With Kobo launching their audiobook subscription plan last week, where customers can get one audiobook per month for $9.99, it has me thinking about how ebooks and audiobooks are treated differently. Why is it that big publishers are fine with audiobook subscription plans but they continue to resist ebook subscriptions for the same exact titles? […]
Are Kobo’s Audiobooks Too Overpriced?
Last week Kobo started selling audiobooks on their website alongside ebooks. They also introduced an audiobook subscription plan that costs $9.99 per month in the US and $12.99 in Canada. Basically you get one audiobook per month with the current subscription, and they plan on adding more options in the future. Kobo’s audiobooks can be […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks – September 11th, 2017
Here’s a list of 10 free Kindle ebooks to start off the week. Also, as mentioned yesterday, Fire tablets are on sale for Amazon Prime members this week and Kindles are on sale until the 14th for Prime Student members. Please note that the free Kindle books listed below are free as of September 11th, […]
Kindle eBooks Sale, Prime Deals on Fire Tablets and Kindles
Once again Amazon has a list of Kindle ebooks on sale today only (September 10th) for one of their main deals of the day. This time around the ebook deal centers around “riveting reads”. Most of the ebooks are priced at $2.99, some are $3.99. Amazon is also running another sale on Fire tablets exclusively […]
Last of the Free Whispersync for Voice Audiobooks
It appears that Amazon has stopped their Whispersync for Voice promotion where they giveaway a different free classic audiobook each month. They’ve been doing it for like 5 years now so I guess it was bound to end eventually. At the end of last month they removed the box that advertises the monthly freebie from […]
Frontlights Explained – Why eBook Readers Don’t Have Backlights
One of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to ebook readers is the type of screen lighting system they use. It’s fairly common to hear people referring to ereader lights as backlights, but E Ink ebook readers use frontlights instead of backlights, which are common with LCD screens on phones and tablets. The reason for […]
Why No Dual Screen Tablets with E Ink Screens?
Over the past few years there have been a number of dual-screen smartphones with an E Ink screen on one side of the device and an LCD screen on the other. The most prominent model is the Yotaphone, and the 3rd generation model was recently unveiled. There’s also the new dual-screen Hisense A2 Pro that […]
Kobo Now Selling Audiobooks Individually and By Subscription
Today Kobo announced that they’ve started offering audiobooks in addition to ebooks. They are available now on the new audiobooks section of Kobo’s website. Kobo’s audiobooks can be purchased individually or through a monthly subscription plan. With the audiobook subscription you get one credit per month that can be exchanged for one audiobook. The subscription […]