One great thing about ebooks is that fact that many public libraries around the world support ebook lending for free. All you need is an internet connection, a library card, a device to read on, and some time to read. Downloads through OverDrive’s library lending service increased by 24% in 2015. They set a new […]
Amazon Echo Can Now Read Kindle eBooks Using Text to Speech
Amazon recently added some new reader-friendly features to their Amazon Echo device. You can now have Alexa read aloud Kindle ebooks using text-to-speech. They also improved Audible audiobook playback control by adding voice commands for skipping chapters. The new text-to-speech feature works with your purchased Kindle ebooks and ebooks borrowed from the Kindle Owners’ Lending […]
10 Free Kindle eBooks and Magazine Deals
It’s time for another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle books. Amazon also has some magazines on sale today as their main Deal of the Day. You can get a full year’s subscription to a number of magazines for just $5. Some are print only and some are print plus digital. Please note that the […]
Anyone Using New Blue Shade Feature on Fire Tablets?
Last month Amazon released an update for the newer line of Fire tablets that run Fire OS 5 to add a new Blue Shade feature, among other things. Blue Shade is intended to help improve nighttime reading on tablets by filtering blue light to help with sleep and lowering brightness levels for less eye strain. […]
Kindle Trade-In Promo Adds $20 Bonus Toward New Kindle Purchase
Amazon has started a new trade-in promotion where customers can trade an old Kindle, even a non-working one, to get a gift card plus a $20 bonus credit toward the purchase of a new Kindle. To be clear, this offer includes Kindle ereaders only, not Fire tablets. But all older Kindles are included, all the […]
Amazon Now Offers Option to Embed Book Previews on Sites and Apps
Amazon has started rolling out a new feature this week called Kindle instant previews that lets anyone embed full samples of books directly on third-party websites and apps. Kindle instant previews are similar to the “Look Inside” feature that Amazon offers on their website that lets customers preview samples of most books using a web […]
Amazon Should Release a Reader’s Edition Tablet With a Liquavista Display
Last month Amazon announced the release of the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition Tablet, their most misleading product release yet. On the surface it sounds like a really good idea, but then upon closer examination all it is is a marketing ploy for a Fire HD 8 bundle with an overpriced cover and a year-long […]
What Do You Do With Your eBooks After Reading Them?
Yesterday I came across a post at MobileRead asking what do you do with an ebook after you’re finished reading it. That’s an interesting question that I haven’t thought of before. For me, I do nothing. I just let the finished books be wherever it is. I don’t make backups. I don’t mark them as […]