The Kobo Walmart partnership announced earlier in the year has finally come to fruition in the US. Residents of the United States can now purchase ebooks, audiobooks, and Kobo ebook readers through Walmart’s website, although the ebooks and audiobooks just redirect to Kobo’s website with a Walmart logo. The ebooks and audiobooks are also available […]
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Do You Like Reading eBooks in Landscape Mode?
I was thinking about how Kobo has never added the option to read ebooks in landscape mode using Kobo ereaders and how some people are put off with the missing feature. But is it really that important? Kobos are the only dedicated ebook readers that don’t have landscape mode for ebooks. It’s a rather odd […]
Kindles and Kindle Apps Now Support Arabic Language Books
Amazon officially announced today that Kindles and Kindle apps now support Arabic language books. People often ask if Kindles support Arabic, and not being a person that reads Arabic I’m always unsure of the answer, but now Arabic language books are officially supported so that question is answered. Amazon also unveiled an Arabic section in […]
Alf’s DRM Removal Tools Now Support Kindle’s KFX Format
Last week Apprentice Alf released a new version of the DeDRM tools with added support for KFX format, so now you can easily import KFX books to Calibre to create backups and convert them to other formats. KFX is Amazon’s latest format for Kindle ebooks. It adds support for the newer enhanced formatting features and […]
B&N Releases New App for Book Recommendations and Discussions
Barnes and Noble has released a new app called Browsery that is designed to give people a platform to discuss books and give/get recommendations. It’s similar to Goodreads in some ways, but that’s owned by Amazon so B&N has created this new option for their customer base and for those that don’t want to use […]
Get 2 Months of Kindle Unlimited for $0.99
Amazon has a new deal to get started on Kindle Unlimited, which provides open access to a catalog of over 1 million ebooks and several thousand audiobooks, along with some magazines and comicbooks. The banner for the deal is at the top of the main Kindle Books page. With the promo you can get two […]
Scribd Brings Back Unlimited eBook and Audiobook Plan
Scribd is a subscription service that provides access to a library of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, newspapers, magazines, and sheet music all for a monthly fee of $8.99. Today Scribd announced that they’ve officially brought back their “unlimited” subscription plan, although it’s unlimited with an asterisk. A couple years back Scribd changed their unlimited model to […]
Here’s How to Improve Your Kindle Book Recommendations
Have you ever been annoyed by Amazon recommending Kindle books that you have no interest in reading whatsoever? Unfortunately it’s not as easy as filtering out specific categories or authors, but you can help influence what books will show up in your recommendations. Over at Amazon there’s an Improve Your Recommendations section that applies to […]