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The Good e-Reader Buyers Guide 2011 Michael Kozlowski Copyright 2011 by Good e-Reader Smashwords Edition The Good e-Reader – eReader Buyers Guide for 2011 attempts to explore the myriad of e- readers in the market right now. Many devices have hit the market this year and it can be overwhelming to make the decision on what device is right for you. We explore over 25 e- readers that are widely available in the United States and Canada and give you a comprehensive review on each device. The Holidays are quickly approaching and you might be keen on upgrading your own e-reader or maybe just buying one for the first time. You even might be considering a gift for that special someone and want to make sure you are buying the right e-reader for them. We at Good e-Reader consider ourselves the definitive source on e-readers, digital publishing, ebooks and tablets. Our tech blog is visited by over 5 million people to get the latest industry news and look at all of the new releases. We extensively review every new e-reader that hits the market and often do a series of videos that give you tutorials on how to setup and manage your device. If you are the type of person that loves to load in their own ebooks or borrow them from the library, our videos also assist you in showing you how to do it, step by step. If contests are your thing we do giveaways almost every few weeks for new e-readers and tablets that companies send us for reviews. Entry is free and it’s our way of saying thanks for stopping by our site. During 2011 at Good e-Reader we started our eBook of the Week feature, so if you love to read, it’s worth checking out. We have been doing a series of author interviews, giving you an introspective on their writing process and give their book away for free, for one week. This is a great way to discover new authors and even speak with them, during one of our live chat events. Finally at Good e-Reader we visit all of the key events that happen every year to provide the best news possible. We visit CES, Computex, the London Book Fair, Book Expo New York and many other industry events. When things happen in the industry we are there and we want to thank everyone for all of the love and support. You can visit our news site today and join in on the fun at http://goodereader.com/blog/ Table of Contents Aluratek Libre Air Aluaratek Libre Color Amazon Kindle with Special Offers Amazon Kindle DX Barnes and Noble Nook Color Barnes and Noble Simple Touch Reader Jetbook Lite Kobo Touch iRiver Story HD Pandigital Nova Pocketbook 360 Plus Pocketbook 902 Sharper Image Literati Sony 350 Pocket Edition Sony 650 Touch Edition Sony PRS-T1 Reader WIFI Skytex Primer The Book by Augen V.Tech V-Reader Aluratek Libre Air Aluratek showed off two new e-readers at CES this year; the Libre Touch and the Libre Air. The main question we are attempting to explore is whether or not the company is issuing relevant products in 2011 to compete with other popular e-readers such as the Kobo Touch or Nook Simple Touch? The Hardware The Aluratek Libre Air features a 5 inch reflective light LCD screen with a resolution of 640×480 pixels. It does not have a backlite screen like most LCD devices and feels like the full e-ink experience. One of the benefits of going for an LCD based e-reader is that you do not have the lingering flickering and refresh issues like you do on most entry level readers. You have 200 MB of internal memory that will store your books, pictures, and music files. You can expand on this via the MicroSD card up to 32 GB to store tons more. You connect up to the internet via the built in WIFI and you can enter password protected networks via the numbered keys on the side of the device. The numbered keys feel like a smartphone in the respect that you have to press the 2 button 3 times to get the letter C. This keyboard layout gets very tedious at times because any symbols involving periods or @ symbols for emails require you to hit extra keys to call up different symbol lists. One of the more unintuitive aspects of the keyboard layout on the side of the device is the unversial symbol key is the number 0. There are no visual cues letting the user know that the number key is what you need to press to call up symbols. The Aluratek Libre Air has a Mini USB port in order to connect it up to your computer to copy ebooks, music, or pictures to your device. It also comes with a wall charger with a USB port on it, so you can use the cable that came with your device to also wall charge your unit. It seems also you can charge your device via the Micro USB cable as well. Since this is a device does not feature a touchscreen, it has many buttons for different functions. On the left hand side of the unit it has a magnifying glass and page turn buttons. These buttons do different things depending on what application you are viewing. For example, when you are in the picture or music apps, they allow the user to perform different functions. On the bottom of the e-reader is a D-Pad that has 4 different directions to move around the various menus. It has has a mouse in the center which helps you scroll around the Kobo Book store. Underneath the DPAD is a HOME, Back, and Settings button. These quickly help you access advanced settings and feel like an Android device in terms of their overall functionality. There is also a