I haven’t been using my Kindle Voyage much lately since the Kindle Paperwhite 6 came along, but I decided to fire it up yesterday to charge it and I noticed something odd. The screensaver ads have mysteriously disappeared. It’s now showing a generic screensaver instead of an advertisement like ad-free Kindles. Furthermore, the banner ad […]
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Kindles Do Support Sideloading Library eBooks (Except New Models)
There seems to be a common misconception about how Kindles work with ebooks borrowed from public libraries through OverDrive/Libby. Between Amazon randomly deleting USB sideloaded content and people trying to avoid getting automatic software updates that potentialy break things, especailly after jailbreaking their Kindle, some people feel like they’re asking for trouble by leaving their […]
What’s the Best Kindle to Buy in 2025?
People looking to get a new Kindle often get confused by Amazon’s selection of different Kindle models and sub-models, and the question of which is the best one to get comes up frequently, so I thought I’d do my best to answer that in this post. First off, the “best” Kindle isn’t going to be […]
Has Amazon Really Fixed the Kindle Colorsoft’s Screen Issue?
Right after Amazon released the Kindle Colorsoft, people started reporting an issue with a weird yellow band at the bottom of the screen caused by the frontlight. Amazon acknowledged the problem and promised to fix it, but have they really done anything about it? Amazon still has the “We Want You To Know” disclaimer on […]
Download and Transfer Option for Kindle eBooks Not Working
I’ve started seeing some reports of the Kindle’s download and transfer via USB feature not working at Amazon, so I tested it myself and the reports are indeed accurate—it’s currently not possible to download purchased ebooks from Amazon using the download and transfer option from the Content section of their website. When you try to […]
Free Prime eBooks, Reading Insights, and the Neverending Kindle Challenge
There are a few different things to talk about in the Kindleverse right now, none of which are particularly interesting enough to warrant their own posts, so let’s bundle them together into one article. First off, if you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can get two free ebooks this month through Amazon First Reads. Every […]
New Kindle Scribe 2 Now On Sale for $75-$85 Off
Amazon just released the Kindle Scribe 2 one month ago today, and now it’s already on sale at a significant discount. This is certainly going to make people that pre-ordered and paid full price a bit angry. The new Kindle Scribe can now be had for as little as $324.99, and you can get an […]
Kindle Android App Now Supports In-App eBook Purchases
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been reading Kindle ebooks on the Boox Palma 2, and I noticed that the Kindle Android app now supports in-app ebook purchases. I don’t know when that happened, but it must be a recent change. Amazon removed in-app purchases from their Android app back in 2022 when Google […]