Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

Reading with Android 101, a reading app guide – Revisited

Ebooks / / / 10 Comments

The following is a revised and updated version of my very first post for Dear Author a few years ago. With tablets and smart phones becoming more and more popular, and with more apps than ever, we thought it might be a good idea to give this topic another look. ... more >

Review: Kobo Aura HD

Ebooks / / 34 Comments

A couple of weeks ago Kobo announced a new reading device, the Aura HD. The Aura brings something new to the table when it comes to eInk readers, a little bit larger screen with a higher resolution than ever before. While the most common size for eInk readers has for ... more >

retroreads

Friday News: 2 inspirational videos, a Reader Review program, and an ebook comparison site

Publishing News / / / 16 Comments

Given that news makes you depressed, I thought I would share two videos with you that I thought were particularly inspiring. The first was recorded last night, I believe, and is the beginning of the Boston Bruins game. The singer begins the national anthem but the crowd begins to sing ... more >

Review: A look at the new Nook HD+ 9″ tablet

Ebooks / / / / 10 Comments

With the iPad, iPad Mini, Nexus 7 & 10, Kindle Fire HD 7 & 8.9, Nook Tablet and dozens of more generic Android tablets in the market place things are getting very crowded with good tablets. On September 26th Barnes & Noble crowded it further by announcing the 7″ Nook ... more >

A catalog of Android reading apps

Ebooks / / / 20 Comments

Everyday more and more folks are getting Android based phones and tablets. For readers these devices can be a great way to read both on the go and in a more relaxed setting. The problem comes when looking for reading apps. There are so many out there and searching the ... more >

Review: Kindle Touch

Ebooks / / / / 38 Comments

When Amazon first announced the Kindle Touch line of readers I was pretty indifferent about it.  I mean they looked nice, but I was perfectly happy with my Kindle 3 (now the Kindle Keyboard) and my older eInk devices (Kindle 2, Cybook Opus & Sony PRS-505) and saw no real need ... more >

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login