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Amazon Has Retired KindleGen

4 September, 20204 September, 2020content creation, ebook tools, Kindle (platform)4 Comments

I was just catching up with the #ePrdctn tag over on Twitter when I read that Amazon has removed the KindleGen ebook-creation tool from its website....

How to Send Web Content Directly to Your Kindle (Updated for 2020)

21 August, 202022 August, 2020Kindle (platform), Tips and Tricks2 Comments

We all spend a lot of time reading in our web browsers, but sometimes you want to finish reading a particularly long article in Evernote, Kindle, or...

Amazon Has Weeded the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library

18 August, 202018 August, 2020Kindle (platform)12 Comments

Originally launched under the name Amazon Prime eBooks in late 2011, the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library was Amazon’s first foray into ebook subscriptions. It was only...

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 Tricks127 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...