Kindle

Making a Literary Clock from a Hacked Kindle (Video)

15 August, 2018 // 0 Comments

We've seen a Kindle turned into a weather station, thermometer, fridge magnet, a display for the Raspberry Pi, and a monitor. And now, if you have a spare Kindle lying around, you can turn it into a [Read More ...]

Something is Happening to the Kindle Voyage

1 August, 2018 // 10 Comments

Remember earlier this year when the basic Kindle disappeared from the Kindle listings on Amazon.com, only to return a few days later? It looks like that situation has recurred. While writing a post [Read More ...]

Kindle Firmware Update 5.9.7 Adds Early Returns for Library Books

1 August, 2018 // 2 Comments

The latest Kindle firmware update dropped on Monday. According to the changelog, this update features "performance improvements and other general enhancements" as well as one new feature that library [Read More ...]

Trade in an Old Kindle and Amazon Will Give You 25% Off a New One

1 August, 2018 // 3 Comments

Amazon just gave us a reason to go find that an old dead Kindle lying in a drawer somewhere and blow the dust off. The retailer is running a special trade-in deal on its site right now where you can [Read More ...]

Kindle Oasis 2 Refurbs Now Available for $179

26 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon is now selling refurbished units of its latest and greatest ereader at a 28% discount. The Kindle Oasis 2 normally retails for $249 and up, but you can get a refurb for $179 (for the 8GB [Read More ...]

Why Wait for Prime Day? $39 Fire HD 8, $69 Kindle Paperwhite

9 July, 2018 // 0 Comments

Amazon's big sale day is still a week away, but there's no reason to wait. The retailer has lowered the price on several Kindle and Fire tablet models. Prime members can get the Fire HD 8, Fire HD [Read More ...]

Amazon Claims to Accurately Measure Pages Read in Kindle Unlimited, Neglects to Mention There’s no Standard Page Size

19 June, 2018 // 7 Comments

Earlier this week Amazon released a statement tangential to the ongoing problem of cheating in Kindle Unlimited, but as with many of Amazon's statements the bigger story is what was left unsaid. To [Read More ...]

Does Anyone Miss Having Word Games and Apps on Kindles?

19 June, 2018 // 13 Comments

a Kindle Touch displaying a "find it" type of game Yesterday's bizarre price osculations on the Kindle Voyage and Kindle Paperwhite got me thinking about older Kindle models, and what they used to be [Read More ...]

Amazon Drops the Price of the Kindle Voyage to $149

18 June, 2018 // 13 Comments

Cartomancers are going to need to dust off their bones, because I have a mystery for them. Amazon has quietly cut the price of the Kindle Voyage. This four-year-old ereader was selling for $199 just [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Rose in May 2018

17 June, 2018 // 1 Comment

In spite of cheats like Chance Carter, the third largest ebook market in the world continued to expand in May 2018. Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool total $22.5 [Read More ...]

Amazon Now Lets Authors Purchase Multiple Copies of Kindle eBooks

15 June, 2018 // 7 Comments

Instafreebie and other free ebook sites are a great way to give away ebooks, but not all readers are capable of loading an ebook on their Kindle. That is why some authors give away copies bought in [Read More ...]

Kindle Firmware Update 5.9.6 Lets You Install Your Own Fonts

6 June, 2018 // 4 Comments

Amazon released a new update for its ereaders this week, and it's going to make picky readers very happy. The update adds support for Arabic-language ebooks which have been available through the [Read More ...]

Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool, Per-Page Rate Increased in April 2018

17 May, 2018 // 0 Comments

The third largest ebook market in the world continued to grow in April 2018. Amazon announced on Tuesday that the funding pool increased to $21.2 million in April, up from $21 million in March. At [Read More ...]

Fire Tablet, Kindle on Sale for Mother’s Day

7 May, 2018 // 0 Comments

Mother’s Day is next week here in the US, and Amazon is holding a sale in the hopes you will get a special someone an ereader, tablet, or smart speaker. Both the Kindle and the Fire tablets are $10 [Read More ...]

Audible is Giving Away a Kindle With New Annual Membership

30 April, 2018 // 0 Comments

During Audible's early years it would frequently offer discounts or bundles that combined an MP3 player and an Audible subscription. Those bundle offers petered out over the years, although Amazon [Read More ...]

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