can also take notes - "Like a regular notebook, but make it digital."
• FROM IPAD THE KINDLE - "The Amazon Kindle helped foster my love of reading unlike anything else (even more than my parents trying to bribe me to read with toys and sweets). Recently I decided to purchase an Amazon Kindle to replace the iPad mini as my default eReader. Here are some meandering thoughts about why I made this decision and my first impressions upon switching."
• How Kindle novelists are using ChatGPT - "An interview with an AI early adopter."
• HOW TECHNOLOGY SHAPES THE WAY WE READ - "The State of Reading: A Wired Investigation."
• HOW TO ADD BIONIC FORMATTED BOOKS TO KINDLE - "Bionic reading is not yet built into the Kindle ecosystem. However, if you are excited about this revolutionary reading method, you can download bionic formatted books manually."
• How To Customize The Screensaver On Your Kindle - "1. On your Kindle home screen, tap the arrow down button at the top - 2. Go to All Settings - 3. Select Device Options - 4. Turn on the toggle switch for Display Cover - 5. Turn off your screen and turn it back on."
• How to get (great) free books on Kindle - "If you're looking for ways to get great books for your Kindle for free, we can help. But getting good books - no, great books for free is actually possible on a Kindle, and there are several ways to do it."
• I Think I've Found the Perfect E Ink Tablet - "I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect E Ink device that combines all the best features and applications of electronic ink while still being small enough that I’ll actually want to carry it around all day. For my needs, that device is the new Onyx Boox Nova Air, which packs enough flexibility to make it more than just an excellent ebook reader and solid digital notepad."
• Keeping Notes & Highlights From Kindle Books - The New York Times.
• Kindle 2019 review: Amazon's cheapest e-reader gets adjustable frontlight - "Amazon’s basic Kindle lights up with a better screen to close the gap with the Paperwhite."
• KINDLE CHANGED THE BOOK BUSINESS. CAN IT CHANGE BOOKS? - Wired.
• Kindle Oasis Review - "If you want the best e-reader money can buy, this is it."
• Kindle Oasis review: The Kindle you want, but not the one you buy - The Verge.
• Kindle Oasis review: The oasis is the best kindle you can buy - until the next one - Wired.
• Kindle Oasis review: The perfect e-reader for the 1 percent - engadget.
• Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 2021 review: The best e-reader. Period - "A bigger screen with smaller bezels makes the Paperwhite better than ever."
• Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition review: this top ereader just got even better - "The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition gives you tonnes of storage, a big 6.8-inch screen and wireless charging."
• Kobo announces two new e-readers, including $260 note-taking Sage - "Kobo also updates its Libra line with the $180 Libra 2."
• Kobo eReader - Wikipedia.
• Listen up: why we can't enough of audiobooks - "In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them - and do they change our relationship with the written word?"
• Lucrin - founded in Switzerland in 1994. "Handmade by our finest leather craftsmen, our Kindle sleeves boast of a wide array of customization options which you can not find anywhere else."
• Meet the Kindle rival that thinks it's a phone - "The BOOX Palma 2 has an e-ink display but looks and works like an iPhone or Android phone."
• MICROSOFT'S EBOOK APOCALYPSE SHOWS THE DARK SIDE OF DRM - "A Costly Reminder That You Don't Own Those Ebooks."
• Nook GlowLight 3 is better suited for night-time reading - engadget.
• POCKETBOOK COLOR REVIEW: IS COLOR E INK FINALLY READY? - "E Ink Kaleido is the best screen tech yet for color e-readers."
• That quirky e-reader you could draw on is back - "The second-gen model is available for pre-order now."
• The best eBook readers & Kindles you can buy - The Telegraph.
• The buttons on the Kindle Oasis make the e-reader feel more like a book - "Button of the Month: Kindle Oasis page-turn buttons."
• THE DIGITAL READER - "Read More, Carry Less." News, review & opinion blog.
• The new Kindle Oasis lets you adjust color temperature for night reading - "Amazon’s top-tier e-reader gets a new feature."
• 'They know us better than we know ourselves': how Amazon tracked my last two years of reading - "Amazon knows more than just what books I’ve read and when – it knows which parts of them I liked the most."
• This is what a 16th century e-reader looked like - europeana.
• Underpaid & exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle - The Guardian.
• What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files? - "Thomas needs a device to read A4 PDFs of technical papers that is cheaper than a good laptop."
• Why I prefer my Kindle to 'real' books - "Despite a recent survey about the supposed superiority of physical books, there are a surprising amount of advantages to settling down with an e-book."
• Will you buy the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 5? - "Amazon is going to be releasing two new Kindle models, the Kindle Paperwhite 5 in late October and the Kindle Paperwhite 5 Signature Edition in early November. The big selling points are the 6.8 inch screens, this is the first time a Paperwhite has gone beyond a 6 inch screen. This will provide more screen real estate to read ebooks, which is a very big deal. There is also the inclusion of USB-C, something that users have been demanding for years. They also have color temperature system, to get warm lighting via amber LED lights, the Signature Edition has an automatic light control sensor."
• You need to try Bionic Reading on the Amazon Kindle - "Bionic Reading revises texts so that the most concise parts of words are highlighted. This guides the eye over the text and the brain remembers previously learned words more quickly. The eye is guided through the text by means of typographic highlights."

