In April of last year, Amazon surprisingly added support for sending DRM-free EPUB files to Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps using email, and at the same time they announced they would be dropping support for sending MOBI files to Kindles by the end of 2022. For some reason that never happened. Here it is the […]
Kindles on Sale at Woot for Cheap
Woot is having another sale on refurbished Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets as their main deal of the day today. Here’s the page with the full list of deals. The sale is ongoing until February 2nd, but they usually sell out before the end date when it comes to these type of refurbished Kindle sales. […]
Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2 On Sale
If you’re looking to score a deal on a Kobo ereader, both the 8-inch Kobo Sage and 7-inch Kobo Libra 2 are currently on sale at Kobo, Amazon, and Walmart. Apparently it’s a Valentine’s Day sale, even though Valentine’s Day isn’t until February 14th. But at least there’s plenty of time for shipping. During the […]
Some Kindle eReaders Experiencing Blank Screen Issue (Updated)
Over at reddit there are a bunch of posts about people’s Kindles suddenly displaying a blank screen all except the top menu bar. Update: An Amazon rep sent an email with steps to resolve the issue (see below). Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be a fix for the problem yet, but according to reports Amazon’s […]
Did Bad Reviews Make Amazon Lower Price of Premium Kindle Scribe Cover?
Here’s an interesting twist in the Kindle Scribe saga. There have been a good share of negative reviews of Amazon’s new notetaking Kindle, and the reviews are even worse when it comes to Amazon’s official covers for the Kindle Scribe. Now things have gotten bad enough for Amazon to make some changes to the product […]
Kindle for PC Update Required to Download Newer eBooks
Earlier in the month, I posted about how Amazon is actively making it more difficult to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks, but I kind of brushed over the main cause of the change that also highlights a bigger problem with ebooks in general. Basically, Amazon is now requiring Kindle for PC and Mac users to […]
Kobo Has Raised the Price of the Kobo Clara 2E
Earlier this month I posted about how Kobo increased the price of three of their ereaders by $10 USD each, and now they’ve also raised the price of the new Kobo Clara 2E by $10 as well. When the Kobo Clara 2E was released in October of 2022 Kobo was selling it for $129.99 USD, […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Deals – 1/22
Here’s a list of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks for the weekend. Amazon still has the 2022 Kids Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite Kids models on sale too, so don’t buy a regular Kindle at full price. Please keep in mind the free Kindle books listed below are free as of January 22nd, 2023. Most of […]