Amazon's Kindle is a great reading platform with a number of useful annotation features, but sometimes it's not enough. I recently had to pull the notes from several Kindle ebooks,...
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Category: Tips and Tricks
Thirteen Great Tools That Will Make Your Writing Shine
Writing is hard, even at the best of times. Putting down your thoughts in an orderly and compelling manner can be excruciating, so much so that trying to keep...
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14 Apps That Help You Make eBooks
Amazon may be quietly locking out its competition with ebook creation apps like the newly released Kindle Creator, but not all ebook creation apps tie you down to a single distribution...
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Netflix for Comics: Where to Find Unlimited Comics Now That Scribd Has Dropped Out
What with Scribd having removed digital comics from its subscription service in early December, many comics readers are looking for their next source for a binge-reading session. Sure, they could simply...
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Tips for New eReader and Tablet Owners
The wrapping paper has been bagged up, the dairy-free, sugar-free eggnog has been drunk, the sacrificial micro-drones have been fed to the fire, and the annoying in-laws have been suitably...
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Just Got a Kindle? Here’s What You Should Do Next
Many people opened their presents a couple days ago to find a Kindle, and now they are looking for ways to get the most out of their new gadget....
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TunesKit Audible Converter Rescues Audible Audiobooks
Many people use calibre plugins to protect their ebooks by stripping the DRM. Now there is a similar, albeit paid, solution for Audible audiobooks. Tuneskit Studio announced the release...
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Kindle Intocable Hack Disables the Touchscreen on the Kindle Voyage
One reason many ereader owners love page turn buttons is that we're frustrated when we accidentally turn the page on an ereader's touchscreen.This has turned may off from buying...
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Did You Know You Can Embed eBooks from Google Books on a Website?
An interesting trick crossed my desk today. Did you know it is possible to take an ebook from Google Books and embed it on on a webpage? Google has supported...
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How to Make Your Own Kindle Audio Adapter for Less Than $5
Last week Amazon announced Voiceview for Kindle, an accessibility feature for blind and visually impaired Kindle owners. Voiceview is accessed through the Kindle audio adapter, which comes bundled with a $140 Kindle...
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Voiceview for Kindle Works on the Kindle Oasis and Voyage, and Other Things Amazon Didn’t Tell You
When Amazon launched Voiceview for Kindle on Tuesday, they announced it with a $140 Kindle Paperwhite bundle and the promise that the feature would be coming to other Kindle models...
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One Simple Trick for Coming Up With Names for Stuff
For some writers, stringing words together to tell a story is the easy part. The words just flow in a pattern that creates itself, leaving us as little more...
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How to Find Free and Open Source Fonts for E-ink Screens
The recent news about Amazon's new Ember font has sparked a renewed interest in fonts for E-ink screens. Last weekend I posted instructions on how to install fonts on a...
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How to Send an Epub eBook to Your Kindle by Email
Amazon offers a free conversion service where you can send documents to your Kindle, but there is a problem: it doesn't work with Epub files. Even though there are services...
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How to install Bookerly, Ember, Roboto, and Other Fonts on Kobo eReaders
Thursday's news about Amazon's new font, Ember, inspired me to go find instructions on how to install it on an ereader. While you can't install custom fonts on a...
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