If you’ve never owned a dedicated e-reader, allow me to make the case. Sure, you can read e-books on your phone or tablet, but those devices are rife with distraction. You’re constantly getting interrupted by emails, text messages, the time-suck that is TikTok and so on. Plus, if you like to read at night, those …
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Black Friday is coming. Sure, not till the end of November, but you can already hear the hype machine grinding its gears. Best Buy, for example, just kicked off a big sale on Sony and Samsung TVs and other home-theater stuff, with guaranteed Black Friday prices. That means if a price goes any lower between now and Black Friday, you’ll …
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It’s not fair to say “now or never” with Amazon. But right now, it’s more like “now or… closer to Black Friday.” That’s because the big Prime Day sale is in its final hours — it ends at midnight PT tonight — and once it ends, you likely won’t see Amazon’s full range of Kindle e-readers discounted again anytime soon. That product …
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Greetings, cheeps! Hope you all had a safe and relaxing holiday. Let me cover some quick housekeeping items before diving into today’s deal. First, a reminder to follow me on Facebook and Twitter, because I frequently share late-breaking bonus deals you won’t want to miss. Second, you’re going to be seeing the words “Prime Day” a ton over the next week …
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Current-generation iPads ($170 at Amazon) have been on sale a lot lately — right now the 2018 iPad 9.7 costs just $250 at Amazon, in fact — so it’s a good bet lots of folks are upgrading. If you’re one of them, you might find yourself debating the fate of your old iPad: keep it or sell it? The latter …
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This is an update of a deal from just last week: More advanced model, more or less the same price, a decent amount of inventory available. Step into the Wayback Machine with me, won’t you? The original Amazon Kindle debuted in 2007. It was a chunky, ugly thing with a keyboard (!) and $399 price tag. Suffice it to say, …
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Time is running out for you to read e-books purchased from the Microsoft Store. Customers have until sometime in early July. Microsoft will then delete the e-books and issue full refunds, according to the company. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on specifically when e-books will disappear. The company announced the decision in early April and ended e-book purchases from …
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This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. With only a few days to go before Father’s Day, Amazon has all its Kindle e-readers on sale. The deal on the new Kindle Paperwhite, released last November, isn’t quite as good as it was last month when it was on sale for …
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While Amazon may dominate the world of dedicated e-readers with its various Kindle models, lest anyone forget, Barnes & Noble still has a digital book business and now a new e-reader — the GlowLight Plus ($200) — ahead of the summer reading season. The distinguishing feature on this new Nook is its 7.8-inch high-resolution (300 pixels per inch) touch-screen display. …
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Quick! Before you spend money on that novel, audiobook, magazine, movie or TV show you’ve been thinking about buying, check the library. You remember the library, right? The place with all the books? Turns out it’s also the place with all the modern digital media. Thanks to a variety of apps and services, you can borrow an abundance of reading …
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