Lately Amazon has been trying some different promotions to get people to sign up for Kindle Unlimited, their ebook subscription service that grants access to a library of over 1 million titles for a monthly fee. Now Amazon has added the option to add a 3-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited for $1.99 with any new […]
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Kindle Oasis in Short Supply, New Model Coming Soon?
Over the past several weeks there’s been a noticeable decline in availability for the Kindle Oasis across multiple regions. Some Amazon websites don’t sell it at all anymore. Like in Canada on Amazon.ca it’s listed as “currently unavailable”, with a note that says, “We don’t know when or if this item will be back in […]
Prime Members Don’t Forget Your Free Kindle First eBook Each Month
A couple weeks ago I posted a list of Amazon Prime’s Kindle related benefits, and I noted how it’s easy to forget about Kindle First (at least for me it is), so I figured I’d post a reminder for this month. Kindle First gives Amazon Prime members early access to a list of six ebooks […]
What Will Amazon Do for Kindle’s 10th Anniversary?
It’s hard to believe but Kindles have been around for nearly 10 years now. Amazon released the first Kindle (pictured above) in November 2007. It sold out in less than 6 hours and was on backorder for several months after that. So with the Kindle’s tenth anniversary coming up in just a few months, it […]
Kindle Oasis Refurbs $229, Fire HD 10 $119 and Other Deals
There are currently some good deals on refurbished Kindles and Fire tablets at Amazon and Woot. Amazon also has a list of popular nonfiction Kindle books on sale for up to 80% off today only (July 30th) for the main Deal of the Day. The main deal at Woot today is refurbished 8.9″ Fire HDX […]
List of Amazon Prime’s Kindle Related Benefits
Amazon Prime first started out as a way to get free 2-day shipping on products sold by Amazon, but over the years they’ve continued to add new benefits to the service, such as video and music streaming. It’s gotten to the point now where there are so many things that it can be easy to […]
Here’s a New Way to Quickly Send ePub eBooks to Your Kindle
I noticed a post at MobileRead about getting ePub ebooks on a Kindle without conversion. The post is somewhat misguided because it’s not really ePub that the Kindle is supporting and conversion is exactly what’s happening, but in a roundabout way it reveals a new quicker method to send DRM-free ePub ebooks to a Kindle […]
50 Tips & Tricks for Amazon Fire Tablets – 2017 Edition
A few years ago I posted a tips and tricks guide for Fire HD and HDX tablets, but a lot has changed since then, especially since Amazon upgraded to Fire OS 5, so I’ve gone through and updated the list to apply to the new 7th generation Fire HD 8 and 7-inch Fire tablets for […]