The eBook Reader Blog

It’s time for another roundup of ten free Kindle ebooks to help get the week off to a good start. Amazon still has Kindle Unlimited subscriptions on sale as well until January 11th. Please note that the free Kindle books listed below are free as of January 7th, 2019. Most of these titles are free […]

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to update your Kindle ebook reader to the latest software version that Amazon offers. Some people have been asking why their new Kindle Paperwhite lacks some of the features shown in the video review, such as the option to disable the touchscreen, and it’s because the software isn’t up-to-date. […]

Here’s a quick review of the water-safe fabric cover for the new Kindle Paperwhite. The water-safe fabric cover sells for $29.99 from Amazon. It’s available in black, blue, and yellow. It’s not waterproof like the new Kindle Paperwhite; Amazon calls it “water-safe”. Water beads up on it and doesn’t really soak in so you can […]

In case you missed it, Amazon put Kindle Unlimited subscriptions on sale right before Christmas, which is something they usually do a month earlier for Black Friday, but this year they’ve been doing things differently in regards to Kindle sales (I still can’t believe they never put the entry-level Kindle on sale for the holidays). […]

Woot had a bunch of older Kindles on sale over the holiday shopping season. Then things dried up after Christmas but now there are a bunch of Kindle deals back again at Woot. Woot is owned by Amazon so that’s where leftover Kindle stock often shows up on sale. They don’t have a dedicated Kindle […]

Onyx has dropped the price of the original 10.3-inch Note down to $499 at Amazon. It started out at $550 when it was first released. Then they dropped it to $530 awhile back, and now it’s $499 with free shipping, making it the best value large-screen ereader on the market. It also comes with a […]

One of the perks of being an Amazon Prime member is the fact that you can get a free Kindle ebook each month from a selection of new exclusive books at Amazon. This month Amazon is offering Prime members two free ebooks from their First Reads selection (formally Kindle First). There are six books to […]

If you got a new Kindle Paperwhite this holiday season and want to open up the software to install other reading apps and software tweaks, there’s a handy jailbreaking tutorial over at MobileRead with step-by-step directions on how to jailbreak the new Kindle Paperwhite 4. The most important thing to do is to keep Wi-Fi […]