Now that Amazon has officially ended support for the first 5 generations of Kindles, it creates a bit of an issue on the used market since those models can no longer be registered with an Amazon account. I’m still seeing a bunch of these older Kindles for sale on sites like eBay, and most don’t […]
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Amazon Quietly Changed the Terms of Kindle Security Updates
While doing some research for a different article, I noticed a subtle change to the language that Amazon uses on the Kindle security updates page, so I checked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and confirmed that Amazon did indeed change things to their benefit at some point. First off, Amazon used to say that security […]
Amazon Cutting Off Old Kindles is a Bad Move That Could’ve Been Avoided
When Amazon first announced they would be ending support for all Kindles released before 2013, I thought it wasn’t that big of a deal and was something we should have expected to happen eventually. 14 years is a long run for any handheld electronic gadget. Nothing works forever, and it’s unrealistic to expect any ereader […]
Next Gen Kindles Likely to Have User Replaceable Batteries
We don’t know when Amazon is going to release their next crop of new Kindles, but when they do there’s a good chance they’ll have user-replaceable batteries. There’s a new law that goes into effect in the European Union in February 2027 that requires all smartphones and tablets sold there to have batteries that are […]
Reminder: Download Your eBooks to Older Kindles Before May 20
In case you missed the news, or if you’ve just been putting off the inevitable, Amazon is cutting off all Kindles released before 2013 from their servers as of May 20th, 2026. That means you will no longer be able to download your Kindle ebooks to affected Kindles after that date, but you’ll still be […]
Release Date Revealed for Kindle Scribe Without Frontlight
It’s been over 7 months since Amazon announced their new lineup of Kindle Scribes, and while the Colorsoft version and the BW frontlit model were released back in December, the Kindle Scribe without a frontlight has been mysteriously unavailable since then, but now Amazon has finally revealed a release date. There’s a banner at the […]
Unregistered Kindles Don’t Get Software Updates?
I think I may have stumbled on a way to avoid getting software updates on Kindles: just don’t register them. Back in February I had to factory reset my 12th gen Kindle Paperwhite after I intentionally activated a bug that made it go haywire, and then I decided to keep it unregistered for a while […]
Kindle Software Update 5.19.4 Now Rolling Out to Some Kindles
Amazon has released another software update for Kindles, but so far it’s only available for a few models. As of this writing, the 5.19.4 software update is available to download for the Kindle Colorsoft (but not the Scribe version), the 12th gen Kindle Paperwhite, and the 2022 Kindle Scribe. It’s weird to see the 2024 […]