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 [Read More ...]
Tips and Tricks
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. The Kindle has the most extensive digital ecosystem in [Read More ...]
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 of a new [Read More ...]
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 the Kindle Voyage, [Read More ...]
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 this option since at least 2009, but it [Read More ...]
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 [Read More ...]
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 eventually. [Read More ...]
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 than stenographers taking notation in the [Read More ...]
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 Kobo ereader, and at the [Read More ...]
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 you can use to [Read More ...]
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 Kindle or a Fire tablet without [Read More ...]
How to Download and Read eBooks From Google Play Books
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
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
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
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 ...]