Amazon Prime Day doesn’t officially start until July 16, but early deals have been trickling in for days. For instance, the well-reviewed Kindle Scribe e-reader is on sale for $235 and includes the company’s Basic Pen stylus thingamajig. All told, that’s a discount of $105, making this a record-low price. The downside? This deal’s only for Prime members. The Kindle Scribe easily made our list of the best E-ink tablets. It would have nabbed the top spot, if not for the exorbitant original asking price and some stiff competition from the reMarkable 2. However, this deal makes the Scribe much cheaper than comparable products. We called the e-reader “better than pen and paper” in our official review, specifically mentioning the low latency between stylus and tablet and the premium exterior design. The Scribe is my personal e-reader of choice and I’ve stared at that thing for hundreds and hundreds of hours. I love it, but mostly as an e-reader. The extra screen real estate just feels more like reading a newly-released hardcover than those diminutive tablets out there. It’s also, oddly, easy to hold with one hand when needed, despite the relatively large form factor. The writing part works great. It’s a seamless experience. I just don’t really use it. My handwriting is atrocious and after drawing a few pizza slices in the note-taking app, I kind of got bored. If note-taking is your bag, this certainly gets the job done. However, sharing these notes could be a bit more... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2024-07-10 16:09:55 UTC ]
From clever shortcuts to smart syncing, the Kindle is packed with hidden features. At first glance, your Kindle might seem like a no-frills reading device: straightforward, minimal, and focused on the basics. Kind of like an actual book, huh?But beneath its simple exterior lies a surprising... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-04-15 04:30:00 UTC ]
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Abby Jimenez tops our hardcover fiction list with Say You’ll Remember Me. Plus Ahnest Kitchen’s Sarah Ahn lands at #2 on our hardcover nonfiction list with her Umma, and Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud team up for The Cartoonists Club. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 13, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Lightlark series author Alex Aster makes her adult debut with the rom-com Summer in the City, #1 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus longtime Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter recalls halcyon days for magazines in When the Going was Good, and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked prequel Elphaba provies popular. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 6, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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From a gay take on Emma to a work of horror in translation from Norway, dive into this week's new YA book releases in hardcover and paperback. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Next Conversation by lawyer and social media personality Jefferson Fisher nabs the #2 spot on our hardcover nonfiction list, Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunterlands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 30, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-03-26 13:00:26 UTC ]
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Despite Meta’s best efforts, former Facebook exec Sarah Wynn-Williams lands at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list with Careless People. Plus Oprah’s Book Club taps The Tell by Amy Griffin, and LitRPG author Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series levels up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 23, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-03-19 13:00:35 UTC ]
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Oathbound, the third book in Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn Cycle, lands at #2 on our children’s fiction list. Plus the March Reese’s Book Club pick, Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, debuts at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returns to fiction after more than a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 16, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-03-12 13:00:10 UTC ]
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C.J. Box’s 25th Joe Pickett novel, Battle Mountain, gets its start this week at the peak of our hardcover fiction list. Plus novelist Omar El Akkad’s first nonfiction title considers Gaza, and Samantha Shannon looks into The Dark Mirror.. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 9, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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It is a HUGE day for new YA book releases. Dive into this wide-ranging array of new YA hardcover and paperback titles out this week. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 2, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Read your way into this week's new YA book releases, including those out in hardcover and in paperback. Continue reading at Book Riot
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This Kindle feature is being retired, this mega-hit series turns 20, Iowa rushes to advance a librarian criminalization bill, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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