Yesterday was a big day in the ebook world, and not in a good way. In case you missed the news, Amazon is planning to remove the ability to download purchased ebooks from their website starting February 26th, 2025. Most Kindle users don’t really understand what that means since most people don’t use the Download […]
Download & Transfer for Kindle eBooks Going Away on February 26
It’s time to start backing up your purchased Kindle ebooks if you haven’t already. It looks like Amazon intends to remove the Download & Transfer via USB option from their website for Kindle ebooks as of February 26th. Over on reddit, some people are saying they’ve been greeted by a new prompt when trying to […]
Onyx Boox Palma 2 Review – Best Portable eReader?
Review Date: February 2025 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview Onyx released the Boox Palma 2 in November of 2024 as a follow-up to the original Palma that came out in 2023 (at first the Palma was just an experiment that was released on a very limited basis, but then they did a full […]
Kindle Paperwhite Kids Bundle On Sale, and It’s Not Just for Kids
Last week Amazon put the Kindle Colorsoft and the base Kindle Paperwhite on sale, and now the Kindle Paperwhite Kids bundle is on sale too, and it’s actually a better deal than the standard Paperwhite model for both kids and adults alike. The Kindle Paperwhite Kids bundle normally sells for $179.99, but it’s currently marked […]
PocketBook eReaders Now On Sale for $10-$50 Off
If you’re looking to get a new ereader and want something different than a Kindle or a Kobo, Pocketbook has several of their ereaders on sale right now from their official Amazon store. Pocketbook sells a wide range of devices in various sizes, and they offer several models with color E Ink screens as well. […]
Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Paperwhite On Sale, Bundles Too
If you’re looking to score a Kindle at a discount, Amazon has the Kindle Colorsoft and the Kindle Paperwhite on sale right now, and they also have bundle packages on sale for each as well. This is the first time the Kindle Colorsoft has gone on sale for the masses. It was on sale last […]
Why is Kobo Hiding the Fact Kobo eReaders Support Adobe DRM?
Here’s something I hadn’t noticed before. If you didn’t know that Kobo’s ereaders support Adobe DRM for ebooks, you certainly wouldn’t learn that fact by visiting Kobo’s website and reading their product pages and FAQs. This morning I noticed that Kobo has redesigned the layout of the homepage on their website (it’s back to how […]
Kindle Scribe Software Update 5.17.3 Adds Side Panel Writing
Amazon has released a software update, version 5.17.3, for both the 2022 and 2024 Kindle Scribe that adds a new way to write notes within ebooks and Word documents, and it also adds a new visually-distracting icon on the screen that can’t be removed (how fun). Basically, the new feature gives you the option to […]