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Has Amazon Killed the Offline Mode for the Kindle Cloud Reader?

9 July, 20209 July, 2020e-Reading Software, Kindle (platform)5 Comments

A little under 9 years ago Amazon launched a version of the Kindle app that lived in your web browser. It is called Kindle Cloud Reader,...

Amazon Removes Active Content Section of the Kindle Store

5 July, 20205 July, 2020Kindle (platform)11 Comments

I was just reading over at MobileRead that Amazon has finally removed the Active Content section of the Kindle Store. AC is the clunky name that...

How to Download Your Kindle Notes and Highlights and Export Them (Updated for 2020)

28 June, 20201 July, 2020calibre, Kindle, Kindle (platform), Tips and Tricks124 Comments

Amazon has a great reading platform in the Kindle, but sometimes it’s not enough. Sometimes I need to take the notes I make in a Kindle...

When Did Amazon Start Demanding That You Verify Your eBooks Before They Get Converted and Sent to Your Kindle?

5 June, 20205 June, 2020Kindle (platform)29 Comments

Amazon’s free conversion service has been one of Kindle’s killer features ever since the Kindle launched in 2007. I have used it countless times over the...

KDP Print Expands to Canada

22 October, 201922 October, 2019Kindle (platform), POD, Self-Pub2 Comments

Amazon’s POD service has expanded into the land of moose and snow. The retailer announced in the KDP support forums last week that KDP Print could...

Kindle Firmware Update 5.12.2

4 October, 20194 October, 2019Kindle (platform)6 Comments

Back in July Amazon released a firmware update that added a “read now” feature to the before you go section found in the back of Kindle...

Why Is It a Big Deal That HarperCollins Puts “Hundreds” if Titles in Kindle Unlimited When They Already Have “Thousands” in Scribd?

2 October, 20192 October, 2019Kindle (platform), Publishing8 Comments

The hot publishing news story this week has everyone talking excitedly, but it’s left me scratching my head. There’s a (paywalled) story over on The Bookseller...

Amazon is Shutting Down Kindle Matchbook, Its Print+eBook Bundling Program

30 September, 201930 September, 2019Freebies, Kindle (platform)13 Comments

It’s only been a few short days since Amazon announced that Amazon Giveaways was ending, and now they’ve decided to shut down another promotion service. I...

How to Change the Font Size in Dictionaries on the Kindle

21 August, 201921 August, 2019Kindle (platform), Tips and TricksLeave a comment

I was working with a client on their website today when they happened to mention that they were having trouble reading on their Kindle (this blog...

Amazon is Shutting Down Kindle Publishing for Blogs

13 August, 201914 August, 2019Kindle (platform)4 Comments

Amazon sent out an email on Tuesday, informing users that it was shutting down the service that converted blogs’ RSS feeds into daily ebooks delivered to...

Amazon Launches Worldwide Full-Language Support for Traditional Chinese in Kindle eBooks

24 May, 201924 May, 2019Kindle (platform), Self-Pub2 Comments

Amazon first started selling Chinese-language Kindle ebooks in 2012, but only in China. Chinese expats or foreign-language learners either had to find another source or use...

KDP Reports Dashboard Now Has a Royalties Estimator

23 May, 201923 May, 2019Kindle (platform), Self-PubOne Comment

I have just heard via the 20Booksto50K group on Facebook that Amazon has added a new royalty estimator to the KDP Reports dashboard that launched last...

Kindle Unlimited, Now With Limits

9 May, 20199 May, 2019Kindle (platform)2 Comments

I was browsing MobileRead this morning when I read that earlier this week a Kindle Unlimited user in Australia has had their KU subscription suspended until the...

Here’s How Kindle’s New Read/Unread Setting Works

16 April, 201916 April, 2019e-Reading Hardware, e-Reading Software, Kindle (platform)9 Comments

When Amazon announced the new Kindle a few weeks back, one of the features mentioned in the footnotes was that the new device would have the...

Alexa Can Now Manage (Some of) Your Audible and Kindle Content

13 April, 201913 April, 2019Kindle (platform), Tips and TricksLeave a comment

Amazon recently updated the Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon.com with a new notice that reads “Using Alexa, you can now send ebooks, audiobooks,...