The Kindle Oasis: A doorway into awfulness?
A short but fascinating YouTube video, brought to light on the Kboards, reviews the Amazon Kindle Oasis in glowing terms - at least regarding its hardware. There's just one tiny problem....
NaturalRays 3W waterproof outdoor Bluetooth speaker (audiobooks in the shower?)
Do you like to listen to audiobooks (or music) in the shower, but worry about getting your speaker wet? The NaturalRays waterproof Bluetooth speaker might be just the thing for you....
E-reader accessory review: PhiferSmart Tablet Stand
When I was exploring BookExpo America, I happened upon a booth selling a new tablet easel. It looked interesting enough, and the price was right, so I stopped by and grabbed...
Amazon’s programmable Dash Button – great tech, but can you do ebooks with it?
Amazon has stepped its offensive into the wired home and Internet of Things up a notch with its programmable Dash Button. As Amazon explains, "the AWS IoT Button is a programmable button...
Top commercial sites for short story lovers: DRM-free StoryBundle leads my list
Among my best sources for DRM-free-books over the last few years have been the StoryBundle and Humble Bundle collections.
These are such a great idea. Pay a minimum and access the base collection of...
Roger offers free cross-platform mobile Amazon Alexa support – but how good is it?
As already reported in TeleRead, third party app vendors are pushing ahead with Amazon Alexa integration for mobile OSs, to let users access Amazon's wildly popular voice assistant technology for uses...
Windows 10 e-reader app review: Freda
For reading e-books on my Windows desktop, for the longest time I’ve used Adobe Digital Editions. It downloads books via ACSM files from the public library for me, after all. But...
Capti Narrator brings free text-to-speech to nearly any DRM-free e-book or document
I just learned about a Capti-vating new development in text-to-speech. PRWeb is carrying a press release about Capti Narrator, a free cloud-based text-to-speech Windows 64 and iOS app (Android coming soon)...
How to use TuneIn Radio to listen to audiobooks
TuneIn is one of the most popular internet radio and audio streaming services in the world, claiming "a global audience of over 60 million users," and "100,000+ live radio stations, plus...
Review: Anker Aluminum, Anker SoundCore Bluetooth speakers
Remember how I mentioned that a Bluetooth speaker is a great way to listen to audiobooks and other media with a Fire tablet, rather than its postage-stamp-sized speaker? As it happens,...