Amazon has quietly lowered the minimum order amount to qualify for free shipping so you no longer have to spend as much to avoid shipping fees. They’ve lowered the free shipping threshold to $35. Last year they raised it to $49 but now they are going back to $35 like it was before. The free […]
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Up to 80% off 40 Best Selling Kindle eBooks Today Only
Amazon is doing it again. They’re having another big sale on Kindle books for one of their main deals of the day. They’ve been doing this often lately but this is probably the best Kindle book sale they’ve had in awhile. This time around the deal centers around the best-selling books from previous Kindle Daily […]
$79 Certified Refurbished Kindle Paperwhite Sale
Amazon is having another sale on the Kindle Paperwhite 3, but this time around it’s for certified refurbished ones. Refurbished Kindles are often customer returns and open-box units that are lightly used so they are a good way to save some cash. Refurbished Kindles also come with the same 1-year warranty as new Kindles. The […]
6 Different Ways to Load eBooks on Your Kindle
One question that often comes up is how to load ebooks onto a new Kindle. If you had a previous Kindle then you don’t really need to do anything. All of your purchased Kindle ebooks will automatically be available on your new Kindle, complete with all your highlights, bookmarks, last page read, etc. If you […]
What Exactly is a Kindle? – Debunking Common Myths
There are some common misconceptions when it comes to identifying exactly what a Kindle is or isn’t, so let’s clear things up today before the semantics police start dropping expletives. Amazon caused part of the Kindle identity problem themselves. In 2014 they removed the Kindle brand name from their tablets with the release of the […]
Amazon No Longer Allows Registering 1st and 2nd Gen Kindles
In a move that’s sure to bring up some controversy, Amazon has quietly dropped support for registering 1st and 2nd gen Kindles, including both versions of the Kindle DX, according to reports over at MobileRead, which was confirmed by an Amazon representative (it has since been recanted; see update below). If you have a 1st […]
Will Amazon Release 4th Gen Kindle Paperwhite in 2017?
The current Kindle Paperwhite is the third generation Paperwhite model, and it was first released at the end of June 2015. Could Amazon release a new updated Kindle Paperwhite model in 2017? A Paperwhite 4? Looking back at the release dates of the two earlier models it makes a 4th gen model seem likely in […]
$99 Kindle Paperwhite, $39 Fire Tablet and More Valentine’s Day Deals
Valentine’s Day is coming up on February 14th so Amazon has several of their Kindles on sale, along with the base Fire tablet. Kindles are marked down by $20. That includes the entry-level Kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Voyage, and the Kids Kindle bundle. The Oasis doesn’t get in on the deal for some […]