power button on the top of the unit and a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the bottom. There is an built in accelerometer with the Libre Air that gives you the ability to switch from landscape to portrait mode. It order to switch perspectives you have to activate the function in the settings menu. This e-reader feels very light and you should get around 20 hours of use between charges or about 2 weeks in standby mode. The device is made of a durable plastic shell and feels flimsy, but the company does give you a carrying case to protect it. Software The Aluratek Libre Air is running a Linux based operating system and it really feels like there is only 128 MB of RAM on it. Navigating menus and settings feels clunky and slow and internet browsing is a harrowing experience. There is an internet browser on the Libre Air, but you have no ability to visit various websites on the internet. When you load up the browser it defaults you the Kobo bookstore in order to buy books. The e-reader does not allow you to register your own Kobo account so you will need a PC to do one first before you can download books. You have a wide selection of books via Kobo and can buy books in EPUB format. Navigating the Kobo store is intuitive, albeit very slow, menus and different pages take around 15 seconds. If you want to download free ebooks from Kobo you need to also register with Adobe to get an account to read DRM content. It seriously took me 35 minutes to use the abysmal keyboard with the symbol keys to type in my user name and password and then my Adobe login name and password. The store experience with the hardware layout of the e-reader was easily the worst experience reviewing this device. Hopefully via the WFI and internet that the Libre Air has, it will support pushed updates. We saw an update feature in the settings menu but there has been no firmware updates since the company has released it. Lets talk about ebooks, since that is the bread and butter of any electronic reader. This model reads different formats such as ePub, RTF, TXT, PDF, MOB, FB2, and PRC. Different ebook formats give you different options when you are reading a font. For example when you read TXT books which come preloaded on the e-reader you can edit the font size and margins. If you load up an EPUB book you cannot change the size of the font, instead you have a clunky ZOOM function and no ability to edit margins. Also when you read EPUB there is no ability to make your device switch from landscape to portrait mode but you can do it with TXT formats. It seems reading TXT files gives you the most freedom in a solid ebook reading experience but EPUB books and other established formats such as PDF and PRC do not. When you open and close books they are accessible under a Recent Reading application that lists the most recent 9 books you are reading and will put you right were you left off. To access them you can hit one of the number keys on the side of the unit instead of tediously navigating with the DPAD. The Libre Air has added functionality such as a music player and picture app. You can load in your own MP3, WAV and WMA into the music player and even setup a playlist. There are no speakers on the device but you can easily listen to audio books or music via the headphone jack. If pictures are your thing you can load them in PNG, GIF, or BMP, but none of the pictures I loaded looked crisp or well rendered at all. In order to access any media on your e-reader you have to manage your device via Windows Explorer. By default their are no folders other than the free books from Kobo. So I recommend recreating separate ones for your music, pictures, and books or your device will be cluttered very quickly. Our Thoughts on the Aluratek Libre Air What do you get when you cross the Jetbook Mini and the Augen Gentouch 78? The Aluratek Libre Air. This is a woeful e-reader that certainly does not do the company any favors with releasing a new product in 2011. Firstly the company promotes the fact that you do not get any glare from being outside in the sun and I dispute this evidence, I found it was near impossible to read on the beach. Even in the studio under direct light it was horrible. The entire Internet and Kobo store experience felt like a nightmare that would never end and there was nobody to wake me up. The built in keys that allowed you to call up different letters was tedious at best. If I only had to use the numbers it would not be so bad, but I had to physically press 3 different buttons on the device to switch between lower case and capital letters. If you want to delete letters if you mess up there are another 2 buttons you need to press, but keep in mind one of them would magically erase everything. Buying books with Kobo was a daunting experience, I hope never to repeat on this e-reader and just thinking about it is making me cringe in utter and complete horror. The mouse wheel in the center of the DPAD is fine, but navigating menus and load times between screens made me want to fall asleep. Not only did it take forever to enter my Kobo ID, but then I had to enter an Adobe ID, for FREE BOOKS! If the Libre Air had a virtual keyboard used by clicking on things via the scroll wheel that would have been fine. They way they do it now feels like you are using a cell phone from the early 90's to type things. The core e-reading experience was not that