If you missed the deadline to download your purchased Kindle ebooks from Amazon’s website before they took the download and transfer feature away, there’s no need to worry because there are still three other ways to get your ebooks away from Amazon’s clutches. There’s no guarantee these workarounds will continue to work, however, so it’s […]
Archives for 2025
Will Amazon Remove Kindle Software Update Downloads Next?
With Amazon removing the ability to download Kindle ebooks from their website for USB transfer, it makes you wonder if they’re going to remove the option to download Kindle software updates for USB transfer as well. Most people probably just let their Kindles update automatically while connected to WiFi, and since you don’t have a […]
Onyx Boox Palma Bundle On Sale for $199
Here’s something you don’t see very often, a good deal on an Onyx product. Right now Onyx has the 1st gen Boox Palma on sale for $199 on their website, and it even comes with a flip-fold case and free shipping. They have both the white version and the black version in stock from their […]
Price Increase on Pocketbook eReaders in the US
It looks like most brands of ereaders are going to start getting more expensive in the US in 2025. Pocketbook just raised the prices of several Pocketbook ereaders on their official Amazon store. The Pocketbook Basic Lux 4, the Pocketbook Era Color, the InkPad Color 3, and the Verse and Verse Pro are all now […]
7 Things to Know Before Switching From Kindle to Kobo
With Amazon finding new ways to anger Kindle customers, some people are switching from Kindles to Kobos over Amazon’s latest fiasco in order to download ebook purchases without having them locked into Amazon’s ecosystem (which isn’t really true since there are currently three different ways to download backup copies of Kindle ebooks, and there’s no […]
Kobo Now Selling Their eReaders Directly from Amazon in US
It looks like Kobo has just launched their own Kobo US Amazon store to sell their ereaders and accessories in the United States without going through a reseller. The storefront is titled “Kobo US” and the business name is “Rakuten Kobo US Inc” so it appears to be Kobo’s official store, but it just launched […]
Will Amazon Buy E Ink and Take Control of the ePaper Market?
With all the recent talk about Amazon’s unfair business practices when it comes to ebooks, and with all the conspiracy theories about what they’ll do next to keep control over people’s ebook purchases, I had an idea that would really make things worse for everybody. What if Amazon were to acquire E Ink, the company […]
Where to Buy eBooks for Kindles – Alternative eBook Stores
Now that Amazon has removed the option to download purchased Kindle ebooks outside of Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps, some people are threatening to stop buying ebooks from Amazon entirely, while others are willing to buy exclusive titles when other options don’t exist. At either rate, people are looking for alternatives to the Kindle store […]