The Kobo Elipsa was released a couple weeks ago and I’ve been working on putting together a review, but I’ve found that some of the new features aren’t explained very well (or at all). One thing that’s odd about Kobo is they don’t include a user manual with their devices, and they don’t provide one […]
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Workaround for Dark Mode on Older Kindles
I came across a post on reddit the other day that outlines a workaround to use dark mode—white text with a black background—on older Kindles that lack the official dark mode feature. In fact this would work on any E Ink ebook reader, not just Kindles, and it’s so easy to do I’m surprised more […]
How to Add Wireless Charging to Kindle eReaders
I saw a post on Reddit the other day about how someone added wireless charging to their Kindle Paperwhite and I thought it was a pretty interesting workaround. It doesn’t require any technical work and only costs a few bucks. Looking over some of the reviews at Amazon this is something that has worked for […]
How to Return Kindle eBooks Purchased from Amazon for a Refund
One of the nice things about Amazon is they make returning items easy, and their customer-friendly return policy extends to Kindle ebooks as well. In most cases you can easily return a purchased Kindle book from Amazon for a full refund as long as it’s done within seven days of the purchase date. You don’t […]
Kindle Paperwhite 4 Software Jailbreak Instructions Released
If you want to jailbreak the software on your Kindle Paperwhite 4 to add more features now is a good time to do so before getting stuck with newer software updates that cannot be (easily) jailbroken. The helpful folks at MobileRead recently posted a new jailbreak method for the Kindle Paperwhite 4 that makes it […]
Kindles Now Have “Group Series in Library” Option in Settings
Last week Amazon released a new software update for Kindles that didn’t seem very interesting on the surface, but it turns out they did add an important new feature not mentioned in the release notes. Kindles running firmware 5.13.4 now have the option to group books together that are in a series. They added series […]
How to Fix Kindle eBooks Not Downloading for USB Transfer at Amazon
A new issue has cropped up when it comes to downloading Kindle ebooks from the Manage Your Content page at Amazon. The problem occurs when trying to download purchased ebooks for USB transfer when using the Chrome web browser—ebooks simply will not download. There are reports of the problem affecting the Firefox browser as well. […]
How to Identify Every Kindle Model That Amazon Has Released
I’ve posted about this in the past, but some people still have problems figuring out exactly which Kindle model they have, so let’s go over how to properly identify each and every Kindle model that Amazon has released since the very first Kindle in 2007. Amazon’s naming tactics can get really confusing after ten different […]