Ever since Amazon started rolling out the Dark Mode toggle to select Kindles last month, there’s been a surprising amount of interest in the feature, even though it’s something that’s been buried in the accessibility settings menu for a couple years now. Dark Mode—white text with a black background—is a feature that has been available […]
Archives for 2020
Kindle Kids Edition Bundle on Sale for $79
It’s time for another Kindle sale! This time around Amazon has the kids version of the entry-level Kindle on sale. It’s been a while since this particular model has been on sale. The Kindle Kids Edition is marked down to $79.99. That’s $30 off the regular price of $109.99. As mentioned in the past, the […]
Four Things I Hate About Kindles
Kindles are the most popular dedicated reading devices by far. In fact a lot of people think all ebook readers are Kindles even when it’s a Kobo or a Nook. As much as I like Kindles, they are far from perfect. Amazon is much slower to innovate that other brands, and they have a tendency […]
How to Use Cloud Services to Add eBooks to Kobo eReaders
The Kobo Forma is the only Kobo ebook reader with official support for Dropbox, but it turns out there is unofficial support for Dropbox and additional cloud services for other Kobo ereaders too, not just the Forma. I came across a post at MobileRead where someone put together a set of scripts that allows Kobo […]
Free eBook: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Once again Tor is giving away a free ebook for the next few days as part of their eBook of the Month Club. Anyone in the US and Canada can download the book for free until the offer ends at 11:59 PM ET on June 26th, 2020. This month’s free ebook is The Calculating Stars […]
10.3″ PocketBook InkPad X On Sale for $399
PocketBook recently started selling their ebook readers in the US on Newegg, and they currently have the PocketBook InkPad X on sale for $399 with free shipping. The InkPad X is PocketBook’s largest model. It has a 10.3-inch E Ink Mobius display and a frontlight with adjustable color temperature. It has 32GB of storage space, […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Deals – June 20th
Here’s a roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks and Kindle deals for the weekend. Amazon still has the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale too, but that will probably end soon with Father’s Day on Sunday. Please note the free Kindle books listed below are free as of June 20th, 2020. Most of these […]
Entry-Level Kindle Comes with 8GB of Storage Now?
Over the past few months Amazon has started shipping 8GB versions of the entry-level Kindle, which is currently on sale for $64.99, and they aren’t even charging extra for it. The device originally came with 4GB of storage space, and that’s still what Amazon advertises on the official product page and on their Kindle comparison […]