When Kobo’s parent company, Rakuten, purchased OverDrive last year it seemed like an obvious move for them to add OverDrive support directly to Kobo ereaders like Sony used to have on their ebook readers before they quit making them. After a year and a half of waiting, built-in OverDrive support has finally come to fruition […]
Will Amazon Release a New Kindle This Fall?
Since 2009 when Amazon introduced the second generation Kindle they have released a new model each fall just in time for the busy holiday shopping season. Until last year when they finally broke that cycle. A lot of people kept waiting for a new Kindle to get announced, especially a Kindle Voyage 2, but it […]
The Phantom of the Opera – Free Audiobook for September
Once again Amazon and Audible are giving away The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux as their free audiobook and Kindle ebook combo for the month of September. This is a repeat offer so you may already have it if you get these monthly Whispersync for Voice freebies regularly. If not, you can get […]
Free eBook: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
A couple of months ago Tor.com launched an ebook of the month club where they started offering a free download for one of their popular ebooks for a week each month In order to get the free ebook all you have to do is signup for Tor.com’s monthly newsletter. This month’s free ebook offering is […]
New Kobo Aura One and Kobo Aura 2 Now Available to Order
Kobo’s two new ebook readers for 2016, the 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One and 6-inch Kobo Aura 2, are now available to pre-order from Kobo.com and Chapters.Indigo (links below). Currently they aren’t showing any ship dates but both devices are officially supposed to get released on September 6th. At first Indigo was showing them as “in […]
10 Free Kindle Books and Kindle Book Deals
It’s time for another weekly roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to get your Monday off to a good start. Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of August 29th, 2016. Most of these titles are free for a limited time only and will expire in a few days […]
10 Free Kobo eBooks – August 28th
Below is a roundup of 10 free ebooks from Kobo.com. Last month I posted a similar list now that Kobo has made their free ebook section better so let’s do it again. You can find more via the free ebook section on Kobo’s website. Note that the ebooks below are free as of August 28th, […]
Top Kindle Book Deals of 2016 and Other Sales
Here lately Amazon has been offering 1-day only sales on Kindle books, and today they’re having another sale for the Top Kindle Books of 2016. Usually the list of books on sale is pretty short but this time around they’ve got 49 Kindle books on sale as part of the Gold Box Deal of the […]