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Kindle e-readers finally (kind of) support ePub books

Enlarge / Kindles still won’t directly open ePub files, but there’s one less hoop to jump through now. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Amazon’s Kindles are some of the best dedicated e-readers you can buy, but a longstanding criticism from users of DRM-free books from non-Amazon sources is that they don’t support the open ePub standard. That […]

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Review: Bigger screen and better lighting make for a nearly perfect Kindle Paperwhite

Enlarge / The 11th-generation Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) It’s the most reliable upgrade in tech: take a thing that was already good, and make the screen bigger. From laptops to TVs to phones to game consoles in order to tablets to watches, the time-honored tradition of making the screen bigger has resulted […]

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Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul

The new Kindle home screen ditches the top row of buttons in favor of a large search bar and a two-tab design that toggles between the Home screen and your Library. [credit: Andrew Cunningham ] Amazon’s Kindle e-readers get new software updates regularly, and they’re mostly of the nondescript, invisible “performance improvements and bug fixes” […]

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3G-only Kindles begin their long, slow death this year

Enlarge / 2007-era Kindles had a pretty good fourteen-year run—but we imagine there are some 2016-era Kindle Oasis (8th-gen) owners feeling pretty salty about their free 3G broadband going away right now. (credit: Mel Melcon via Getty Images / NineFiveSeven / Jim Salter) This Wednesday, Amazon sent a notification email to customers who bought early […]