This is a quick note to mention that I’ve finally updated the Kindle Comparison Table to reflect the current status of available Kindles (in the US, at least). I should have updated the page a long time ago, but it’s always hard to keep up with updating older pages, so I guess it’s better late […]
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Kindle for Android: How to Sideload eBooks and PDFs Tutorial (Video)
Have you ever tried to download a non-DRM Kindle ebook or PDF and try to read it in the Kindle for Android app? If so, you’ve probably encountered the annoying problem of the ebook or PDF not opening or not appearing in the library of the Kindle reading app. If you download a Kindle-compatible ebook […]
Kindle for Samsung eBook App Review (Video)
A few weeks ago Amazon and Samsung announced a new partnership to offer an exclusive Kindle ebook app for Samsung tablets and phones. The new app is called Kindle for Samsung, and it’s available only in the Samsung app store. Samsung also just released a new line of Galaxy tablets, the Tab4 series, the beginning […]
OverDrive Library eBooks Now Work with Kindle FreeTime
OverDrive, the leading distributor of ebooks to libraries and schools, announced today that ebooks borrowed through OverDrive’s network of libraries can now be used on Kindle Fire tablets using Kindle FreeTime. OverDrive has supported Kindle devices for several years now, but only through ordinary means, not by using Amazon’s kid-centric Kindle FreeTime app that lets […]
Kindle for Android New Font Choices (Video)
I haven’t been doing very many video reviews over the past six months, so I thought I’d break the ice with a quick and easy video showing the new font choices now available on the Kindle Android app. Amazon recently updated the Kindle for Android app to add a few font choices. Kindle devices and […]
Used Kindle DX Now Going for $9999 at Amazon
Occasionally I happen to come across something insanely expensive on Amazon that makes me question reality (like these $48,400 speaker wires) but never have I seen a ten thousand dollar Kindle. Last week The eBook Reader Blog was the first to report that Amazon had stopped selling the Kindle DX, and it appeared that the […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks – May 3
Below is a list of ten free Kindle ebooks as of May 3rd, 2014. Please note that some of these ebooks are free for a limited-time only and could expire at anytime. Make sure to double-check that they are still free before hitting the buy button. Subscribe to The eBook Reader Blog to keep updated […]
Too Bad the Premium Kindle Paperwhite Rumor Wasn’t True
Last November one of the editors for Techcrunch posted an article that stated quite matter-of-factly that Amazon was working on a new Kindle Paperwhite and that it would be released in early Q2 of 2014. That’s the very first thing said in the article. And now that we are entering May, the middle of the […]