Every year Amazon gives away some Kindle ebooks for free to help celebrate World Book Day. This year they’re doing things differently, but you can still get one Kindle book for free from a list of eight books published in different parts of the world. At least that’s the theory. To claim your free Kindle […]
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The Mysterious Recurring Kindle Scribe Sale
I noticed over the past week that Amazon has been putting the Kindle Scribe on sale, but they’re only doing it for maybe a few hours each day. I don’t understand the point of putting it on sale off and on each day, but it’s what they’ve been doing. I was going to post about […]
The Best Time to Buy Kindles at the Lowest Prices
People often ask when is the best time to buy a new Kindle at the lowest price, and the answer is usually Prime Day. Kindles often hit their lowest prices ever during Prime Day sales, but an Amazon Prime membership is required, of course, so the cost of that has to be taken into account, […]
Another Kindle Discontinued – What’s Next?
We’re only four months into 2024 and Amazon has already discontinued two Kindles this year, while not releasing any new models since 2022. Meanwhile Kobo is releasing three new ereaders this month, two of them with color E Ink screens, and yet Amazon just keeps removing Kindles from their lineup without replacing them with anything […]
When Will Amazon Realize Not Everybody Wants Cheap Kindles?
Amazon has a long history of making their own branded products as inexpensive as possible so they can sell more units and keep people engaged in buying more stuff from Amazon. Their Fire tablets are a prefect example of this. If you want a nice tablet that’s going to last for a long time, get […]
Kindle Stuck on Low Battery Warning Screen?
If you own a Kindle you’ve probably seen the low battery warning screen when the battery gets too low to keep the Kindle powered on, and the obvious solution is to charge the battery when that happens, but if your Kindle is older and hasn’t been used for a while it might be a sign […]
Is a Color Kindle Going to Get Released in 2024?
Now that Kobo is releasing a couple of new ereaders with color E Ink screens, Amazon is the only major ereader company that still hasn’t released any color ereaders at all. Last month there was a rumor going around about Amazon releasing a color Kindle in 2025, but that rumor suggests Amazon will use E […]
Kindle eReaders Get Sleep Timer with Latest Software Update
There’s a new software update available for all Kindles released since 2018, which includes the 10th and 11th generation models, and the Kindle Scribe. The new software version is 5.16.8, and it’s available to download from the Kindle Software Updates page at Amazon if you want to manually install the update yourself. Or you can […]