This year Amazon is doing Prime Day on June 21st and 22nd, so expect to see some Kindle-related deals leading up to Prime Day. Amazon already has various offers available for Prime members (if you’re not an Amazon Prime member you can get a free trial to take advantage of these deals throughout June). They […]
Kindle On Sale for $49 at Woot (Refurbs)
Woot is having another sale on refurbished Amazon devices, which includes a Kindle and Fire 7 tablet for cheap. It’s a 1-day only sale for June 2nd, but they’ll probably sell out of Kindles before the day is done (rendering this post completely useless, but a $49 Kindle deal is worth mentioning anyway). It’s the […]
Amazon Now Advertising Kindle Display Cover Feature (Poorly)
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 […]
Video Showing How New Kobo Elipsa is Made
Last week Kobo revealed the Kobo Elipsa, their new 10.3-inch ereader and e-note that is getting released on June 24th. Kobo uploaded a YouTube video giving a behind the scenes look at how the Kobo Elipsa is made and tested at the factory, and it’s pretty interesting. For those concerned about the fragility of the […]
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 […]
47 New Fire HD 10 Tablets Now Available
Amazon officially released a new Fire HD 10 tablet yesterday on May 26th. Actually they released something like 47 different versions of the Fire HD 10 (I’m not being sarcastic; that’s literally how many different configuration options there are to choose from, and that’s not counting add-ons). I’ve poked fun at Amazon in the past […]
New Touchscreen Technology Improves Contrast of E Ink Screens
Yesterday E Ink announced the launch of a new touchscreen technology for ereaders and e-notes that improves contrast of E Ink screens by 40% for color Kaleido screens and 30% for black and white Carta screens. The new touchscreen that E Ink has developed is called On-Cell Touch. They don’t give any technical details about […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Deals
It’s time for another roundup of well-reviewed Kindle ebooks that are free for a limited time. Amazon also has a list of popular Kindle ebooks on sale today only for one of their main deals of the day. Please note the free Kindle books listed below are free as of May 23rd, 2021. Most of […]