A few weeks ago Barnes and Noble pulled Nook tablets from their website and stores once it because known that there was an issue with the included charging adapter. Now Barnes and Noble has issued a recall notice advising customers to immediately stop using the recalled power adapters and to register online to get a […]
Free TOR eBook: The Bloodline Feud by Charles Stross
At the beginning of every month Tor.com publishing offers what is normally a paid ebook for free for one week. This months’s free ebook is The Bloodline Feud by Charles Stross. You can download the freebie directly from the Tor website just by signing up for their monthly newsletter. The ebook is DRM free and […]
Nook Glowlight Plus Firmware Updated to 4.6
In a somewhat surprising move, Barnes and Noble has started rolling out a new software update for the Nook Glowlight Plus that adds some new features and fixes some bugs. The last time that B&N updated the software for the Glowlight Plus was in December 2015 so it’s been quite awhile. The new firmware version […]
Kindle for PC 1.19 Update Goes Live with Enhanced Features and TTS
Amazon has released a new updated version of Kindle for PC that includes a number of changes. The new version of Kindle for PC is 1.19. It adds support for the enhanced typesetting engine that improves the way Kindle books are laid out and formatted. They’ve also improved the search functions and added text-to-speech for […]
Kobo Aura One Covers and Cases List
So far Kobo has kind of dropped the ball on the release of their 7.8-inch Kobo Aura One ebook reader. It’s been out of stock from Kobo’s website for several months now, pretty much since it was released in September (yet it’s been selling from Chapters.Indigo most of that time). The official sleepcover for the […]
Amazon Now Selling Kindles with Kindle Unlimited Membership Included
I noticed a couple of new listings at Amazon the other day for Kindles that come bundled with a membership for Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s ebook subscription service that costs $9.99 per month. I made the suggestion a long time ago that Amazon should include Kindle Unlimited on new Kindles because I think it’s a pretty […]
Amazon’s Write On by Kindle is Closing on March 22
Amazon started a website called Write On by Kindle back 2015 to help aspiring writers learn the craft and share works-in-progress with others to improve their stories. Yesterday they announced that Write On by Kindle will be closing on March 22nd, 2017. Community members are advised to download their posted and drafted stories by then […]
Kindle Trade-In Deal: Get $20 Bonus Credit off New Kindle
Amazon has another Kindle trade-in deal ongoing through 2017 where you can get an extra $20 off the purchase of a new Kindle by trading in an old one. Plus you get the credit value for the trade-in so you could use that to get as much as $75 off a new Kindle. Some models […]