Amazon recently added some new reader-friendly features to their Amazon Echo device. You can now have Alexa read aloud Kindle ebooks using text-to-speech. They also improved Audible audiobook playback control by adding voice commands for skipping chapters. The new text-to-speech feature works with your purchased Kindle ebooks and ebooks borrowed from the Kindle Owners’ Lending […]
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10 Free Kindle eBooks and Magazine Deals
It’s time for another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle books. Amazon also has some magazines on sale today as their main Deal of the Day. You can get a full year’s subscription to a number of magazines for just $5. Some are print only and some are print plus digital. Please note that the […]
Anyone Using New Blue Shade Feature on Fire Tablets?
Last month Amazon released an update for the newer line of Fire tablets that run Fire OS 5 to add a new Blue Shade feature, among other things. Blue Shade is intended to help improve nighttime reading on tablets by filtering blue light to help with sleep and lowering brightness levels for less eye strain. […]
Kindle Trade-In Promo Adds $20 Bonus Toward New Kindle Purchase
Amazon has started a new trade-in promotion where customers can trade an old Kindle, even a non-working one, to get a gift card plus a $20 bonus credit toward the purchase of a new Kindle. To be clear, this offer includes Kindle ereaders only, not Fire tablets. But all older Kindles are included, all the […]
Amazon Now Offers Option to Embed Book Previews on Sites and Apps
Amazon has started rolling out a new feature this week called Kindle instant previews that lets anyone embed full samples of books directly on third-party websites and apps. Kindle instant previews are similar to the “Look Inside” feature that Amazon offers on their website that lets customers preview samples of most books using a web […]
Amazon Should Release a Reader’s Edition Tablet With a Liquavista Display
Last month Amazon announced the release of the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition Tablet, their most misleading product release yet. On the surface it sounds like a really good idea, but then upon closer examination all it is is a marketing ploy for a Fire HD 8 bundle with an overpriced cover and a year-long […]
A Few Year-End Deals Remain on Kobo Glo HD, Lenovo Tab 2 10, etc
Most of the sales have come and gone for the holiday shopping season, but there are still a few good deals to be had. The Kobo Glo HD is on sale at Kobo.com for $109. That’s $20 off the regular price. Chapters.Indigo also has the Glo HD marked down by $10, which probably works out […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and End of Year Kindle Deals
Here’s another roundup of 10 free Kindle books. Amazon is also running some year-end Kindle deals on ebooks and other digital content, including Calvin and Hobbes and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for $1.99 each. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of December 27th, 2015. Most of these […]