bad, page turn speeds were fine for an LCD based device. Since most ebooks on the internet are mainly available in EPUB and PDF formats, this device did not support them very well. It seemed like most of the effort in making this gadget shine from an ebook prospective went into making TXT files look great and everything else look weak. I found it terrible I could not adjust font sizes in EPUB files or edit my margins or line spacing. I could zoom sure, but all the text was centered and looked gruesome. I am sure if I wanted to convert all of my EPUB books to TXT files, it would be the only way I could ever seriously use this device to read anything. Finally when you read anything but TXT files you cannot really switch the device from landscape to portrait mode. In the end, if you see this device in the stores RUN AWAY! The nicest thing about this e-reader is the box that it comes in and the carrying case. Once you take it out and load it up and spend ten minutes with it, you are doomed. The only redeeming factors is that it plays audiobooks and the TXT experience is decent. This e-reader felt like it could have done well in 2008 but in 2011 it already looks like a relic from the past. Thank goodness Aluratek has better products then this such as the Aluratek CiniPad Android 2.3 Tablet due out soon. I would recommend a number of e-readers over this model for the price of $139 such as the Kindle with Special Offers, Kobo Touch, Nook Simple Touch Reader, or even the Jetbook Lite. Finally what does Aluratek need to do to make this viable e-reader and not warrant our “head for the hills” forecast on this device? They need to implement a virtual keyboard to type. Take a look on how Pocketbook does this successfully with their e-readers. This unit needs a better, dedicated web browser. There is one in it, but it defaults too fast to the Kobo bookstore. Allow the users to check email and visit websites, this eventually can allow users to purchase audiobooks or music. The Libre Air needs more support for the industry standard EPUB; this unit NEEDS to get proper font changing, line spacing, margins, and the ability to increase the font size without having to magnify it. Many of the Libre Air’s woes are software based and can easily be fixed if management was serious about updating this e-reader to actually make it work. It faces some hefty competition at this price point and needs to develop its own ecosystem and build proper brand identity to make their budget e-readers succeed in the current market climate. Aluratek needs to focus on their e-readers as community members and not a customer. There is no Aluratek portal, no community, and no way for users to talk to each other. The social fabric on these e-readers is nil. This concludes our review of the Aluratek Libre Air! If you would like to see full video and pictures of the device check out our website - http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic- readers/review-of-the-aluratek-libre-air-e-reader/ Aluratek Libre Color The Aluratek Libre Color is a full screen color device that gives you the advantages of being able to read magazines, manga, kids books and other content that shines in full color. How does this stack up against other rivals such as the Barnes and Noble Nook Color? Hardware The Aluratek Libre Color features 7 inch Color TFT active matrix display with a resolution of 480×800 pixels. The display itself is vibrant and the colors tend to pop out when the brightness setting is turned up to the maximum. You have around 2 GB of internal memory to store all of your videos, pictures, and ebooks. If this is not enough, you can further enhance it via the SD card up to 32 GB. One of the great aspects of the device is that it features a rear facing speaker and you can balance the audio with some equalizer presets. If you want to keep things quiet you can plug your headphones into the 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Aluratek Libre comes with a Mini USB to USB cable to facilitate a data connection with your computer. This is important to transfer ebooks you have purchased from other stores to your device. This USB cable is also used in conjunction with the charger that comes with it to power your unit. One of the drawbacks of this e-reader is that the battery indicicator is pure white and it’s hard to gauge exactly how much battery life you have left. Speaking of battery life, you can get a solid 8 hours of it before you have to recharge. The build quality of the e-reader is not as solid as I would have liked. It seems to be comprised of a hardened plastic that draws parallels to the Ectaco line of ebook readers. There are built in page turn buttons on either side of the device. Many e-readers have both the forward and back page turn keys above and below each other. This unit has the page turn forward on the right hand side and the back button on the left hand side. It also has a D-PAD in order to select menus and options, with a center button that functions as your enter key. Finally, the Aluratek Libre Color switches orientation from landscape to portrait mode in a full 360 degree orientation. This is useful when you are reading books, watching videos, or looking at pictures. You can even lock the orientation when you want to make sure you don’t accidentally move the unit into a different position. Software The Libre Color runs a Linux based