Last month Amazon released software update 5.19.4, but it was only available for a few Kindle models. Now Amazon has started rolling out another Kindle software update, version 5.19.4.0.1, and it’s available for all four Kindle Scribe models, the 12th gen Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Colorsoft, and the 11th gen Kindle from 2024 (the 2022 […]
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Big Kindle Sales Coming – When to Get the Best Deals and What to Expect
If you’ve been thinking about buying a new Kindle, June is going to be the best time to get one and what could end up being the lowest prices of the year. Amazon has announced they will be doing Prime Day in June this year, from June 23rd through June 26th. Prime Day and Black […]
Don’t Buy Any of These Kindle Models – They Can’t Be Registered
Now that Amazon has officially ended support for the first 5 generations of Kindles, it creates a bit of an issue on the used market since those models can no longer be registered with an Amazon account. I’m still seeing a bunch of these older Kindles for sale on sites like eBay, and most don’t […]
Amazon Quietly Changed the Terms of Kindle Security Updates
While doing some research for a different article, I noticed a subtle change to the language that Amazon uses on the Kindle security updates page, so I checked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and confirmed that Amazon did indeed change things to their benefit at some point. First off, Amazon used to say that security […]
Amazon Cutting Off Old Kindles is a Bad Move That Could’ve Been Avoided
When Amazon first announced they would be ending support for all Kindles released before 2013, I thought it wasn’t that big of a deal and was something we should have expected to happen eventually. 14 years is a long run for any handheld electronic gadget. Nothing works forever, and it’s unrealistic to expect any ereader […]
Next Gen Kindles Likely to Have User Replaceable Batteries
We don’t know when Amazon is going to release their next crop of new Kindles, but when they do there’s a good chance they’ll have user-replaceable batteries. There’s a new law that goes into effect in the European Union in February 2027 that requires all smartphones and tablets sold there to have batteries that are […]
Reminder: Download Your eBooks to Older Kindles Before May 20
In case you missed the news, or if you’ve just been putting off the inevitable, Amazon is cutting off all Kindles released before 2013 from their servers as of May 20th, 2026. That means you will no longer be able to download your Kindle ebooks to affected Kindles after that date, but you’ll still be […]
Release Date Revealed for Kindle Scribe Without Frontlight
It’s been over 7 months since Amazon announced their new lineup of Kindle Scribes, and while the Colorsoft version and the BW frontlit model were released back in December, the Kindle Scribe without a frontlight has been mysteriously unavailable since then, but now Amazon has finally revealed a release date. There’s a banner at the […]