Amazon Kindle e-readers are losing access to pirate-friendly tool
TL;DR Amazon has long offered a “Download & transfer via USB” option for your purchases. That option was removed for the most recent generation of Kindles, and is going away…
Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform
Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding Jeff Bezos’s pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in…
TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant
An uproar with a popular Kindle competitor e-reader has showcased how the use of Chinese AI models in US products could unwittingly spread Chinese propaganda. An LLM made by TikTok’s…
Kobo’s new e-readers are a sidegrade most can skip (with one exception)
Kobo put out a handful of new e-readers a few weeks back: color versions of the excellent Libra 2 and Clara, as well as an updated monochrome version of the…