I saw a forum post about Amazon giving away 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for free so I went and checked it out and the promotion is indeed available for me too, and I don’t have Prime so it app...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/17/get-3-months-of-kindle-unlimited-for-free-ymmv/
Somehow Kindles continue to dominate the ereader market, and yet if you follow the industry closely it’s readily apparent that Kindles are the least innovative and the slowest to change and get...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/16/kindle-ereaders-are-lagging-behind-again/
It’s been eighteen months since Amazon released the Kindle Scribe, and I still can’t figure out their motivation behind it, or why it’s on sale all the time at what seems to be unusually lo...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/14/something-about-the-kindle-scribe-doesnt-add-up/
It started last fall when the Kindle Oasis started to periodically show up as “currently unavailable” on Amazon’s website, and then by December it was no longer available to purchase in the...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/09/the-kindle-oasis-has-been-edited-out-of-existence/
It’s that time of year again when Amazon has a bunch of products on sale leading up to Mother’s Day, including the Kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite, and the Kindle Scribe. While all three versio...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/05/kindle-ereaders-now-on-sale-for-mothers-day/
Amazon decided to discontinue the Kindle Oasis earlier this year, and they’re getting pretty hard to find in new condition now, but Amazon is currently running a sale on the international versi...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/05/02/international-kindle-oasis-on-clearance-for-50-off/
Every year Amazon gives away some Kindle ebooks for free to help celebrate World Book Day. This year they’re doing things differently, but you can still get one Kindle book for free from a list...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/04/25/get-a-free-kindle-ebook-for-world-book-day-maybe/
I noticed over the past week that Amazon has been putting the Kindle Scribe on sale, but they’re only doing it for maybe a few hours each day. I don’t understand the point of putting it on sa...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/04/22/the-mysterious-recurring-kindle-scribe-sale/
People often ask when is the best time to buy a new Kindle at the lowest price, and the answer is usually Prime Day. Kindles often hit their lowest prices ever during Prime Day sales, but an Amaz...
We’re only four months into 2024 and Amazon has already discontinued two Kindles this year, while not releasing any new models since 2022. Meanwhile Kobo is releasing three new ereaders this mo...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/04/15/another-kindle-discontinued-whats-next/
Amazon has a long history of making their own branded products as inexpensive as possible so they can sell more units and keep people engaged in buying more stuff from Amazon. Their Fire tablets ...
If you own a Kindle you’ve probably seen the low battery warning screen when the battery gets too low to keep the Kindle powered on, and the obvious solution is to charge the battery when that ...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/04/09/kindle-stuck-on-low-battery-warning-screen/
Now that Kobo is releasing a couple of new ereaders with color E Ink screens, Amazon is the only major ereader company that still hasn’t released any color ereaders at all. Last month there was...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/04/08/is-a-color-kindle-going-to-get-released-in-2024/
There’s a new software update available for all Kindles released since 2018, which includes the 10th and 11th generation models, and the Kindle Scribe. The new software version is 5.16.8, and i...
After a long lull of Kindle sales to start the year, Amazon has put several different Kindle models and bundle packages on sale this past week. Now they have the 16GB Kindle Paperwhite marked to ...
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2024/03/28/16gb-kindle-paperwhite-now-on-sale-for-129/