The eBook Reader Blog

This week Amazon put the new entry-level Kindle on sale for the first time since it was released, which took less than one month. Kindles frequently go on sale so it’s hard to judge them off their list price. The new Kindle has a retail price of $89 with Special Offers (ads on the homescreen […]

Amazon has brought back their Kindle Unlimited gift deal with 20-40% off memberships, a good last minute gift idea for Mother’s Day. Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s subscription service that grants members access to a library of over 1 million ebooks, plus several thousand audiobooks and a rotating selection of magazines and comic books. The regular […]

Amazon has put both the new Kindle for 2019 and the Kindle Paperwhite on sale for Mother’s Day. The Kindle Paperwhite is marked down to $89. That’s $40 off the regular price and it ties the lowest price ever for this new 4th generation Paperwhite model. The new entry-level Kindle is marked down to $69. […]

All three current Kindles—including the Kindle Oasis, the Kindle Paperwhite and the new frontlit entry-level Kindle—now have the option to add 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for free when purchasing them from Amazon’s US Kindle store. A subscription for Kindle Unlimited normally costs $9.99 per month, and it provides access to a library of over […]

It’s time for another bi-monthly roundup of 10 free Kindle ebooks for your weekend. Amazon also has several dozen top-rated Kindle ebooks on sale again today only (April 28th) for one of their Deals of the Day. Please note that the free Kindle books listed below are free as of April 28th, 2019. Most of […]

With the release of the new entry-level Kindle with frontlight for 2019, Amazon added a new feature to Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps that lets you sort your Kindle content by read and unread titles. The Read/Unread filter applies to Kindle ebooks, comics, Audible audiobooks, periodicals, and personal documents. You can view all your read/unread […]

Review Date: April 2019 – Review units purchased from Amazon Overview The new Kindle was released on April 10th, 2019. Amazon classifies it as a 10th generation Kindle model, along with the Kindle Paperwhite 4 that was released in November 2018. The main change with this new 2019 Kindle is the addition of a frontlight, […]

Here’s a comparison review between the new Kindle for 2019 and the latest Kindle Paperwhite. Amazon refers to both as 10th generation Kindles, even though the Kindle Paperwhite was released 5 months earlier. Now that they’ve added a frontlight to the entry-level Kindle, it and the Kindle Paperwhite have never been closer in terms of […]