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2025 e-book reader brand rankings

[2025 E-book Reader Brand Ranking] Relying on the big data of the whole network, the e-book reader brands selected according to the brand awareness, brand strength, word-of-mouth evaluation and sales popularity of e-book readers (in no particular order): Kindle, Kobo, NOOK, SONY Sony, ONYX BOOX aragonite, IREADER palm reading, OBOOK Dangdang Mandarin, JD JD, If you are querying what brand of e-book reader is good? This e-book reader brand ranking list is for your reference only.

TOP.1

Kindle United States

Recommended models: Kindle Starter, Kindle Paperwhite 3, Kindle Oasis Although a large number of people have started to read e-books, recognizing the advantages of e-books such as easy portability and purchase, and preferential prices, e-book readers are not the mainstream carrier of e-books, and more people still tend to use smartphones or tablets. However, compared with the bulkiness of tablet computers and the inconvenience of reading smartphone screens, e-book readers are thin and easy to carry, and the characteristics of the electronic ink screen they use are closer to that of paper, which has attracted many loyal fans. Kindle is an e-book reader brand launched by the American Internet giant Amazon, in the history of the development of e-book readers, the first generation of Kindle appeared 3 years later than Sony's industry's first electronic ink screen reader, but with excellent product design and Amazon's rich book resources, Kindle is a latecomer, firmly occupying 65% of the market share of e-readers, just like its name, igniting the raging fire of the e-book market. In the past ten years, Kindle has developed its products to the eighth generation, focusing on the Kindle entry version, Kin...

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Score

87

popularity

19866
TOP.2

Kobo Japan

Recommended models: Aura H₂O, Aura one, Clara HD Founded in Toronto, Canada, Kobo's parent company has one of the largest e-book stores in the world, Kobo's share of the e-book reader market is second only to Kindle, and in 2012 it once occupied half of the e-book reader market in Canada and France, and is also the second largest e-book retailer in Japan. In 2012, the Rakuten Group officially acquired the brand. Kobo, which has products all over the world, is one of the most well-known e-book reader brands, but it still has no access to the Chinese market. In January 2018, Walmart announced that it had teamed up with Rakuten to exclusively sell Kobo's electronic devices and e-books in the United States, in an attempt to compete with the Kindle. In the e-reader reviews of Consumer Reports and PCmag in the United States, Kobo has several products on the list, second only to the Kindle. One of the advantages of an e-ink screen over an LCD screen is that it can still display content clearly even in direct sunlight, but an e-reader without a backlight loses its function in the dark. Kobo products are often used in conjunction with Ki...

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Score

84

popularity

21389
TOP.3

NOOK United States

Recommended models: GlowLight 3, GlowLight plus NOOK are launched by Barnes & Noble, an American book sales company. Barnes & Noble is the largest bookstore chain in the United States, with 640 bookstores across the country, but in recent years, its performance has gradually declined due to the impact of e-commerce. In 2011, NOOK once occupied 14% of the e-book reader market, but 2012 was a dark year for e-book readers, affected by the popularization of smartphones, sales fell by 36% compared with the previous year, and NOOK products were also deeply affected, in 2014, Barnes & Noble spun off NOOK into an independent company, and outsourced most of its technical services. Like Kobo, NOOK has not entered the Chinese market, and consumers can try overseas shopping. After several years of product upgrading, GlowLight 3 and GlowLight plus are the most representative, both of which use 6-inch screens, light and compact, highly portable, and equipped with Android systems. Priced at $120, the GlowLight 3 is comfortable to hold and easy to grip, while retaining the physical page turning button outside the touchscreen like the Kindle oasis, so that users don't have to...

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Score

82

popularity

16908
TOP.4

SONY Japan

Recommended models: DPT-RP1, DPT-S1 For those who know about e-book reading devices, Sony should be the most well-known name besides the Kindle. Among the e-book reader brands, Sony Reader is highly recognizable, and Sony invented the first E-LINK screen e-book reader in 2004. Its stunning shape, smooth writing and annotation function, and high-quality PDF reading have won praise from a group of fans, but the expensive pricing, which is several times more expensive than ordinary small-screen products, has discouraged more people. Although it has a good reputation and reputation among consumers, it is difficult to see Sony products in the list of the best readers of major review agencies. Until 2010, among the 12.8 million e-reading devices sold in the world, there are still 800,000 Sony readers, but because of fierce competition, the influence of Sony products has decreased year by year, and the limelight has been surpassed by Kindle.

