Amazon has finally put the Kindle Colorsoft on sale for the first time since it was released last October—it’s the last new Kindle to go on sale—but it’s one of those deals that’s exclusively for Amazon Prime members. If you have an active Prime membership you can get the Kindle Colorsoft for $229 right now […]
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My Kindle Voyage Mysteriously Turned Ad-Free
I haven’t been using my Kindle Voyage much lately since the Kindle Paperwhite 6 came along, but I decided to fire it up yesterday to charge it and I noticed something odd. The screensaver ads have mysteriously disappeared. It’s now showing a generic screensaver instead of an advertisement like ad-free Kindles. Furthermore, the banner ad […]
Kindles Do Support Sideloading Library eBooks (Except New Models)
There seems to be a common misconception about how Kindles work with ebooks borrowed from public libraries through OverDrive/Libby. Between Amazon randomly deleting USB sideloaded content and people trying to avoid getting automatic software updates that potentialy break things, especailly after jailbreaking their Kindle, some people feel like they’re asking for trouble by leaving their […]
New TCL 60 XE Smartphone Features E Ink-Like Reading Mode
Last week TCL unveiled their latest NXTPAPER 4.0 display technology that claims to be easier on the eyes, and TCL is showing off a new Android smartphone called the TCL 60 XE at CES 2025 that uses this new screen technology. What’s interesting about the TCL 60 XE is it has a button on the […]
What’s the Best Kindle to Buy in 2025?
People looking to get a new Kindle often get confused by Amazon’s selection of different Kindle models and sub-models, and the question of which is the best one to get comes up frequently, so I thought I’d do my best to answer that in this post. First off, the “best” Kindle isn’t going to be […]
Has Amazon Really Fixed the Kindle Colorsoft’s Screen Issue?
Right after Amazon released the Kindle Colorsoft, people started reporting an issue with a weird yellow band at the bottom of the screen caused by the frontlight. Amazon acknowledged the problem and promised to fix it, but have they really done anything about it? Amazon still has the “We Want You To Know” disclaimer on […]
Download and Transfer Option for Kindle eBooks Not Working
I’ve started seeing some reports of the Kindle’s download and transfer via USB feature not working at Amazon, so I tested it myself and the reports are indeed accurate—it’s currently not possible to download purchased ebooks from Amazon using the download and transfer option from the Content section of their website. When you try to […]
Kindle + Kobo is the Best Combination – Why Take Sides?
You often see people online saying they want to switch from Kindles to a different ereader brand for some reason or another (they want an ereader with page buttons, they don’t like something that Amazon did, they’re fed up with Kindles deleting their sideloaded ebooks, etc), and most people recommend Kobo as an alternative to […]