Nearly a decade after Amazon launched its Kindle Unlimited service that lets you pay a monthly fee for access to a library of millions of eBooks (and a smaller number of audiobooks), rival Kobo is following suit by expanding its Kobo Plus subscription service to the US and UK. At launch Kobo says that readers […]
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Amazon ends support for lending Kindle Books to other users
Amazon has quietly pulled the plug on a Kindle feature that had allowed users to lend an eBook to friends. Up until recently, you could loan eligible books Kindle titles to another user for up to two weeks. During that time, that person would be able to read the book, but it would not be […]
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Daily Deals (7-18-2022)
Did you pick up a cheap Kindle eReader or Fire tablet on Prime Day? Amazon’s been running a series of sales on Kindle eBooks that can help you fill it up cheap. Today’s deals include some popular sci-fi and fantasy titles as well as some fiction, mystery, young adult, and non-fiction. For example, you can […]
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Calibre 6.0 eBook manager gains full-text search, ARM CPU support, and Read Aloud to the
2 Comments on Calibre 6.0 eBook manager gains full-text search, ARM CPU support, and Read Aloud to theCalibre is the Swiss Army Knife of eBook management apps. The free and open source application, which is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, makes it easy to store, sort and search your collection of eBooks, read them on a PC, send them to your eReader, download content from the web, and much, much more. […]
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Daily Deals (11-17-2021)
The sixth and final season of The Expanse is heading to Amazon Prime video soon, and the ninth and final book in the series that inspired the TV show is coming November 30th. But if you haven’t started yet, now’s as good a time as any: Leviathan Wakes, the first book in the series, is […]
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How to bulk download Humble Bundle eBook purchases
Humble Bundle’s eBook bundles are a great way to save money on books, digital comics, manga, or audiobooks. The company got its start by offering bundles of video games for low prices, but these days the company also offers software bundles from time to time, and lots of eBook bundles. For instance, I got the […]
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Amazon finally lets you display book covers on Kindle eReaders
Up until recently, if you turned off the screen on an Kindle eReader you’d see one of two things: a random image from Amazon or an advertisement, depending on whether you’ve paid the extra $20 for an Ad-free experience. But now Amazon is adding an option that probably should have been there all along: you […]
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Daily Deals (4-23-2020)
Today’s World Book Day, and Amazon has been celebrating for the last few days by giving away 9 eBooks for free. Today’s also the last day of Tor’s Muderbot eBook giveaway. Marvel is also making a whole bunch of digital comics free to read in the Marvel Unlimited app until May 4th. And if you’re […]
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Lilbits 378: An AMD Ryzen-powered “NUC” and putting Samsung’s Galaxy Fold claims to the test
5 Comments on Lilbits 378: An AMD Ryzen-powered “NUC” and putting Samsung’s Galaxy Fold claims to the testIntel’s NUC line of computers are compact desktops that are powered by Intel processors… by definition. Intel has the trademark on the NUC name, so any computer that doesn’t have an Intel chip isn’t likely to be called an NUC anytime soon. That said, there are a bunch of third-party mini PCs that look an […]
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Amazon is killing Kindle MatchBook (cheap eBooks for print titles you’ve purchased)
Amazon’s Kindle MatchBook is a service that lets authors offer cheap Kindle eBooks to customers that have already purchased a physical copy of their book from Amazon. For customers, this means that you could buy a paperback or hardcover book from Amazon and pay an extra $1-3 to read it on your Kindle… assuming you […]