The eBook Reader Blog

Amazon has started another Kindle Unlimited gift promotion where you can get access to their library of ebooks, audiobooks, comics and magazines at a significant discount. The new Kindle Unlimited gift deal takes 50% off the regular price of a 6-month subscription, taking the price from $59.94 down to $29.97. The 6-month offer has been […]

Calibre, the most popular ebook management program, has just been updated to version 4.0, and it brings about some big changes. Calibre’s built-in ebook viewer has been completely rewritten, and the Calibre Content Server has received some upgrades and now has all the capabilities of the main Calibre interface. Apparently many of the changes with […]

Back in April Microsoft suddenly decided to close their ebook store and take back all the ebooks they had sold while issuing customers refunds for all purchases. Now Microsoft has put up a new support page that says the Microsoft Edge browser will no longer support ebooks with an .epub file extension. Of course older […]

Last month Audible revealed an upcoming new Audible Captions feature that gives Audible app users the option to read along with audiobooks as they’re read aloud. Basically the app adds computer-generated captions to audiobooks to allow reading while listening, but before the feature has even been released to the public, book publishers have filed a […]

Amazon has rolled out yet another promotion for Prime members. From now until July 14th, Amazon Prime members that spend $20 on Kindle books can get $5 in ebook credit back. Please note that you have to activate the offer on the promotion page before the $20 worth of purchases will count. All Kindle ebooks […]

Once again Amazon is giving Prime members the option to choose two Kindle ebooks for free from the monthly selection of new Amazon First Reads ebooks. There are eight books to choose from across different genres. The offer can be found on the Amazon First Reads page. If you are an Amazon Prime member you […]

For those that use Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s ebook subscription service, it’s worth noting that Kindle Unlimited gift subscriptions are still on sale at up to 40% off the regular price for new members and active members. Amazon started the deal the week before Mother’s Day and it’s still ongoing. If you already have a Kindle […]

Last week Amazon issued a press release announcing that they’ve added support for Traditional Chinese ebooks on Kindles and Kindle apps. They’ve added a Traditional Chinese language section to the Kindle store with over 20,000 titles available. The books are compatible with the Kindle iOS app and Kindle Android app, which includes Fire tablets, and […]