Ever since Amazon starting put the estimated “x number bought in past month” metric at the top of most product pages on their website, I find it interesting to use those numbers to see how well Kindles are selling. Right now it’s not looking good for the Kindle Colorsoft. After it was released it had […]
Are People Really Dumb Enough to Buy This?
I was browsing Amazon today and came across this listing for the Kobo Nia, and it’s selling for an absurd $389.68 from Triplenet Pricing, a reseller that’s been around for years and currently has over 70,000 items listed on Amazon, so they’re not just some new scammer listing. You see this kind of thing on […]
3 Ways to Download and Transfer Kindle eBooks (Yeah, It’s Still Possible)
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 […]
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 […]