Kindle News

Amazon has been quietly scrubbing away all vestiges of the Kindle Owners Lending Library program, since August. The company has announced that it will be utterly discontinued on January 4th, 2021. This 10 year old program was popular in the early years, but waned when Prime Reading was launched in 2016. It is an end of an era, one of the longest lived Kindle programs is … [Read more...] about Kindle Lending Library to close on January 4th 2021

Millions of people have received a new Kindle e-reader for Christmas and it can be daunting for someone who has never had one before. You can easily purchase ebooks from the store and have them instantly delivered, so you can read within seconds. There are plenty of other features such as X-Ray, Wordwise, Goodreads, or even surf the internet.Good e-Reader has put together a … [Read more...] about So you got a new Kindle for Christmas? Now what?

The Kindle is the most popular e-reader in the world and Amazon sold a copious amount during Black Friday. This created a stock shortage and virtually every single model, color, memory configuration and 4G are completely out of stock. This includes the Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis and the entry level Kindle. Even the essential bundles with case and accessory package is not … [Read more...] about Every Kindle model is out stock in the US until next year

There have been various rooting methods for the Kindle Paperwhite 4, but most need to be on very old firmware and modern Kindles have a higher version when you buy it for the first time or have owned it for a number of years. Amazon tends to push out a new update once every couple of months, which close loopholes and introduce new features. There is a new rooting method that … [Read more...] about You can now root the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 4

Amazon Kindle Special Offers edition serves up advertisements and recommendations on the homescreen. It looks like you will see even more of this with the advent of the new 5.13.4 update that is being pushed out to any Kindle released in the past five years. How is Amazon pushing out even more advertisements? They have extended the home screen so you can scroll down further … [Read more...] about Amazon adds more advertisements to the Kindle home screen

Over the course of the year, there have been many books that could be considered bestsellers. Some of the most notable of the year are anything to do with Donald Trump and titles about racism. Amazon has just announced the audiobooks, ebooks and print titles that sold the most units in 2020. Most of the data stems from Amazon Charts, which tracks sales in realtime.These … [Read more...] about These are the Amazon bestsellers for 2020

Amazon is gearing up to release a new basic model Kindle. This is their most affordable product in their lineup, it normally retails for $89.  The company should be announcing something officially in the next few days. There is no indication on what the new model will have, but is likely the screen will be upgraded from 167 PPI, to 300 PPI. This is the same resolution has the … [Read more...] about Amazon is going to release a new Kindle Basic

Amazon is going to run a Black Friday one day sale for hundreds of bestselling Kindle books. The discounts start at $2.99 and range in price to $4.99. The books that are on sale include The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Windgate, City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, Pretty Things by Janelle Brown and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.Amazon rarely discounts Kindle books … [Read more...] about Hundreds of Kindle Books on sale for Black Friday

Amazon is going to launch Cyber Monday weekend sale and this is the perfect time to buy a new e-reader. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite will be discounted by $45 and will be available for $84.99. This screen is six inches, is waterproof and has a 300 PPI display. The Kindle Oasis he big selling point is that it has a seven inch screen and a color temperature system that adds amber … [Read more...] about Kindle Paperwhite and Oasis on sale for Cyber Monday