Tips and Tricks

How to Make Your Own Kindle Audio Adapter for Less Than $5

15 May, 2016 // 20 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

Voiceview for Kindle Works on the Kindle Oasis and Voyage, and Other Things Amazon Didn’t Tell You

12 May, 2016 // 15 Comments

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 eventually. [Read More ...]

One Simple Trick for Coming Up With Names for Stuff

8 May, 2016 // 12 Comments

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 than stenographers taking notation in the [Read More ...]

How to Find Free and Open Source Fonts for E-ink Screens

30 April, 2016 // 29 Comments

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 Kobo ereader, and at the [Read More ...]

How to Send an Epub eBook to Your Kindle by Email

27 April, 2016 // 5 Comments

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 you can use to [Read More ...]

How to install Bookerly, Ember, Roboto, and Other Fonts on Kobo eReaders

23 April, 2016 // 19 Comments

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 Kindle or a Fire tablet without [Read More ...]

How to Download and Read eBooks From Google Play Books

12 April, 2016 // 7 Comments

Now supported in 60 plus countries, Google Play Books is growing in popularity, but it is still a little difficult to navigate. As I was reminded on MobileRead last week, some users were daunted [Read More ...]

How to Read Korean, Japanese, or Chinese Text in Images via Google Translate

11 April, 2016 // 3 Comments

Google Translate is an awesomely wonderful tool which lets us read text in other languages. It's built in to Chrome (which is why I stick with that browser), and accessible as a bookmarklet in other [Read More ...]

Seven Ways to Free Up Space on Your Android Device or Fire Tablet

3 April, 2016 // 4 Comments

iPad and iPhone owners have a limited number of options for managing the storage on their device (which is why we were all so excited to learn about the movie rental trick) but Android owners do [Read More ...]

This One Weird Trick Could Save Space on Your iDevice

1 April, 2016 // 8 Comments

The limited storage on iDevices has forced many owners to develop workarounds (including streaming audiobooks) but now a solution is at hand. A number of Redditors have discovered, and Gizmodo [Read More ...]

How to Use Calibre to Convert eBooks to KFX Format (for the Enhanced Kindle Typography)

28 March, 2016 // 11 Comments

When Amazon announced the KFX format last year, they teased ebookophiles with features like hyphenation, improved kerning, and dropcaps, features which one could find in ebooks bought in the [Read More ...]

How to Dispose of a Broken or Dead Kindle, And Earn a Few Dollars

27 March, 2016 // 0 Comments

I've already written a post about what you can do with an android tablet with a broken screen, but it occurred to me today that I've never published a similar post on what to do with a Kindle in a [Read More ...]

How To Manually Update Your Kindle If You Miss the Deadline

23 March, 2016 // 25 Comments

It's only a day past the 22 March deadline for the critical Kindle update, and early reports suggest that not everyone got the emails, post cards, and phone calls from Amazon about the update. If [Read More ...]

New Nook Hardware Could Become Worthless in the UK After May 2016

15 March, 2016 // 91 Comments

With Barnes & Noble set to shutter its UK Nook Store today, its customers are still scrambling to get their ebooks transferred to Sainsbury's. Some report that the transfer service is flaky, [Read More ...]

How to Downgrade Your Fire HD 7, HD 6 Tablet from Fire OS 5 Bellini to OS 4 Sangria

12 March, 2016 // 3 Comments

Not everyone is happy about the most recent update which added Fire OS Bellini to the Fire HD 7, Fire HDX 8.9, and Fire HD 6 tablets. Users are complaining on Amazon's support forums, the comment [Read More ...]

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Allen F on B&N Now Pitching “Nook First Look” Promo Service to Indie AuthorsAnother 'little' problem is that before they'd only take ebooks that had 'made it' sales-wise elsewhere. Doesn't look like that's
Marion Gropen on Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2017 as the Per-Page Rate DroppedWhen we're looking at when any given self- or micro-publisher should participate, the trend in per page reimbursement is what
Mosby on Welcome to 2007: B&N Launches a Podcast, Joins MyspaceIt's also on Google Play in the podcast section.
Anthony Pero on Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2017 as the Per-Page Rate DroppedI'm not sure it is more relevant. It might be equally relevant.
Allen F on Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2017 as the Per-Page Rate DroppedThose that stay will thank those promising to leave. No horse in this race, but it's fun to watch.
Marion Gropen on Kindle Unlimited Funding Pool Grew in July 2017 as the Per-Page Rate DroppedDo you have a list of the per-page rates, historically. Isn't that more relevant than the total pool?
Nate Hoffelder on Self-Centered Bookseller Demands Amazon Subsidize Indie Bookstores"He needs to take his cheesy whine to Manhattan, where the decision was made to force small booksellers to go