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JetBook Lite $115 at Newegg no comments
This is a new low. Neweggis selling the JetBook Lite for $115 with free shipping. Not sure how long the sale will last; some of the deals in the circular I received are good until Feb. 25.
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Ectaco JetBook-Lite on Sale at Newegg no comments
Newegg is selling the Ectaco JetBook-Lite ereader for $117.00. This is a very brief sale that will last for a few hours only or until sold out.
The JetBook-Lite features a 5” non-backlit LCD screen and supports ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, txt, pdf, fb2 formats.
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Cyber Monday Blues no comments
I’m not yet seeing many deals on ereaders for Cyber Monday. Perhaps ereaders are selling well enough without discounts?
Newegg does have a couple of ereaders on sale though. They are selling the Sony
PRS-600 Touch ereader for $279.00 with free shipping. So far this is the lowest price I remember seeing for the Touch.
Newegg also has the Aluratek Libre Reader Pro in white (black is sold out) for $137.00, again with free shipping.
The Libre ereader has a 5” LCD screen without backlighting and supports PDF, TXT, FB2, EPUB, MOBI, PRC, TF, MP3, BMP, JPEG, GIF and animated GIF formats. Thanks no doubt to the LCD screen the battery gets only 24hrs continuous use (or 2 weeks on standby) before needing recharging.
The Libre comes with a 2GB SD card filled with 100 public domain titles.
The Aluratek Libre ereader appears to be based on the same hardware as the Jetbook Lite. The main difference appears to be that the Jetbook Lite uses four AA batteries whereas the Libre has a rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery.
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Ectaco Jetbook Selling for as Low as $199 1 comment
You can now buy the Ectaco Jetbook at Newegg.com in either white or graphite color for $199 and both models come with free shipping. Until the new Sony readers come out, this has got to be the cheapest ebook reader available. And the Jetbook is a quality ereader.
Ectaco’s Jetbook ebook reader has been out for about 1 1/2 years and has generally received good reviews. Some of the features of this ereader:
- Solidly built
- 5″ screen; device itself is 6″ x 4.24″ x 3/8″ and weighs 7.5 oz
- Instead of e-Ink, the Jetbook uses a LCD screen with no backlighting so it does not cause eye stress; page turns are faster than e-Ink. Readable in sunlight
- Batteries are rated for 20 hours of use
- Plays mp3
- SD card slot
- 2 fonts – Ariel and Verdana – 6 font sizes available
- Pre installed dictionary
- No wireless; connects to your computer via USB; drag and drop ebook files onto device
- Folder based library management; you can move titles between folders and manage your library from the device
- Support for many European languages
- File formats supported: non-protected ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, .txt, .pdf, .fb2, .jpg, .gif, .png, and .bmp
The main drawback of the Jetbook is that it currently does not support DRM’ed ebooks, so you are pretty much limited to titles in the public domain, and of course, whatever you can buy in ePub and mobi without DRM. When queried about future plans to support DRM’ed ebooks, Ectaco’s response was rather vague; just stating that when DRM files are supported they will post it on their website. While not very helpful, this may indicate that they are working on a solution. If they do start supporting formats with DRM, it would certainly expand the available ebook titles greatly by including contemporary literature that is not sold without DRM, and perhaps turn the Jetbook into a true contender rather than an also-ran. Depending on your reading habits, the Ectaco Jetbook at its new lower price could be a great bargain for you.
