Amazon has added some more places to their list of countries that can subscribe to Kindle Unlimited on the Amazon Australia website (Amazon.com.au). Customers that live in Australia, New Zealand, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Niue and Norfolk Island can now subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. Kindle Unlimited […]
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Amazon Launches New “Rapids” Reading App for Kids
A few days ago Amazon introduced a new app called Amazon Rapids that brings a new style of reading to kids. The app includes illustrated short stories that are told through the point of view of characters chatting with each other. Amazon gives an example of an alien texting about invading Earth and two chickens […]
Kindles On Sale Again, Even the Kindle Voyage
Yesterday afternoon Amazon decided to put all of their Kindles on sale except the Kindle Oasis. It’s been awhile since Amazon has had a sale for non-Prime members but that’s what they are doing this time around. The sale takes $20 off the regular price of each Kindle. It’s a three-day sale that ends on […]
How to Transfer eBooks from Old Kindle to New Kindle
One question that comes up somewhat regularly is how to transfer your ebooks from one Kindle to another when getting a new Kindle. The fact is you really don’t need to do anything. All of your purchased Kindle ebooks will automatically be available from your new Kindle once you register it to your Amazon account. […]
Fire Tablets A Lot More Popular Than Kindle eReaders
Considering the price difference and the amount of features that tablets offer compared to dedicated ebook readers, I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that Fire tablets are a lot more popular than Kindle ereaders, but the number of overall reviews for each helps put things into perspective. Amazon never releases sales figures for Kindles or […]
Kindle eBooks On Sale Again – Up to 80% Off
Amazon has been running sales on select lists of Kindle ebooks every couple of weeks lately as part of their Gold Box Deal of the Day. The good news is the books that are on sale are heavily discounted and most are very highly-rated. The bad news is the sale only lasts for one day. […]
No New Kindles Again This Fall is Disappointing
Once again it appears highly unlikely that Amazon will release another new Kindle this year for the busy holiday shopping season. It’s been two years in a row now without any new Kindles getting released in the fall and it’s rather disappointing. This used to be an exciting time of year when new ereaders would […]
New Kindle Software Update 5.8.5 Now Rolling Out
Amazon has released a new software update for the current lineup of Kindles, including models back to the Kindle Paperwhite 2 (so 6th through 8th gen models). The new firmware version is 5.8.5 and it includes three main improvements. The first explains why page-turns are advertised as being 33% faster on the new 32GB Kindle […]