Yesterday the Kindle Spring Reading Challenge officially came to a close, and now Amazon has already rolled out a new Summer Reading Challenge. The “Epic Summer Challenge” runs from July 1st through September 30th, and there are 15 different achievements that can be unlocked. It looks like a lot of the achievements are repeats from […]
13.3″ Onyx Boox Max Lumi On Sale for $699
I’m not sure if it’s a pricing error or what, but Onyx currently has the 13.3-inch Onyx Max Lumi on sale at Amazon for $699.99 with free shipping. For those that don’t follow Onyx’s devices closely, that might not sound like a very good deal, but their 13.3-inch ereaders are very expensive. The same device […]
More Kindle Deals at Woot, Starting at $27.99
Woot is having another sale on refurbished Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets for their main Deal of the Day today, June 27th. The sale ends on July 1st or until they’re sold out. They have six previous generation Kindles available, and prices start at $27.99 for the older entry-level Kindle without a frontlight. But the […]
Missing Book Length Feature on Kindles
After posting about the new list view on Kindles yesterday, several people mentioned how they miss the book length feature that used to show on the old list view, aka “the dots”, that gave a visual representation of each book’s overall length. It’s nice to know how long a book is when you’re looking to […]
Do You Like the New List View on Kindles?
Ever since Amazon started changing the user interface on Kindle ereaders, one of the biggest complaints from Kindle users has been the removal of the old list view from the library. The new interface still has the option to use list view, but they reformatted it to show book covers now, whereas the old list […]
How to Add Dropbox Support to Kobo eReaders
Kobo has this weird thing where only some of their ereaders support transferring files wirelessly using Dropbox, but it turns out there’s an easy way to add Dropbox support to other Kobo models as well. I’ve seen this mentioned a few different places so I thought I would give it a try and it does […]
Kindle Paperwhite 4 On Sale for $69
The previous generation Kindle Paperwhite is currently on sale at Amazon starting at $69.99 for the 8GB ad-supported version, and the 32GB version is $89.99. It’s the 10th generation model, the 4th generation Kindle Paperwhite. It has a smaller 6-inch E Ink screen than the newer Paperwhite 5 that has a 6.8-inch screen, and it […]
$39 Refurbished Kindle – Early Prime Day Deal
In typical Amazon fashion, they’re now turning “Prime Day” into an event that spans multiple weeks, similar to how Black Friday has turned into a month of quasi deals leading up to what used to be a one-day mega sale. Today Amazon rolled out some of their early Prime Day deals, mostly budget TVs, Fire […]