Amazon launched a new kind of bestseller list today called Amazon Charts that tracks the most popular books that people are reading and buying each week across a variety of metrics. The Amazon Charts list shows the top books read and sold each week ranking the top 20 in both fiction and nonfiction for each. […]
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New Fire HD 8 and 7-inch Fire Tablets up for Pre-Order
Today Amazon announced the upcoming release of new Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets, along with Kids Editions for each. The new Fire tablets are up for pre-order right now and they officially get released on June 7th. The Fire 7 remains $49 and the Fire HD 8 starts at $79. The Kids Editions […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Book Deals
It’s been a couple of months since posting a roundup of free Kindle ebooks and since there’s not much else going on right now it’s a good time to do it again. Please note that the free Kindle books listed below are free as of May 16th, 2017. Most of these titles are free for […]
Amazon Adds New Kindle Travel Bundles to Kindle Lineup
Amazon has some new listings up on their website for Kindle Travel Bundles that come with a premium leather cover, a power adapter, and a travel bag. The Kindle Travel Bundles are available for the Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Voyage, and the Kindle Oasis. They are currently up for pre-order and officially get released in […]
Do Kindle eReaders Need More Font Sizes?
Some people have left comments recently about how they wished Kindles had more font choices to choose from. So what do you think about the Kindle’s current selection of font sizes? What size do you like the best? I usually use the forth or fifth size from the left, depending on the book, but it […]
Even New Amazon Echo Gets 7″ Screen, But All We Get is 6″ Kindles
Amazon introduced a new Echo device today called the Echo Show that has a 7-inch screen to add video content to the usual Echo and Alexa assistant features. It’s another example of how Amazon keeps evolving their Echo line of products, unlike Kindles that always seem to stay the same. When I saw the news […]
Amazon Free Shipping Now Only Requires $25 on Orders; $28 Fire HD 6 Deal
Back in February of this year Amazon lowered their free shipping minimum from $49 to $35, and now they’ve just lowered it again. Now they only require spending a minimum of $25 to get free shipping on Amazon orders for non-Prime members. There hasn’t been any official announcement about the change, but it just happened […]
Kindles and Fire Tablets on Sale: $50 off Oasis, $20 off Kindles
With Mother’s Day one week away, Amazon is having another sale on Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets. For the first time ever they’ve got the Kindle Oasis on sale, but only the more expensive 3G model, not the Wi-Fi model. It’s $50 off so that puts it at $309. All the other Kindles are $20 […]