eBook Rumors

POCNetwork reviews the new Kobo Clara HD eReader and lays a generous nine out of ten stars on the $129.99(US) Rakuten/Kobo device.

MobileSyrup reviews Kobo’s Clara HD eReader and calls it the best of the company’s line.

GoodeReader reports that the Boyue Likebook Mars, most powerful E Ink-based Android eReader ever to hit the market, is coming soon to Amazon. (Among other treasures it offers a 7.8 E Ink Carta touchscreen, octa-core processor and 2GB of RAM .)

FangirlNation interviews audiobook narrator Nick Mondelli.

The Variant Effect: MADHOUSE 3 – BURN by G. Wells Taylor, final book in the popular Variant Effect Series, is now with the Editor.
SKIN EATERS the first book in the Variant Effect Series  is still a FREE DOWNLOAD at this link.

AppleInsider describes Kobo/Rakuten-Walmart’s eBook challenge to Amazon and Apple. It looks like there is a battle for dominance in the offing that will restart and likely reset the eBook Revolution.

GoodeReader is offering wide coverage of the Kobo/Rakuten-Walmart alliance as it rolls out, with Kobo eReaders and eBooks beginning to arrive at all US Walmart stores and online today.

They’re also reporting on the impending arrival of a new Kobo eReader in October.

And it looks like part of the new initiatives by Kobo includes Overdrive functionality on its eReaders to allow the borrowing of eBooks from libraries on any Kobo device.

The Bookseller posted that the eBook Piracy site Oceanofpdf has been taken down.

GoodeReader offers a post on the history of Kobo and its game-changing impact on the eReader market.

Guiding Tech compares Apple iBooks and Google Play Books eReading apps.

According to a GoodeReader post Walmart will start selling Kobo eBooks and eReaders on August 21st.