Kobo has kicked off a holiday sale on their ereaders, and unlike their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, all Kobo models are included this time (well, except the Kobo Sage since it was discontinued months ago, but Kobo still lists it on their website even though it can’t be purchased). The Kobo Libra Colour […]
DRM-Free Kindle eBooks Will Be Downloadable in EPUB and PDF Formats Soon
Big news. Amazon is going to start giving Kindle ebook customers the option to download DRM-free Kindle ebooks in standard EPUB and PDF formats directly from the Manage Your Content and Devices page at Amazon. The change will go into effect on January 20th, 2026 according to Amazon’s Digital Rights Management page. However, existing DRM-free […]
New Kindle Scribes Now Available to Order – Does Anyone Really Care?
Amazon has finally started accepting orders for the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and the new black and white Kindle Scribe after making people wait over 10 weeks since announcing them. Both are shipping now from Amazon.com, except the red (fig) 64GB version of the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft isn’t getting released until sometime in January. They’re […]
Change to Bookmark Feature on Kindles After Update
Amazon has started slowly rolling out some new changes to the user interface on Kindles after the last 5.18.6 software update. Last week I posted about how they changed the look of the table of contents menu and the dictionary panel (they also removed the ability to open the dictionary as a book when looking […]
PocketBook Now Selling E Ink Posters, and You Won’t Believe the Price
PocketBook recently started selling E Ink “InkPosters” from their Amazon store alongside their ereaders, with prices that could only seem reasonable to the ultra wealthy. They’re selling two different models. The 28.5″ InkPoster costs $2,399 and the 31.5″ InkPoster costs $,1699. I still haven’t figured out why the smaller one is more expensive, but there’s […]
Kindle User Interface Changing Again, and it Breaks the Dictionary
It’s time to bring out the pitchforks and torches. Amazon is changing the appearance of some parts of the user interface on Kindles once again, and people aren’t going to like it. The update brings a new look to the table of contents menu, and they’re also changing the panel that pops up when you […]
Release Date for New Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Finally Revealed
It’s been over two months now since Amazon first announced that they would be releasing three new Kindle Scribes, including the first one with a color E Ink screen, and now we finally have a release date for two of them. Amazon’s website now says the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and BW Kindle Scribe will be […]
The Best Things About Kindles That Make Them So Popular
There’s a lot of negativity surrounding Amazon these days, especially when it comes to some of the changes they’ve made to the Kindle ecosystem over the past year. Instead of complaining about something Amazon did again, I wanted to post an article with all the positive things about Kindles that makes them the most popular […]