If you like listening to audiobooks, Audible has a couple of deals going on right now for new and possibly returning customers (there are a lot conflicting reports regarding these deals so your results might vary). Over on Amazon, they’re advertising 3 Months of Audible for Free for the Audbile Premium Plus plan, but it […]
Book Cover Setting Changed on Kindles After Software Update
Ever since Amazon changed around the settings menu on 10th and 11th generation Kindles with the last 5.16.6 software update, there’s been some confusion over the Display Cover setting that shows the cover of the book that you’re currently reading on the screen while your Kindle is turned off. I’ve seen some comments here and […]
How Many Different Ways Can Amazon Sell a Kindle?
It’s funny how Amazon releases new Kindles very infrequently, and yet when they do come out with a new model they tend to offer a bunch of different sub-versions of it. Sometimes I poke fun at Onyx for replacing their most popular models every 6-12 months to capitalize on people’s desire to have the latest […]
New 7″ Color eReader and eNote with Android 11, the Bigme B751C
A new listing has turned on Amazon for a new color ereader and eNote from Bigme. It has some unique characteristics not found on other E Ink devices, and it even has page-turn buttons. The Bigme B751C has a 7-inch color E Ink screen (Kaleido 3), with 300 ppi for text and 150 ppi for […]
Kindle Paperwhite Kids on Sale, But Not Other Kindles?
Something weird is going on with Amazon, again. This past Black Friday when they last put the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale the prices were the highest “sale” prices of the year. In fact $119 for the 8GB Paperwhite 5 was the highest on-sale price ever, at only $20 off. Now Valentine’s Day is […]
What Happened to Onyx’s 7.8″ Nova Line?
It looks like Onyx has decided to phase out their Nova line of ereaders and eNotes with 7.8-inch E Ink screens. I haven’t seen any Nova models available to purchase anywhere for quite some time, and Onyx didn’t release any new Nova models last year for the first time since the Nova line came out […]
Beware of Airplane Mode on Kindles if You Sideload Books
A few months back I posted about an ongoing problem affecting some Kindles that’s causing them to suddenly delete all sideloaded content under certain circumstances. Nobody seems to know what the exact cause is, and it’s been going on for a long time now. I keep seeing people posting about the disappearing books bug on […]
Kindle Scribe Sales Numbers Tank When it’s Not on Sale
Earlier in the month I posted an article about Kindle sales numbers now that Amazon has started showing a general estimate of how many units they’ve sold over the past month for most products. The sales numbers for the Kindle Scribe were the most surprising because a lot of people, myself included, had assumed it […]