I happened to notice a thread at MobileRead yesterday that points out the fact that Open Road Media is giving away several thousand Kindle ebooks for free. The promotion includes backlist titles, over 5000 of them, and they are free through December 20th. Here’s the link to the list of free Kindle books from Open […]
New Firmware Update for Kobo Aura One and Aura 2
Kobo has started rolling out a new software update for the Kobo Aura One and the Kobo Aura Edition 2. The new software version is 4.2.8110. It’s the second update issued since the new Kobo ereaders were released. The update includes a number of changes. Kobo has reportedly improved the auto brightness feature to be […]
Get Up to 85% Off Popular Kindle eBooks – 12/15
Once again Amazon has a selection of heavily-discounted Kindle books available today only as one of their Deals of the Day. This time the theme of the sale takes up to 85% off the most gifted Kindle ebooks. There are 38 different titles on the list, with lots of highly-rated books. Plus Amazon still has […]
Do You Like the New Amazon Ember Bold Kindle Font?
A couple weeks ago Amazon updated the software on Kindle ereaders for the sole purpose of adding the option to use a new bold font called Amazon Ember Bold. Lots of people have been calling for bolder fonts on Kindles for years so it was nice (and surprising) to see Amazon finally add the option. […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Kindle Deals – 12/12
It’s time for another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to start off the week. Amazon also has some Kindle and Fire tablet deals ongoing. Plus they have some memory cards discounted, like this 128GB Samsung microSD card for $34.99. Please note that the free Kindle books listed below are free as of December […]
Kindle and Fire Tablet Sales and Deals Roundup
As expected, Amazon has started offering discounts on Kindles and Fire tablets again now that we’re just two weeks away from Christmas. They also have some Kindle ebooks on sale for up to 80% off today only as one of the main deals of the day. Kindle Unlimited subscriptions remain 25% off for one year […]
Ruby Red Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 Turns up for $130
A few months ago Pocketbook released a limited-edition ruby red version of their Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 ebook reader. Pocketbook’s ereaders are mostly sold in Europe and parts of Asia. They don’t show up very often in the Americas, except from places like eBay. A 3rd-party merchant on Amazon has started selling the ruby red […]
Kindle Unlimited On Sale for 25% Off
Amazon’s ebook subscription service, Kindle Unlimited, is on sale today as one of Amazon’s deals of the day. They are taking 25% off the regular price of a 12-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited. That takes the price down to $88.99 from $119.88 for a 1-year subscription. At first I thought this was another 1-day only […]