Amazon has updated the Kindle for iOS and Kindle for Android apps to add support for sending EPUB ebooks to your Kindle devices and apps, as well as your Kindle library if you choose to archive the file. This is part of the change that Amazon is making in late 2022 to switch from supporting […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Deals
Here’s another list of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to help get the week off to a good start. Amazon also has the entry-level Kindle on sale for $64.99, and you can get an additional $20 off when buying two, but only the white version is on sale. Please keep in mind the free Kindle […]
OverDrive App Getting Discontinued, Users Need to Switch to Libby
Lately there have been a lot of comments about OverDrive getting discontinued in 2023, and people asking if they’ll still be able to use OverDrive with their Kobos and other ereaders to get library ebooks. There’s a bit of confusion surrounding the whole thing because of the name “OverDrive”, but it’s just the OverDrive app […]
Should All eReaders be Made From Recycled Plastic?
Kobo is getting set to release a new ereader on September 1st called the Kobo Clara 2E, and so far one detail that keeps coming up over and over again is the fact that it’s partially made from recycled plastic, including ocean-bound plastics, as Kobo is keen to point out. So far the fact that […]
Free eBook: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
Earlier this month I posted about Tor giving away the fourth ebook in the Mistborn series, The Alloy of Law, which is the first book in the second part of the series. And now Tor is giving away the fifth ebook in the Mistborn series, Shadows of Self, so if you got the fourth book […]
Would You Buy a Premium 6″ Kindle?
For the past six years the Kindle Oasis has been Amazon’s flagship, most-expensive Kindle, the one with the best build quality and (arguably) the nicest design. The first generation Kindle Oasis had a 6-inch E Ink screen, but then in 2017 the Kindle Oasis 2 got released and one of the main changes was it […]
Google FeedBurner’s Email Service is Finally Dead
Last year Google announced that they were going to be phasing out the FeedBurner email service that delivers daily updates from websites like this one, but then the emails kept going out after the cutoff date and continued to do so for about a year, although the delivery times became more erratic and sometimes they […]
No More Kobo Super Points for You!
Back in 2015 Kobo started a Super Points program where you could earn Kobo Super Points with every purchase from Kobo.com, and then use the points to get ebooks and audiobooks for free. There are two tiers, one for regular customers and one for Kobo VIP members, which costs $10 per year and VIP members […]