Earlier this year Kobo added support for adding handwritten notes to ebooks with their iPad app. It happened back in February but I hadn’t heard anyone talking about it until recently. It’s actually a pretty cool new feature, and it’s something other popular reading apps, like Kindle, don’t support. You can use an Apple Pencil […]
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Kindle Unlimited Price Increase; Here’s How to Get the Old Price
Yesterday Amazon started sending out emails to Kindle Unlimited subscribers in the US notifying them about a rate increase for monthly KU plans that takes the price from $9.99 per month to $11.99 per month. Most people don’t seem to know that there’s still a way to get Kindle Unlimited at a lower price via […]
Spend $10 on Kindle eBooks, Get 200 Bonus Points
If you’re planning on buying any Kindle ebooks this week, you’re going to want to activate this new bonus offer first that Amazon is doing because you can get 200 bonus points when spending $10 on Kindle ebooks, which basically equates to a free $2 bonus to spend on a future Kindle ebook purchase. The […]
Kobo Plus Launches in US and UK – Kindle Unlimited Alternative
In addition to announcing the Kobo Elipsa 2E yesterday, Kobo also launched their Kobo Plus subscription service in the US and UK. It’s similar to Kindle Unlimited where subscribers pay a monthly fee to have unlimited access to a select library of ebooks and audiobooks. Kobo currently offers over 1.3 million ebooks and over 100,000 […]
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 […]
Do You Prefer to Buy or Borrow eBooks?
With library lending and services like Kindle Unlimited and Scribd, it’s possible to literally read all day every day without ever purchasing a book. I guess that’s not much different then borrowing paper books from the library, but with ebooks you don’t have to leave the house to check them out or return them. That’s […]
Amazon Launches New Kindle Rewards Program, Earn Points and Credits for Kindle Books
Last week I posed about Amazon listing a points earned note below the purchase price of Kindle ebooks and paper ebooks, but then it disappeared after a few hours. Now it’s back, and Amazon has officially launched a new program called Kindle Rewards (Beta). Basically you earn 5 points for every dollar spent on Kindle […]
Why Do Kindle eBooks Now Earn Points?
Have you noticed that Amazon is now showing you can earn a certain number of points with Kindle ebook purchases? Under the price of Kindle books it now shows a note saying how many points you earn when purchasing each Kindle book. Update: Amazon has launched a new program called Kindle Rewards Beta where you […]