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.

Apps that function as wireless libraries should make borrowing and reading books easier but WSJ's Katherine Boehret finds a few drawbacks. Last week, OverDrive Inc. released OverDrive Media ...

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 ...

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 ...