Last year Amazon released a whole new line of Kindles with a new basic Kindle, a new Paperwhite, a new Kindle Scribe and the first Kindle with a color E Ink screen, the Kindle Colorsoft. That was the most action the Kindle brand has seen in many years, and it’ll probably be a long time […]
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Kindle Anniversary – Amazon Giving Kindle Owners a Special Discount
Amazon is sending out emails to some Kindle owners about an anniversary of Kindle ownership, with a 20% off discount code to buy a new Kindle. It’s a targeted discount so it won’t be available for everyone, but I noticed something odd about the offer. I received one of the anniversary emails, and one of […]
The Constant Random Kindle UI Changes are Really Obnoxious
Companies are always changing the appearance of the user interface on just about everything, but why is it that whenever Amazon makes changes to Kindles it always seems to be for the worse? A lot of people really dislike the look of the new page view layout on Kindles that Amazon switched to with recent […]
International Kindle Oasis Still On Sale for $175 Brand New
In May of 2024 I posted an article about how Amazon had put the international version of the Kindle Oasis on sale for 50% off. It’s now 16 months later and it’s still on sale—they can’t seem to get rid of them. It’s hard to believe they’ve had the International Kindle Oasis on sale for […]
The Kindle’s Double-Tap Page Turn Feature is Frustrating to Use
Back in March, Amazon added a new way to turn pages and scroll on the Signature Edition Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Colorsoft that works by double-tapping the sides or back of the device (sometimes it works when tapping the front too). As an owner of the standard Kindle Paperwhite, I was annoyed to find out […]
Kindle’s New Assistive Reader (Text-to-Speech) Video Demo
Amazon has quietly started rolling out a new revamped text-to-speech feature on Kindles called Assistive Reader. It’s been available on Kindle apps for some time, but now Kindle ereaders are getting the ability to read ebooks aloud via a software update too. Kindles used to support text-to-speech back in the early years, but then Amazon […]
Labor Day Sale on Kindles, Including New Kindle Colorsoft
Amazon has put a few of their Kindle models and kids bundles on sale, including the new 16GB version of the Kindle Colorsoft that was just released last month—those who were waiting for it to go on sale didn’t have to wait very long. The 16GB Kindle Colorsoft can now be had for $219.99. That’s […]
Kids Mode is Broken on Kindles, eBooks Keep Disappearing
It looks like Amazon has another problem related to ebooks spontaneously disappearing on Kindle ereaders, and this time it affects ebooks from Amazon, not sideloaded books. I’ve been using Kids Mode on my ad-supported Kindles for a while now to avoid seeing the annoying screensaver ads (and I also like some of the screensavers that […]