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Free Kindle Unlimited and $1 Audible Offers Are Already Rolling Out Ahead of Prime Big Deal Days

Amazon's started rolling out its early Prime Big Deal Days offers, and unlike most years, the subscription deals showing up right now look more interesting than the device discounts. What's on offer Kindle Unlimited: some accounts are seeing a 3-month free trial. Eligibility varies — it's...

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CrossPoint vs CrossSync on the X4 Pro: the trade-offs go both ways

Anyone who's flashed both firmwares on the X4 Pro has probably landed on a similar conclusion: neither one is just objectively better, they're optimized for different priorities. Worth laying out where each one actually wins, since the differences aren't just cosmetic. Where CrossSync still has...

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Kobo Testing CloudLibrary Support — No On-Device Browsing (Yet)

What's Happening Kobo is piloting support for CloudLibrary, the library lending platform that competes with OverDrive/Libby. Select libraries in Canada and the US are in a trial this month, with a wider rollout planned for October covering the Kobo Clara Color, Kobo Clara BW, and Kobo Libra...

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calibre 9.15

New Features A "Create your own adventure" writing game -- interactive storytelling with an AI managing the world you create E-book viewer: Highlights panel: Allow selecting multiple highlights and right clicking to change their style Cover grid: Allow choosing which corner of the cover emblems...

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Xteink S4 is out in China only: can Android 11 on 2GB of RAM keep up?

The Xteink S4 is now shipping. There's a catch, though: it's on sale in China only, and it's still not clear whether it will ever get an official international release. That matters more than usual here, because the S4 is the first Xteink reader that runs Android. For many people that's the...

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Boox Picco Runs a CrossPoint Fork on ESP32 — and Onyx Says Don't Flash Anything Else

So the mystery OS question on the Boox Picco finally has an answer, or most of one. Firmware that has already reached outside hands reportedly shows it runs a custom fork of CrossPoint — not an official CrossPoint build, but Onyx's own branch of it. Onyx itself has now confirmed the Picco sits...

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Boox Picco now has a $99 price and full specs, but you still can't order it

After IFA, the Picco's price was still a guess. Now there's an actual number: Boox's store page lists the Boox Picco at $99 (US Store / EU Store). Some coverage already calls it available, but when this was posted the page didn't let you place an order yet. The Picco also wasn't part of Boox's...

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Boox Palma 3 gets aluminum, a Snapdragon chip and a $339.99 price, but no ship date

The Palma was always the odd one out in Boox's lineup: a phone-shaped reader that isn't a phone. With the Boox Palma 3 (US / EU), Boox is making it feel more like a premium device, not changing what it is. It's listed at $339.99 on the Boox store, but only as "coming soon." There's no release...

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Boox Note Mini C finally fills the 8-inch color gap, but why does it skip EMR?

People have been asking for a mid-size color Boox for a long time. The Boox Note Mini C is that device, but it breaks one rule every Note model has followed so far: the pen isn't EMR. It's listed as "coming soon," with no release date. US launch coverage puts it at $579, the same price as the...

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Boox Note Air6 C Review: Worth Upgrading From Air5 C?

Boox Note Air6 C review: a much faster chip, cleaner color rendering and usable handwriting search. See who should buy it and who can skip it.

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Prime Big Deal Days Is October 6–7: Is It Worth Waiting for Kindle Deals?

Amazon has confirmed the dates for its second Prime sale of the year: Prime Big Deal Days runs October 6–7, starting at 12:01 a.m. PDT. Is it worth holding off on a Kindle purchase for this sale, or is Black Friday, seven weeks later, the better bet? What's confirmed so far 48 hours of...