Here’s a list of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks for the holiday weekend. Plus Amazon has some Kindle ebooks on sale for one of their main deals of the day, and they’ll likely have other Kindle ebooks on sale tomorrow since they do that a lot this time of year. Update: Woot has the Kindle […]
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2019 Kindle Marked Down to $39 at Woot (Refurbished)
Woot is running a sale today on a couple of Amazon devices. It’s another one of their 1-day sales and is only valid for December 21st, 2020. During the sale you can get the latest entry-level Kindle for only $39 at Woot. The only catch is it’s not new; like usual the Kindles on Woot […]
Kindle Paperwhite 4 Software Jailbreak Instructions Released
If you want to jailbreak the software on your Kindle Paperwhite 4 to add more features now is a good time to do so before getting stuck with newer software updates that cannot be (easily) jailbroken. The helpful folks at MobileRead recently posted a new jailbreak method for the Kindle Paperwhite 4 that makes it […]
Kindles Now Have “Group Series in Library” Option in Settings
Last week Amazon released a new software update for Kindles that didn’t seem very interesting on the surface, but it turns out they did add an important new feature not mentioned in the release notes. Kindles running firmware 5.13.4 now have the option to group books together that are in a series. They added series […]
How to Fix Kindle eBooks Not Downloading for USB Transfer at Amazon
A new issue has cropped up when it comes to downloading Kindle ebooks from the Manage Your Content page at Amazon. The problem occurs when trying to download purchased ebooks for USB transfer when using the Chrome web browser—ebooks simply will not download. There are reports of the problem affecting the Firefox browser as well. […]
New Amazon Kindle Software Update 5.13.4 Released
Amazon has released another new software update for Kindles. It’s been two months since the last update so right on queue they’ve released another new Kindle software update. They’ve been releasing updates every two months lately, but it’s been a long time since they’ve actually added anything interesting or particularly useful. All year they’ve just […]
10 Reasons Kindle eReaders Are Better Than Paper Books
Some people prefer to read paper books and some prefer to read ebooks. Neither viewpoint is right or wrong, but each comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. For some people, once they start reading ebooks there is no going back to paper books. Ebooks are more convenient in a number of ways, […]
What is Going On With the Entry-Level Kindle?
Something weird is going on with the product page of the entry-level Kindle at Amazon. Could Amazon be preparing to release a new version? Or is somebody just asleep at the wheel? A few days ago Amazon changed the title on the description page for the entry-level Kindle to include this: 2019 release, 9th Gen. […]