Top 20 e-Book Readers, Brands & Manufacturers

• ALEX READER - "Alex gives you easy access to more than a million books from eBook vendors, such as Kobo, eBooks, and BooksOnBoard."
• BOOKEEN EBOOK READERS - "An e-Paper tablet designed to write, note, annotate and draw endlessly."
• BOOKEEN Cybook Muse HD - "Small and light, the reader Cybook Muse HD slips easily in a pocket or a bag for a reading in mobility up to a month without reload!"
• BOOKEEN Cybook Muse Light - "Small and light, the reader Cybook Muse light slips easily in a pocket or bag for a reading in mobility up to one month without reloading!"
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• Boox Nova Air - Paper Tablet Android 10 Front Light 32GB 300dpi OTG USB-C ePaper E INK Notepad. "ONYX BOOX Nova Air is an e-book reader with an increased screen diagonal and high resolution. The model has a 7.8-inch E Ink Carta Plus screen with double touch controls, the MOON Light 2 front light system, support for the SNOW Field function and Asahi protective glass. The stylus that comes with the device allows you not only to take notes in a separate application, but also directly in the text of documents. The body of the reader is made of magnesium alloy, which makes it lightweight and durable. The NOVA Air model is based on the Android 10.0 operating system which allows you to use various third-party applications and makes the device more multipurpose. Thanks to the increased screen diagonal and double touch control, the e-reader will be an ideal choice for those who read fiction books and work with technical documents."
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• BOOX Palma - "Unleash the Power of Mobile ePaper | A Phone-Like Experience on ePaper." Our new Mobile ePaper device combines cutting-edge performance with an E Ink display and a phone-sized design, allowing you to effortlessly slip it into your pocket and carry it on the go. Witness the new form of ePaper technology. With a sleek form factor and an aspect ratio that is commonly seen on smartphones, the Palma fits snugly into your bag and can be comfortably held in the palm of your hand.
• Meet the Kindle rival that thinks it's a phone - "The BOOX Palma 2 has an e-ink display but looks and works like an iPhone or Android phone."
• HANVON WISEreader - "Currently, Hanvon Wise Reader has two types of portabl electronic book, 6 inch and 9.7 inch. The high definition electronic ink screen of it displays each page just like real paper, so it not only makes reading e-books no difference from reading original books, but also protects readers’ eyesight."
• iPad - since 2010. "Welcome to the new generation of iPad." Apple Official Site.
• jetBook Color eTextbook Tablet - the world's first to utilize eye-friendly Color E Ink technology in an eTextbook Tablet oriented solely towards education.
• KINDLE COVERS & CASES - Amazon.com. As of September 26, 2023: 39 results.
  
• Kobo eReader - since 2010. E-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink screen. "A better reading experience starts with a Kobo eReader. Glare-free, lightweight with room for thousands of books, the perfect light day or night with an adjustable frontlight, and more. Select waterproof models available. Free shipping with any purchase." All models.
• NOOK by Barnes & Noble - since 2009. "Take a look at a bigger NOOK." All models.
• PocketBook - since 2007. "Enter the new era of e-reading..." With the combination of latest E Ink Carta 1200 screen, built-in speaker and IPX8 water protection.
• SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab A 7.0 - "Comfortable to the touch and light in your hands."
• SONY READERS - all models.
• TrekStor 3.0 eBook Reader - Amazon.com.