operating system and is more or less closed, so it ruins the fun of trying to root the device. For an entry level e-reader this unit is brimming with many options and features. It has a video, music, and dedicated ebook reading application. One of the most exciting features is the wide array of formats that it reads. Let’s talk about the e-book reading experience, since we at Good e-Reader do love our books. The unit reads PDF, EPUB, TXT, and FB2. It also features the capability of being compatible with Adobe Digital Editions. This is important because the e-reader cannot shop for books on the unit and you need your PC in order to purchase books and then transfer them to your unit. The eBook reading experience with the Libre Color was very solid compared to its other recent e-reader, the Aluratek Libre Air. This gadget has all sorts of ways you can edit your reading experience. You have around 6 different levels of magnification to make the fonts larger and smaller. You can also change the color of the fonts and the background color. There are no advanced options, though, that allow you to change the margins, line spacing, or fonts. One aspect I liked was in the ebook library it tells you the formats of the books you have in a neat and orderly fashion. The Video player is the most advanced aspect of the Libre Color and it supports a multitude of formats that are sure to impress even the most jaded. It can easily read MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG 4(Xvid), Divx, H.263, H.264, RM/RMVB, WMV7/9, MKV, MOV, VOB, and FLV formats. You can change the video to play in fullscreen mode and video looks solid. Naturally, it also supports landscape and portrait mode. The last major aspect of the ebook reader is the audio player. It may not support as wide an array of formats, but you should be able to get by. You can import MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, and OGG formats, and it even displays the cover art of the albums you listen to. One feature I enjoyed was the equalizer, which is lacking in most e-readers that have audio functionality. It has over 6 different presets which will help with both audiobooks and music. Finally as far as software goes you can view pictures in JPG, BMP, GIF, and PNG formats, and create your own slideshows. So it can even function as a digital photo-frame if you can somehow get it standing up correctly. It also has a File Explorer that allows you to navigate all of the contents on your reader. Our Thoughts This device provides plenty of bang for your dollar in the respects that it easily does music, videos, pictures, and ebooks. It lacks the advanced functions that most e-readers on this price point enjoy, but it does provide a full color experience. Some of the things I liked was the sheer amount of formats it supports, which means I do not have to spend time converting content from one format to another. The e-reader is also fast and does not lag very much. Programs open and close quickly and I never have to wait long for pages to turn. It also does kids books! Being a full color e-reader means that full color books look really great. There are a number of drawbacks with the Libre Color that I found may be deal breakers. First of all there is no way to purchase content on the device. It does not have WIFI and the box it comes in is plastered with Kobo logos, giving you an indication that the company is providing you with the content. In reality they are just giving you the ebooks that come with the device. There is also no internet browser, which means you cannot surf the internet or do anything online. Partly the absence of internet connectivity helps bring down the price to the end user and keeps Aluratek competitive in an increasingly saturated market. In the end, this e-reader is for the intermediate or advanced user. Many new users may not know how to shop for ebooks on the PC and then transfer them to their ebook reader. It makes the entire process of buying ebooks a little bit more trouble than its worth. Aluratek does deserve some credit, though, they do package the reader with instructions on how to shop for books online and then transfer them to the device. It would have gone a long way to film video tutorials documenting the entire process. Speaking of video tutorials we have our own tutorials on how to load ebooks onto the Libre Color, so make sure you check out our YOUTUBE Channel. Be sure to check out our website for video, pictures and more content; http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/aluratek-libre-color-e-reader-review/ Amazon Kindle Special Offers Edition The ubiquitous Amazon Kindle 3rd generation got repackaged with a device this year that services advertisements to subsidize the cost. Many people are apprehensive on this new method that company has taken and we give you our full review of this new device. Hardware The Amazon Kindle WIFI with Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers is the new darling of the Amazon e-reader portfolio. It gives you a six inch e-ink pearl display with 600 x 800 pixels at 167 ppi. It is powered by a Freescale i.MX353 processor which quickly speeds up most tasks. One of the best aspects of the device is that it has a full QWERTY keyboard to navigate the e- reader. Your storage is limited to 4 GB of data and there is no expansion to increase it further. The new Kindle with Special