Over the past few months there have been some signs that Amazon was in the process of phasing out the Kindle Oasis, and it looks like that time has officially come. The Kindle Oasis has been removed from the main Kindle landing page at Amazon, and it no longer appears in Amazon’s Kindle comparison tables […]
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Don’t Waste Money on Kindles with Too Much Storage Space
People often ask which storage option to choose when buying a new Kindle, and I always say to choose the lowest option if you only plan to read ebooks because 8GB is more than enough for that, but there are other cases where getting more storage space makes sense. Amazon is the only company that […]
Book Cover Setting Changed on Kindles After Software Update
Ever since Amazon changed around the settings menu on 10th and 11th generation Kindles with the last 5.16.6 software update, there’s been some confusion over the Display Cover setting that shows the cover of the book that you’re currently reading on the screen while your Kindle is turned off. I’ve seen some comments here and […]
How Many Different Ways Can Amazon Sell a Kindle?
It’s funny how Amazon releases new Kindles very infrequently, and yet when they do come out with a new model they tend to offer a bunch of different sub-versions of it. Sometimes I poke fun at Onyx for replacing their most popular models every 6-12 months to capitalize on people’s desire to have the latest […]
Kindle Paperwhite Kids on Sale, But Not Other Kindles?
Something weird is going on with Amazon, again. This past Black Friday when they last put the Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite on sale the prices were the highest “sale” prices of the year. In fact $119 for the 8GB Paperwhite 5 was the highest on-sale price ever, at only $20 off. Now Valentine’s Day is […]
Beware of Airplane Mode on Kindles if You Sideload Books
A few months back I posted about an ongoing problem affecting some Kindles that’s causing them to suddenly delete all sideloaded content under certain circumstances. Nobody seems to know what the exact cause is, and it’s been going on for a long time now. I keep seeing people posting about the disappearing books bug on […]
Kindle Scribe Sales Numbers Tank When it’s Not on Sale
Earlier in the month I posted an article about Kindle sales numbers now that Amazon has started showing a general estimate of how many units they’ve sold over the past month for most products. The sales numbers for the Kindle Scribe were the most surprising because a lot of people, myself included, had assumed it […]
How to Disable Web Browser and Store Access on Kindles
People sometimes ask if it’s possible to restrict access to the Kindle store and the web browser on Kindles, so for this post I’ll show you how to do that. If you’re going to loan your Kindle to someone, or if you’d like to use it as a kids Kindle without all the restrictions of […]