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Want a chance to win a 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet? (update: contest over)

Want a chance to win a 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet? (update: contest over)

by ben patterson | Dec 23, 2013 | announcements

Hard to believe, but 2013 is drawing to a close—and that means it’s time to say thanks to our readers with our annual gadget giveaway!  (Update: the deadline to enter the contest has expired. Thanks for playing!) This year, the prize is especially enticing: a...
Kindle tip: How to hide “popular” highlights

Kindle tip: How to hide “popular” highlights

by ben patterson | Sep 11, 2013 | apps, e-readers, how-tos

I don’t know about you, but when I’m curled up with a particularly good Kindle book, I’m not terribly interested in seeing the most “popular” highlights on a given page. Maybe the Kindle’s popular highlights feature (which...
Kindle tip: Reset the “furthest page read” of a book you’re re-reading

Kindle tip: Reset the “furthest page read” of a book you’re re-reading

by ben patterson | May 2, 2013 | apps, e-readers, how-tos, phones, tablets

Thanks to the Kindle’s handy “Whispersync” feature, you can start reading a book on, say, your Kindle Fire, then pick up right where you left off on another Kindle-friendly device, like an Android phone or iPhone. But if you try to re-read a Kindle...
iPad tip: 10 free, gotta-have iPad apps

iPad tip: 10 free, gotta-have iPad apps

by ben patterson | Mar 7, 2013 | apps, how-tos, tablets

So, just get your first Pad, or looking for must-have apps for your old iPad that you may have overlooked? Read on for 10 free iPad apps that you shouldn’t miss, from Amazon’s Kindle reader and Flipboard’s customizable “social” digital...
Mac/Windows tip: Send PDFs and other documents to your Kindle

Mac/Windows tip: Send PDFs and other documents to your Kindle

by ben patterson | Jan 31, 2013 | apps, desktops, e-readers, how-tos, laptops

Got a PDF or Word file on your desktop that you’d rather read on your Kindle? Thanks to a handy utility from Amazon, you can send text documents from your PC or Mac directly to any Kindle e-reader or app, in just a few clicks. Available for both Mac and Windows...
Kindle tip: How to view all your highlights in one place

Kindle tip: How to view all your highlights in one place

by ben patterson | Jan 15, 2013 | e-readers, how-tos, tablets

Whether you read Kindle books on a smartphone, a tablet, in a web browser, or on an honest-to-goodness Kindle, highlighting interesting passages in the text is a simple matter of swiping and tapping. But while Amazon’s Kindle apps and e-readers make it easy to...
20 free must-have apps for Android phones (updated)

20 free must-have apps for Android phones (updated)

by ben patterson | Jan 3, 2013 | apps, phones

Just getting started with a new Android handset? I’ve rounded up 20 apps from the Google Play app store that’ll have you posting status updates, watching videos, pinning the latest fashions, reading e-books, and checking the weather in no time—and best of...
How to find and transfer free e-books to your Kindle (reader mail)

How to find and transfer free e-books to your Kindle (reader mail)

by ben patterson | Mar 20, 2012 | e-readers, how-tos

Mario writes: I have an Amazon Kindle e-reader with Wi-Fi. As a first time user, how can I go about on getting free books to read. Please provide a step by step answer. ex: best sites to go to, how to go about it, etc. Much appreciated. So, you’re looking for...
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