Offers slimmer and weighs less than previous iterations of the Kindle e-reader. It also has a increased battery life, giving you about a solid month if WIFI is turned off. The Amazon Kindle with Special Offers has a Micro USB port in order to facilitate a data connection with your computer. You can easily copy over music and ebooks using Windows Explorer or Calibre to manage your collections. It also has two speakers on the device and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. This allows you to listen to music or audio books right on the device. The Amazon Kindle with Special Offers has two different models right now a WIFI only and a 3G variant. Both models cost significantly less than their non-advertising brethren. Software The Amazon Kindle with Special Offers includes advertisements to make the device cheaper to purchase. The only way you see the ads is if you are on the home screen or the screensaver, that’s it. There are no adverts when you are reading books, surfing the internet, or browsing various settings and menus in the device. Many people, when they initially heard of this more cost effective e-reader, had some trepidation about intrusive advertisements. I was very happy that the ads never permeated to the overall book experience. The Advertisements are displayed when you initially configure your device and setup your internet connection. The adds change over time thanks to various facets of the advertising backbone. The term “Special Offers” is where customers can get access to weekly deals. Current and future offers include; $10 for $20 Amazon.com Gift Card, $6 for 6 Audible Books (normally $68), $1 for an album in the Amazon MP3 Store, and more. Amazon in the coming weeks will also be showing off their new program called “AdMash” – the free Kindle app and website where customers choose the most attractive and engaging display advertisements that will become Kindle sponsored screensavers. Kindle’s sponsored screensavers are specially-designed display advertisements that take advantage of Kindle’s high- contrast, no-glare electronic-ink display. Before these advertisements can be presented to Kindle customers, they are first previewed by customers using AdMash. Users are presented with pairs of sponsored screensaver candidates and asked to select which one they prefer. Screensavers with the most preferred votes qualify to become sponsored screensavers. This advertising project centered around the approving of screensavers from a community point of view is the fruit of the recent Amazon purchase of coupon site Living Social. They spent 178 million on this Groupon competitor and the company hopes that the quality of the deals it offers will end up being a welcome intrusion rather than a nuisance. The Kindle is a closed ecosystem which means if you buy the Amazon Kindle with Special Offers you are locked into buying books only from Amazon. They use a proprietary format called AZW and a new encryption system called TOPAZ. These book formats are only compatible with books purchased directly via Amazon. Although the Kindle will not let you shop at other book stores and copy your books to your gadget you can download books that do not have DRM (Digital Rights Management) and easily convert them to PRC or MOBI which is a format the Kindle does read. We have made tutorial videos that show you how to do this if you need assistance. The Amazon bookstore currently has over 600,000 books, many of them bestsellers and quality books. Their store is intuitively laid out and you can easily to buy books with one click. Many of the books range in price from .99 to 12.99. Amazon also has an independent publishing program that allows authors to write and submit books to the store, giving you a chance to discover new indie authors. Reading books on the Kindle is a great experience the Pearl e-Ink display makes the text very vibrant. There are options to increase the font size 8 different levels and 3 different Fonts to choose from. You can also change the line spacing, words per line and even text to speech. The last option you can employ when reading a book is the screen rotation. You can switch it from landscape to portrait mode. Regrettably there is no way to change the margins on this unit. Finally, Amazon instituted a new program that allows you to share select books you have purchased from their store with your friends and family with a lending program. Books can only be lent out once and many websites have sprung up to connect users with each other. Amazon also is planning a new library lending service soon that will allow you to borrow books from a public library. Our Thoughts on the Amazon Kindle Special Offers Edition The Amazon Kindle line of e-reader continues to be overall the most popular e-reader in the world due to its high availability in most countries. It is easy enough to order a Kindle online in most major countries and to buy content. The Kindle has come under fire recently with higher quality touchscreen e-readers issued by Kobo and Barnes and Noble. The Kobo Touch enjoys a wide availability as well, but Barnes and Noble only works in the USA. The advertisements that the Kindle serves are not as intrusive as I originally thought when I first heard about this new e-reader. Since they are only limited to the homescreen and the screensaver they are easy to manage. Most of the adverts are relevant