Don't miss Amazon's Read The World free ebooks!

Posted on 04/19/2019 at 09:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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If you haven’t already grabbed your freebies from Amazon’s Read The World promotion, take note — you h...

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Testing the new Kindle read/unread feature

Posted on 04/17/2019 at 01:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Good news and bad news: The new Kindle allows users to sort their libraries by read/unread, but it’s not quite as...

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Tagged As: Amazon, E-reader, The Digital Reader

More Amazon tips from The Digital Reader

Posted on 04/11/2019 at 08:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader is ready to help streamline your electronic life again. The first neat trick: Depen...

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Amazon's First Reads for April 2019

Posted on 04/02/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has sent out the choices for April 2019's First Reads. First Reads provides early access to editors' pick...

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Tales from the trenches: The Amazon reviews edition

Posted on 03/31/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Book Designer is keeping its focus on the ever changing world of acquiring and keeping reviews. This month’s D...

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Octavia E. Butler's Patternist series is headed to TV

Posted on 03/28/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Actress/producer Viola Davis and award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor have teamed up to bring Octavia E. Butler’s...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Science fiction, TV adaptation

Kindle Daily Deals are all about Terry Pratchett today

Posted on 03/27/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Psst — if you don’t also subscribe to the Kindle Daily Deals newsletter or visit the site, our alert founder...

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Amazon's review rules, as of March 2019

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re not aware of any dramatic changes in Amazon’s review rules, but it never hurts to share primers on thi...

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Amazon adds a front light to its newest Kindle

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 04:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon announced details about its newest Kindle today. The main difference in the 2019 model, which costs $89.99, is th...

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Amazon Ads has new features to accompany new name

Posted on 03/18/2019 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s been a few months since Amazon announced some changes to its ad program (including the name — Amazon Ma...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Jane Friedman, Marketing