Kobo has started running a sale on the Kobo Glo HD for Mother’s Day. It’s $20 off the regular price, taking it from $129 to $109. The timing is a bit odd, but then again Kobo always seems to do things differently. Unless their shipping has improved significantly I doubt they’d even get it delivered […]
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Kindle Oasis Charging Cover Review (Video)
Amazon changed things up with the release of the Kindle Oasis by including a leather charging cover with every purchase. The cover is included with the Kindle Oasis because it is a vital part of the equation. Amazon essentially took most of the battery out of the Kindle and put it in the cover in […]
Kindle Fonts Review on Kindle Oasis (Video)
The Kindle Oasis comes with a new font style option called Amazon Ember. It’s a sans-serif font to complement the serif Bookerly font that was added last year. Amazon Ember is somewhat similar to Helvetica but it’s not as bold. The screenshot at the top of this page shows an example of the Amazon Ember […]
Kindle Oasis First Impressions Review and Pictures
The Kindle Oasis, Amazon’s new premium ereader, was officially released today for those that pre-ordered early (Amazon currently shows new shipments arriving the beginning of June). I ordered one to review, of course. But it’ll be a couple of weeks before I post a full review since I like to actually use a device for […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle Sales – April 25th
Here’s another weekly roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get your week off to a good start. Amazon is also running a sale on Kindles this week for Mother’s Day, with a couple models discounted by $20 and the Fire HD 10 is marked down by $50. Please note that the free Kindle […]
How to Fix Disappearing Content Issue on Kindle Fire HD
According to a number of user reports over on Amazon’s Kindle forums, some people are experiencing a problem with the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD where all content—photos, videos, and apps—suddenly disappears without warning. It turns out there’s an issue with the Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ that causes it to deregister itself, which essentially resets it […]
Popular Kindle Books On Sale, Plus $20 Off Kindles Mother’s Day Deal
Amazon is running a sale on some of their popular best-selling Kindle ebooks today only as part of their Gold Box Deal of the Day. Some popular titles include The Martian, Red Rising, Gone Girl, Maze Runner, Slaughterhouse-Five, and more. This is a 1-day only sale for these Kindle books. They range in price from […]
$49 Fire Tablet Gets New Colors, More Storage, and Software Update
Yesterday Amazon officially announced the release of new color options available on the $49 Fire tablet. Previously it was only available in black; now they’ve added blue, magenta, and tangerine color choices. It’s nice to have some different colors available, especially for kids. Amazon also officially announced the release of the 16GB version of the […]