Market-researcher IDC recently estimated 2012 global e-reader shipments at 19.9 million units, down 28% from 27.7 million units in 2011. By contrast, IDC's 2012 tablet forecast is 122.3 million units.

We tested Kindles, Kobos and large-screen e-ink tablets readers to find the ones that will make it a pleasure to read anytime, anywhere. WSJ Barron's MarketWatch IBD Buy Side from WSJ ...

What type of e-reader is easiest on the eyes: the black-and-white screens that simulate ink on a printed page or the back-lit color screens used by computers and the iPad?

E-READERS HAVE come a long way since the first Kindle hit the market six years ago. But the devices, which mimic paper using what's known as an E Ink screen, still require a measure of compromise ...

Q:I want to purchase an e-reader. Currently I use my Palm Tungsten, but the screen is rather small for reading books. I purchased the Amazon Kindle for my niece but I do not like the design of it ...

Are books the new killer app? A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that e-reader ownership among U.S. adults doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011 ...

Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock on Christmas morning: The price gap between the ...

From the Kindle to the Sony Reader to the iPad, Off-Duty's guide to finding the best way to read, because there's never been a better time to dig into books, and blogs, and Tweets, and, yes ...

It takes the average reader just seven hours to read the final book in Suzanne Collins's "Hunger Games" trilogy on the Kobo e-reader—about 57 pages an hour. Nearly 18,000 Kindle readers have ...

The new $120 high-resolution Kindle Paperwhite is the best way to read this summer. WSJ’s Joanna Stern shows you why. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal. Charles Dickens loved to ...

It’s not the e-reader that will be driving future books sales, it’s the phone. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney joins Tanya Rivero with a look at now publishers are rethinking books for the small screen.