Yesterday Amazon announced a new entry-level Kindle, the 8th generation model, that gets released two weeks from today on July 7th. It’s thinner and lighter than the previous Kindle, and it comes with Bluetooth to connect speakers and headphone to use the VoiceView and text-to-speech accessibility features that were recently introduced with the release of […]
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New Entry-Level Kindle Released, Plus White Version of Paperwhite
Amazon has a new Kindle available for pre-order from their website. The official release date is set for July 7th. It’s an updated version of their entry-level Kindle. It has a new thinner and lighter design, and now it’s available in white as well as black. The Kindle Paperwhite 3 is available in white now […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle Book Deals – June 20th
It’s time for another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get your week off to a good start. There’s also this post with 10 free audiobooks if you want something to listen to instead of read. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of June 20th, 2016. Most […]
Should Amazon Add ePub Support to Kindles?
Kindle ereaders are one of the few reading devices on the planet that don’t support ePub format. Kindles are the most popular dedicated readers and ePub is the most common ebook format, so what gives? Why doesn’t Amazon add support for ePub ebooks to Kindles? Fire tablets support ePub with apps available through Amazon’s own […]
Kindle Book Deals for Young Readers, Last Call Kindle Sales
Today Amazon has another Gold Box Deal of the Day for Kindle books, with discounts on ebooks for young readers this time. This is also the last day for the sales on Kindle ereaders and Fire devices. Amazon has been running more sales on children’s ebooks lately to help parents keep their kids interested in […]
New Kindle Software Update 5.8.1 Brings Back the Dots
Amazon has another firmware update for Kindle ereaders that they’ve started rolling out. The new software version is 5.8.1 (which is weird considering the last version was 5.7.4). The update is available for the Kindle Oasis, the Kindle Voyage, the entry-level Kindle, and the Kindle Paperwhite 2 and Paperwhite 3. Like usual you can wait […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle Deals – June 13th
Here’s another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get your week off to a good start. There’s also this post from last week with 10 free audiobooks if you missed it. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of June 13th, 2016. Most of these titles are free […]
Kindle eReaders and Fire Devices on Sale, Lots of Deals
Amazon is having a big sale this week on a number of Amazon-branded devices, including Kindle ereaders, Fire tablets, TVs, and the Amazon Tap. Today only, June 12th, Amazon also has a list of best selling Kindle books on sale as part of their main deal of the day. All the books have at least […]