The eBook Reader Blog

Amazon’s Kindle Software Updates page is now showing a new update for all Kindle Scribes and all Kindle ereaders released in 2024 and later. The new software version is 5.20.1 for all listed models, which is weird because my new Kindle aluminum is running 5.20.1.0.1 and my Ube Kindle just updated to 5.20.1.0.1 from 5.20.1 […]

Amazon has put some of their previous gen Kindles on sale ahead of Prime Big Deal Days, along with the Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. Somehow the Kinde Scribe without a frontlight still isn’t on sale, and it hasn’t gone on sale once since it was released, despite the fact nobody is buying it. […]

Amazon added a notice to the product pages for the new lineup of 2026 Kindles that states, “Wi-Fi and an Amazon account are required to set up your Kindle and download books”. I thought maybe that was their way of saying that new Kindles cannot be used in an unregistered state like previous gen Kindles, […]

Ever since Amazon announced the new lineup of Kindles yesterday, I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints about how expensive they are, especially compared to the previous lineup. I think a lot of people missed the news back in August when Amazon increased the prices of Kindles by $40-$50 each, and in some cases people […]

Amazon revealed a new lineup of Kindles today, with a new basic model, a new Paperwhite and a new Colorsoft. They’re also releasing an official remote page-turner for Kindles, along with a new cover for the Paperwhite SE and Colorsoft SE that adds physical page-turn buttons to the cover. The new 6″ Kindle is available […]