249 news items tagged e-book reader
Taiwan market: Readmoo offers e-book reader mooInk
Thursday 18 May 2017Readmoo, the largest traditional Chinese e-book platform and channel in Taiwan, has announced the cooperation with e-book reader ODM Netronix and e-paper maker E Ink Holdings to offer...
E-book reader maker Netronix swings back to profitability in 2Q16
Thursday 18 August 2016E-book reader maker Netronix has reported net profits of NT$89.41 million (US$2.84 million) for the second quarter of 2016, a significant improvement from a loss of NT$85.07 million...
E-book reader maker Netronix to report revenue gains for 4Q15, says paper
Monday 4 January 2016Taiwan-based e-book reader maker Netronix is expected to report a 20-30% sequential growth in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 due to shipments to new clients in the US and...
E Ink Holdings cooperates with Kobo to provide content for e-book reader vendors
Thursday 4 December 2014Electronic paper maker E Ink Holdings on December 3 announced an initiative to give E Ink's hardware partners the option to offer their customers access to Kobo's catalog of more...
EIH sees improved 2Q14 performance; expects growth in 3Q14
Thursday 21 August 2014E Ink Holdings (EIH) has announced that its revenues during the second quarter of 2014 reached NT$3.82 billion (US$127.3 million), up 29% on quarter and up 31% on year. The company's...
Netronix aims to become largest e-book reader ODM in 3 years, says paper
Tuesday 18 June 2013Taiwan-based Netronix shipped about two million e-book readers for a global market share of 10% in 2012 and aims to hike its share to 15-20% in 2013, 25-30% in 2014, and 35-40% in...
China market: Local e-book reader vendors bracing for Amazon competition
Tuesday 11 June 2013Amazon has recently entered the China e-book market and prompted local e-book reader vendors to release new products to counter the US-based vendor's advance, according to sources...
Lifestyle and consumer electronics: Gajah offers total solutions ranging from hardware to e-content management
Friday 7 June 2013Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation Awards for a host of products, including its innovative InkCase, an e-paper...
Digitimes Research: Entrance to Japan e-book market may be good for Amazon in the long term
Friday 1 February 2013After several years of negotiations with local publishers, Amazon finally entered Japan's e-book market with its Kindle devices and Kindle Store in October 2012, but e-book prices...
Global e-book reader demand on the rise, says E Ink chairman
Wednesday 9 January 2013Global demand for e-book readers is expected to keep growing in 2013, according to Scott Liu, chairman of Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) e-paper maker E Ink Holdings (E...
Digitimes Research: 4.57 million e-book readers to be shipped globally in 4Q12
Wednesday 14 November 2012Global e-book reader shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012 will reach 4.57 million units, hiking 92% on quarter but dropping 49.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
EIH 3Q12 operation expected to swing into profitability
Tuesday 23 October 2012Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) is expected to see its business operation in the third quarter of 2012 turn into profitability from consecutive...
Amazon unlikely to launch color e-book readers in 4Q12
Friday 28 September 2012Amazon is unlikely to launch color e-book readers in the fourth quarter of 2012 because the technology is not yet mature, sources with Taiwan's supply chain have indicated.
Barnes & Noble launches Nook HD series tablets
Thursday 27 September 2012Barnes & Noble has introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets. The 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch Nook HD+ feature displays for reading and entertainment starting at US$199 for the Nook...
Tablet PCs expected to push down e-book reader and notebook sales in 2H12
Thursday 13 September 2012Tablet PCs are expected to push down e-book reader and notebook sales throughout the rest of 2012 as ultra-mobile tablet products such as the Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7 and reported...
Digitimes Research: Kindle Fire HD shipments expected to reach 5 million units in 2H12
Wednesday 12 September 2012Combined shipments of the 7-inch and 8.9-inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD are expected to reach five million units in the second half of 2012, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst...
China market: 293,000 e-book readers sold in 2Q12
Monday 3 September 2012There were 293,000 e-book readers sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 3.9% on quarter but decreasing by 5.8% on year, according to consulting...
China market: DangDang launches e-book reader, says report
Thursday 26 July 2012DangDang, a large B2C online shopping portal in China, on July 25 unveiled Doucon, its own-brand e-book reader, for pre-order in the China market at CNY499 (US$78) with an initial...
Digitimes Research: 2Q12 global shipments of e-book readers up 5.5% sequentially
Tuesday 17 July 2012An estimated 1.53 million e-book readers were shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, rising 5.5% on quarter but dropping 63.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research...
E Ink reports sequential revenue gains for May
Friday 15 June 2012E Ink Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.65 billion (US$55.04 million) for May, up 26.4% on month but down 20.9% on year. For the first five months of 2012, revenues...
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Wednesday 23 May 2012Makers of front-lit e-book readers in Taiwan are having problems laminating the front-light panels onto the touch panels, with low yield rates hindering shipments of the new devices,...
Amazon likely to launch color e-book readers in 2H12, say sources
Thursday 10 May 2012Amazon is likely to launch color e-book readers in the second half of 2012, with makers in the supply chain to begin shipping related parts and components in May, according to industry...
Amazon plans to launch 2 tablet PCs in 2H12, say sources
Thursday 8 March 2012Amazon plans to launch two new tablet PCs, a 7-inch model and another 10-inch model, in the second half of 2012, a move which could cast a shadow on the future development of e-book...
Digitimes Research: Global shipments of e-book readers to slip to 2 million units in 1Q12
Monday 5 March 2012Global shipments of e-book readers are expected to reach only two million units in the first quarter of 2012, down from nine million shipped the fourth quarter of 2011, according...
China-based Hanvon suffers heavy losses in 2011
Thursday 1 March 2012Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, has released its unaudited 2011 financial report, recording consolidated revenues of CYN533.193 million (US$82.4...
- Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite sales make Amazon no profit (Oct 11) - BBC News
- Report: Front-lit Kindle coming in July (May 14) - CNET
- Display tech to watch this year: E-paper stretches its wings (March 22) - IDG News Service
- Borders bankruptcy: Why reading isn't dead (Feb 17) - Wall Street Journal
- Sony: Its e-book business different from Apple's (Dec 28) - Techon
- KDDI to launch e-book store, 3G e-book reader (Dec 22) - Techon
- Sony's e-book reader 'almost sold out' in Japan (Dec 17) - Techon
- COMPARED: Sony Reader PRS350SC vs Amazon Kindle 2 (Dec 16) - Techlogg.com
- iPad exceed e-book reader shipments, says IMS Reserach - Company release
- Hands-on with Sharper Image's Literati eReader (Sep 16) - CNET