An important but often overlooked feature on Amazon’s line of Fire tablets is the ability to create daily automatic backups so that you can restore your data in case your Fire tablet is ever lost or damaged, or if you need to perform a factory reset for some reason or another. The backup feature saves […]
10 Free Kindle Books – January 18th
Here’s another weekly roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle books. Amazon usually also has some Kindle-related sales that I post about too, but there’s nothing interesting going on today. They just have stuff they call a sale but it’s not really a sale (like the Kindle Voyage Essentials Bundle). Please note that the free Kindle […]
Have E Ink Screens Reached Their Technological Peak?
This time of year I usually post a video from CES showing E Ink’s booth full of new ereading products and prototypes sporting E Ink displays. However, E Ink’s focus has gone farther and farther away from ereaders over the past few years. This year I haven’t seen a single video from CES showing anything […]
Moby Dick is Free eBook and Audiobook Combo – Whispersync for Voice
Amazon has a new free ebook and audiobook pair up for this month (even though they haven’t updated the link on their Whispersync for Voice page yet). This month’s freebie is Moby Dick: or, the White Whale. For a limited time you can get both the Kindle ebook and the professionally-narrated Audible audiobook for free. […]
Is Your eBook Reader or Tablet’s Battery Dying?
The great thing about ebooks is the fact that they can be copied and backed up and they don’t break down or degrade over time like paper books. The same thing can’t be said for the manner in which we read ebooks, however. Reading ebooks always requires using some degree electricity, even just a tiny […]
Kobo Offers Price Match Guarantee for eBooks, Plus an Extra 10% Credit
Kobo recently introduced a price-matching program for ebook purchases that includes a 10% bonus credit. It works a bit differently than Amazon’s price-matching system where ebook prices get discounted directly to reflect prices and sales by other merchants. The way it works with Kobo is you have to buy the ebook then submit a request […]
Icarus Illumina XL 8-inch Android eReader Now on Amazon for $199
The Icarus Illumina XL first started shipping last month to customers that pre-ordered one or backed Icarus’s crowdfunding campaign they launched back in November. Now the Illumina XL is available to order from Amazon.com for $199. There’s also a bundle package that comes with a cover for $20 more. Icarus is a company that is […]
Public Library eBooks and Audiobooks More Popular Than Ever
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 […]