as well if you are locked into the Amazon ecosystem. You get a chance to buy some audiobooks and save some money and ebooks too. I highly recommend the Amazon Kindle Special Offers edition to anyone looking to buy a new e-reader. Page turns are very fast, the internet browser is well refined, and buying books is very easy. It retails in the USA for around $114.00 and is not available online outside the USA. So if you want to get your hands on this new gadget you will have to buy it from our retail partner www.shopereaders.com. Also be sure to check out our website for video and a photo gallery of the e-reader; http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/review-of-the-amazon-kindle-with- special-offers/ Amazon Kindle DX 3rd Generation Welcome to another Good e-Reader Review! Today we take a look at the new Amazon Kindle 3 Graphite DX E-Reader! This little guy has a 9.7 inch screen, full keyboard and tons of features for all of your e-reading adventures. The Amazon Kindle DX Graphite edition continues the trend of being Amazons largest e-reader to date. Featuring a 9.7 inch screen and 50% better contrast and resolution from previous models, it is certainly worth the $379 pricetag. Its screen displays a 1200 x 824 pixel resolution at 150 ppi, features 16-level gray scale, and a new 10:1 contrast ratio. The Page turns on this device are lightning fast and only increase with some of the latest firmware updates. There is no lag turning the pages, and even accessing some of the menu functions is quick and easy. [...]... own The one thing that boggles by mind on the Nova is how they built the hardware inputs and is in mind my mind a tremendous design flaw The DC IN, Headphone Jack, Mini HDMI out is on the top of the device, rather than the bottom This makes things very odd and hard to wrap your head around Almost every single e-reader and tablet have these connectors on the bottom of the device The Nova has only the. .. single mono speaker on the back of the device It does have a wide application selection that comes pre-loaded on the device The Android 2.3 OS is a solid addition to the Pandigital tablet lineup Pandigital does not really know what they are doing in terms of the construction of their devices On the box there is conflicting information on whether they are making a tablet or an e-reader The $189 you would... 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This is the first e-reader in the world to tap into the Google Books ecosystem for content How does this new device rate against the competition and what does the HD mean? Hardware The iRiver Story HD e-reader features a six inch e-ink display with a tremendous resolution of 1024×768 pixels It certainly packs a punch and you can see where they fit the. .. taps, long taps, and other actions make all of the difference in the world Another downside is the mandatory usage of the Kobo Desktop manager, there is simply NO way to get around registering your Kobo by yourself on the device You have to use your PC or MAC to register Finally, one of the largest flaws with this e-reader is the fact that you cannot highlight or look words up in the dictionary with... access the internet via the integrated WIFI This will allow feature firmware updates to be “pushed” right to your Pocketbook The ability to use the internet is something the direct competition (Jetbook Mini) is incapable of doing One of the drawbacks of the WIFI internet access is the inability for the e-reader to recgonize hyphones, slashes, and other common characters found in secure WIFI networks The. .. how the 902 might be a better investment The Kindle wins in the page turn speed department and the large community it has, and don’t forget Amazon dominates the ebook market with around 75% of all sales Generally the Pocketbook line of e-readers are put together very well, the design is heavy and ascetically it is pleasing to the eye It comes in Dark Gray or White for color options and the back of the. .. jack on the bottom of the side and the power button and volume buttons on the right hand side On the left hand side you have the Micro SD slot Rounding off the hardware is two web cams! This is one of the first devices issues by Pandigital that actually allow you to do video conferencing, take pictures, and shoot video The lackluster aspect is the feeble quality of the cameras with 1.3 MP on the rear... purchasing the Jetbook Lite, check out our retail partner Shop e-Readers! They ship all over the world at cheap affordable prices Also if you want the latest video and pictures of the Jetbook Lite visit our website review http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/ectaco-jetbook-lite -e-reader- review/ Kobo Touch The Kobo Touch e-reader just came out today and we have been fiendishly playing around with the . The Good e-Reader Buyers Guide 2011 Michael Kozlowski Copyright 2011 by Good e-Reader Smashwords Edition The Good e-Reader – eReader Buyers Guide for 2011 attempts to explore the myriad. One of the more unintuitive aspects of the keyboard layout on the side of the device is the unversial symbol key is the number 0. There are no visual cues letting the user know that the number. Lite Welcome to another Good e-Reader review! Today we take a look at one of the best e-reader offerings from Ectaco, the Jetbook Lite! How does the Jetbook Lite compare with the companies other offerings