It’s been a long time since posting about Tor’s monthly giveaways for their ebook club, but this month they’re giving away 3 free ebooks as part of a bundle that would cost $26.97 if you purchased each separately right now, and they have good ratings, so the offer is definitely worth checking out. The books […]
Amazon Dropping MOBI Support on Send to Kindle Apps
Last week the news broke about Amazon now allowing Kindle users to send ePub files to Kindles by email, and how the Send to Kindle apps will be getting ePub support later in 2022 as well. There was also a smaller news story that was revealed at the same time that’s worth discussing as well. […]
Huge Kindle Sale for Mother’s Day
Every year Amazon puts Kindle ereaders and other Amazon devices on sale for the week leading up to Mother’s Day, and this year is no exception. In fact, the deals are better than usual this year. They have the 6.8-inch Kindle Paperwhite marked down to $104.99, which ties the lowest price it’s been since it […]
Kindles Now Support ePubs Sent by Email
Here’s an interesting detail that just turned up at MobileRead. You can now send ePub ebooks by email to Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps. Amazon even has ePub listed as a supported format now for the Kindle Personal Documents Service, and there’s a note saying the Send-to-Kindle applications will also support ePub starting in late […]
7″ Onyx Boox Leaf eReader Now Available at Best Buy
The Boox Leaf is Onyx’s latest 7-inch ereader that was released in December of 2021, and now it’s finally available to purchase from a US retailer. For some odd reason Onyx refuses to sell their smaller models from their Amazon store so if you wanted to get one you had to order from China or […]
New Jailbreak Released for Kindle eReaders up to 5.14.2
A new software jailbreak has been released for all Kindles dating back to the Kindle Paperwhite 2, so that includes all Kindles released since 2013, and it works up to software version 5.14.2. The latest Kindle update 5.14.3 was just released a couple of days ago to close the loophole that enables this, so as […]
New Kindle Software Update 5.14.3 Now Available to Download
Amazon is rolling out another software update for Kindle ereaders, but so far it doesn’t really seem to change much. The new software version is 5.14.3. It’s available for all Kindles going back to the Kindle Paperwhite 3 from 2015. The release notes include all the changes from the last update when they changed the […]
E Ink Releasing New Color ePaper Screens for eReaders and eNotes
E Ink has unveiled new color screens called E Ink Gallery 3 that are designed for ereaders and eNotes and they bring some significant improvements over previous color E Ink screens. E Ink’s new Gallery 3 displays are based on their ACeP technology so they are able to cover the full color gamut using four […]