Amazon recently added a note to Kindle product pages talking about the new Display Cover feature that shows book covers on the lockscreen, but they did a poor job of explaining what it means. Under the heading that says, “We want you to know,” they added a note that says, “The Display Cover feature works […]
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Amazon Really Wants People to Buy 2 Kindles
All year long Amazon has had an ongoing promotion where you can get 20% off when buying two new Kindles. The deal started in January and they’ve been running it pretty much non-stop ever since. The only time they took the offer down is when they put Kindles on sale for Valentine’s Day and Mother’s […]
Ad-Free Kindles Now Come with 6 Months of Kindle Unlimited for Free
Amazon has added a new incentive for people to buy ad-free Kindles over ad-supported models by doubling the term of Kindle Unlimited that you can get for free. Amazon has been giving customers the option to add 3 months of Kindle Unlimited to new Kindle purchases for a long time, and that option is still […]
Does Your Kindle Display Book Covers in Sleep Mode Now?
Both of my ad-free Kindles finally got the option to display book covers on the sleep screen today so it looks like the May 17th rumor that’s been circulating on reddit might be true. If so, then pretty much everyone who has an ad-free Kindle should have the book cover setting now, provided you have […]
Kindles with Special Offers Getting New Ad Layout
It looks like Amazon is rolling out a new ad format for Kindles with Special Offers (ad-supported Kindles) that changes how the advertisements display on the lockscreen. Neither of my ad-free Kindles have the new lockscreen book cover feature yet, but three of my ad-supported Kindles are displaying a new ad format on the lockscreen. […]
New Kindle Software Update 5.13.6 Released
It’s time for another round of Kindle updates! Right on cue, Amazon has been releasing Kindle updates every two or three months lately. The last update released in March was seemingly pointless. Nothing was included in the release notes except the usual “performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.” This time around it’s the […]
Kindle Paperwhite Still #1 By Far
The Kindle Paperwhite has been the most popular Kindle for a long time, and the current version is no exception. In fact the Kindle Paperwhite 4 is probably the most popular Kindle model of all time in terms of gross sales, except we’ll never know that for sure since Amazon never releases any Kindle sales […]
Workaround for Dark Mode on Older Kindles
I came across a post on reddit the other day that outlines a workaround to use dark mode—white text with a black background—on older Kindles that lack the official dark mode feature. In fact this would work on any E Ink ebook reader, not just Kindles, and it’s so easy to do I’m surprised more […]