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Score

80

popularity

10346
TOP.5

ONYX BOOX aragonite Guangdong

Recommended models: BOOX Max Carta, BOOX Note, BOOX Max2 Founded in 2008, aragonite is one of the most mentioned Chinese e-reader brands when it comes to popularity and comprehensive strength. The positioning of aragonite is very similar to Sony,The main 10Inch or more large-screen products,Several main products are using high-definition Carta screen,The resolution is far higher than the industry average,The price will not be low,All are above 3000 yuan。 Also known for its good PDF reading, aragonite supports a wide range of text formats and has a larger storage capacity, unlike Sony. In the 2018 Hong Kong Electronics Fair, aragonite performed outstandingly, showing good product innovation. Compared with Sony, aragonite is most criticized for the overweight body of its products. The main BOOX Max Carta and BOOX Max2 both weigh 550 grams, which is also an expensive 13.3-inch large screen product, which is nearly 60% heavier than Sony's DPT-S1, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the portability of these two readers. The heaviness of the fuselage is improved on the BOOX Note. With a weight of 325 grams, the Note is one of the lightest 10.3-inch ...

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Score

79

popularity

16437
TOP.6

IREADER PALM Beijing

Recommended models: iReader ocean, iReader T6, iReader plus The core business of Palm Reading is its APP, which has topped the list of domestic reading applications, providing e-books and other content for more than 600 million users, and owning more than 500,000 book copyrights. Relying on the huge advantages in book resources, Palm Reading launched the e-book reader brand iReader in 2015, and has become one of the Chinese reader brands with the highest market share in a short period of time. There are not many palm reading products, among which iReader T6 and iReader plus are cost-effective choices, iReader ocean is the flagship model promoted by the manufacturer, 3 products all use high-end Carta screens and Freescale processors, excellent performance, pause when turning pages has been reduced, and all have a large storage capacity of 8GB, which is more than double the space of the Kindle Paperwhite3. iReader ocean and iReader plus are two 6.8-inch products, compared to the 6-inch iReader T6, in reading...

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Score

78

popularity

12323
TOP.7

OBOOK should be used as a national language chekiang

Recommended models: 86G, 86I Dangdang.com is a well-known comprehensive e-commerce mall, but it is best known for its massive book resources. In view of Kindle's dominance in the domestic market, in 2016, Dangdang.com and Hangzhou Guowen Technology Co., Ltd. jointly launched Dangdang Guowen e-reader, and the products currently launched have good performance and high cost performance. Dangdang Book City has more than 500,000 books, rich content resources, and Guowen Technology has outstanding R&D strength in the field of Eink display terminals, and has obtained a number of national patents. The performance of the 86G and 86I products is decent, both have a 6-inch screen and 8GB of content storage, the most outstanding thing is the lighting performance and lightweight body, the built-in 33-level brightness reading light, and the lighting effect is also excellent palm reading is only available 20 levels, the weight of the two products is 162 grams, which is much lighter than the Kindle entry version. 86I is priced at 538 yuan, and the number of pixels per inch is the same as that of the Kindle entry version, which is 167ppi, but it is lighter than the former...

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Score

76

popularity

16835
TOP.8

JD.JD Beijing

Recommended model: JDRead1 Jingdong is one of the largest e-commerce platforms in China, looking for Boyue OEM production, through crowdfunding and foundry launched the Jingdong reader 1 generation and 2 generations, the main cost performance, but the market response is average, at present, these two products are authorized to Boyue on the Jingdong platform to sell, the style is older, and there are not many bright spots. After the first two generations of readers received unsatisfactory market response, JD.com independently developed the new JDRead1, which has a lot of performance improvement compared with the previous generation. JDRead1Price1280element,Use6Inch300ppi screen,Weight155g,The body is thinner and lighter than several products of Kindle,The bezel is narrower than that of Kindle Paperwhite 3,8GB storage can be filled with thousands of e-books,1GBThe running memory is also higher than most products of the same price,It is twice as much as Kindle Paperwhite3,Built-in20Level reading light,You can easily read even at night。 In terms of workmanship, the Kindle Paperwhite 3 has a matte skin-like finish, while the JDRead1 has a polished finish, both of which are prone to fingerprints after prolonged use. JDRead1 uses JD Mall as the main content resource to provide...

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Score

74

popularity

10545