I happened to come across a listing yesterday with a seller offering some Kobo Auras on eBay for $67.95. The item condition is listed as “new open box”, so they were most likely demo units or leftover stock. Either way they are the version with the magenta-colored back. Kobo dropped the price of the Aura […]
Amazon Adds New Kindle Essentials Bundle for $109
Amazon recently added a new bundle package deal for the entry-level Kindle that comes with an Amazon cover and power adapter for $109, with six different color choices for the cover. The Kindle sells for $79 and the Amazon cover sells for $29 when purchased separately, so essentially you get a free power adapter with […]
Kindle Fire HDX Lightning Deal for $149 – Is it Worth It?
For at least the second time in the past couple of weeks Amazon has their 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX marked down to $149 for one of their Lightning Deals. The regular retail price is $215 so that’s $65 off the regular price, but it’s not quite as good of a deal as it may seem. […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle eBook Deals – January 27th
Let’s change things up a bit and do a mid-week roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle books. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of January 27th, 2016. Most of these titles are free for a limited time only and will expire in a few days before going back to […]
Today Only: Up to 90% off Kindle Books and eTextbooks for Students
One of Amazon’s main deal of the day items for today, January 26th, takes up to 90% off select Kindle books for students. They have a slew of titles available across various categories, including engineering and transportation, computers and technology, business, history, math—lots of stuff. Most of the eTextbooks are under $5, so there are […]
Kobo Adds Book Stats to Website, With Estimated Reading Time
Kobo has started rolling out a new book stats and keywords section to the product pages of ebooks on the Kobo website. The stats don’t appear for all books but a good share of them now display stats. Book statistics include the number of pages, the total number of words, and there’s a reading time […]
Texture Offers Unlimited Digital Magazines for $9.99 per Month
Have you heard of Texture, the magazine subscription app? Until last week I’d never heard of it before, at least that’s what I thought at first. Texture isn’t new exactly. A few months ago Next Issue, which started out on the iPad, changed its name to Texture, and added some new social and sharing features […]
Kindle Cards, New Book-Specific Kindle Gift Cards
I came across an interesting help page at Amazon the other day that describes a product that I never heard of before: Kindle Cards. Apparently Kindle Cards are as rare as unicorns because I can’t find a shred of information about them anywhere outside of the help article. Using Google search pulls up one single […]