Amazon has several Kindle devices on sale from now until Mother’s Day, which is May 10th, this coming Sunday. The Kindle Paperwhite is marked down to $99 again, so is the Fire HD 7, the entry-level Kindle is $59, and the Fire HD Kids Edition tablets are $25-$40 off. The sales for Kindle ebook readers […]
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Kobo Deals: $99 Aura with Free Cover; up to 70% off eBooks
As the holiday shopping season comes to a close, there are still some good deals to be had on Kobo ebooks and some Kobo devices. The original 6-inch Kobo Aura is marked down to $99 as part of Kobo’s Boxing Week Deals. That’s $40 off the regular price. The sale is ongoing at Kobo.com and […]
Kobo eBook Readers on Sale
Kobo has been making a lot of changes to their website recently. They’ve also got some of their ebook readers on sale right now. Once again the Kobo Aura is marked down to $99 from $139 both at Kobo.com and Chapters. The Kobo Aura has a high resolution 6-inch E Ink Pearl screen, a frontlight, […]
Kobo Black Friday Sale: $99 Kobo Aura; up to 75% off Bestsellers
Kobo is running a few different Black Friday sales from now through Sunday on Kobo.com. They are offering up to 75% off bestselling ebooks from every genre (don’t forget that Google is running a 75% off Cyber Monday weekend sale as well, and Amazon is price-matching many of the titles from both promotions). Kobo is […]
New Firmware Update 3.11.0 Released for Kobo eBook Readers
Kobo has been busy issuing lots of new updates for their line of ebook readers lately. Toward the end of August they released version 3.8.0, and now they’ve got another new version ready to go that adds some more new features and fixes some bugs. The new firmware has inexplicably jumped all they way up […]
How to Enable Full Screen Mode on Kobo eReaders
While working on the Kobo Aura H2O review, I came across a tip mentioned at MobileRead that enables the option to turn off the header and footer from displaying to enter full screen reading mode. The full screen option works with both Kobo ePubs (.kepubs) and regular sideloaded ePubs. Personally I’ve always been annoyed by […]
New Software Update 3.8.0 Released for Kobo eReaders
Last month Kobo released a software update for their line of E Ink ebook readers, version 3.5.0. Now Kobo has already released another new update, and somehow it has jumped all the way up to version 3.8.0. The new Kobo Aura H2O accounts for version 3.7.0, but whatever happened to 3.6? Anyway, according to preliminary […]
Kobo Glo, Aura and Aura HD Updated to Firmware 3.5.0
Kobo has issued a new software update, version 3.5.0, for the Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, and Kobo Aura HD. They’ve also updated the Kobo PC desktop software to version 3.9.0. Kobo always releases their software updates gradually in different parts of the world. Since I live in the US I never seem to get updates […]