The eBook Reader Blog

Here are three new Kindle-related sales to kick off September: Amazon has started offering a deal on Kindles exclusively for Prime Student members. The deal takes $30 off the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite, and $50 off the Kindle Voyage. The offer expires September 14th and requires a Prime Student membership, which costs $49 per year […]

In case you haven’t already heard, Amazon is having an epic sale on Marvel comics and graphic novels from the Kindle store. They have a few thousand Marvel comicbooks marked down by as much as 95%. Most are only a few bucks, and some are only 80 cents. It’s an unadvertised sale but it’s getting […]

Below is a list of the top 10 iOS comic apps for iPads and iPhones to go along with the list of 10 best reading apps for iOS that I posted a couple weeks ago. Comics have benefited a lot since the transition to digital, although the whole collectability factor goes out the window when […]

Comixology is owned by Amazon so I guess it’s not surprising to see them launch a monthly subscription service for comics called Comixology Unlimited. The entry page for Comixology Unlimited even looks similar to the Kindle Unlimited page with the scroll box at the bottom. However, unlike Kindle Unlimited, Comixology doesn’t appear to have a […]

Today Comixology updated their apps for Android and iOS to add support for Kindle comics purchased with an Amazon account. Amazon bought Comixology early last year, so the fact that they are taking steps to merge accounts isn’t a big surprise, similar to what Amazon has done with Audible and their audiobooks. It should be […]

A couple days ago Marvel and Amazon announced a new way to buy Marvel comics—from the Kindle Store. Previously comic book buyers had to use the Comixology app, but now over 12,000 single issue comics are available directly from the Kindle Store without needing to use a separate app or monthly subscription service to access […]

Last week at Comic-Con in San Diego Comixology announced that they will now offer DRM-free downloads of comics purchased from Comixology. This allows readers the option to save comics for backup outside of the Comixology app. Not all titles are available DRM-free; it’s up to individual publishers to decide if they want to offer a […]

Comixology is the leading source for digital comic books, and they’ve just launched a summer reading list promotion where they are giving away a free comic book each day from now until June 14th. Comixology has reading apps for Android and iOS, as well as Kindle Fire tablets and Windows 8. Their comics can be […]