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Barnes and Noble shocked the eReader industry by releasing their Nook Glowlight 4 on December 8. It has been more than four years since they announced the last dedicated Nook e-reader - the GlowLight 3.
“The NOOK GlowLight 4 offers everything readers love about the GlowLight 3 with notable upgrades and improvements including a USB-C charger, a sleeker, smaller lightweight design, weeks of battery life, more storage and an overall crisper reading experience,” said by Senior Director of NOOK.
The Nook Glowlight 4 features a 6 inch E INK Carta HD display with a resolution of 1440×1080 and 300 PPI. It retails for $149.99. Underneath the hood is a B300 quadcore 1.5 GHZ CPU processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage which offers thousands of books at your fingertips. And for the first time, you will be able to charge the reader with a USB-C cable. It has Bluetooth and WIFI to connect to the online bookstore in order to purchase and download ebooks. The lightest ever NOOK eReader, the GlowLight 4 also features improved physical page-turning buttons and a smooth design that sits comfortably in readers’ hands.
Barnes & Noble has a long way to go before it catches up to Kobo or Amazon. However, getting a third competitive player in the e-reader industry is still a good thing.
Nook eReader is a viable alternative if you don't want to attach yourself to the Amazon or Kobo ecosystems. And if you want to read Kindle books on Nook, you can follow this guide to make it happen.
If you are an Audible user, you must know that Audible is compatible with many devices like the Audible app for Android/iOS/Windows 10/Kindle Fire tablets. The Audible app can be downloaded from your device's app store, which gives you quick access and downloads for your Audible titles.
What if you don't like the listening experience of the Audible app? Actually, there are some MP3 players that are compatible with Audible. Compared with the Audible app on smartphones, MP3 player is more suitable for audiobook listening due to its long battery life, flexibility, portability and compact size.
Here this blog is to help you find out all the Audible compatible MP3 players. Also, we will discuss some methods to play Audible books on non-compatible MP3 players.
SanDisk Clip Jam MP3 Player is quite possibly the king of the budget MP3 Players. If you are on a tight budget but in need of a great MP3 player, this is a great device you should consider. Despite the cost, it's very easy to use but with full functions for listening to audiobooks. This also makes it the best choice for those who have little experience with electronics.
Bones Milestone 312 combines all the apps you need to organize your daily life and being perfectly entertained. It has a big fan base all around the world. The handheld integrates a voice recorder, music player, text player, talking book player, radio, gaming, clock, alarm, calendar, and even more. The capacious internal memory of 12 GB can be extended by a further 32 GB with an external SD memory card to store all your books, music and recordings.
Featuring a phone-like touchpad, the Victor Reader Stream is a handheld audio player that lets you listen to books, newspapers, web radio, music, and other online resources. Simple to use, it packs all your media into place and gives you 15 hours of battery life, leaving more time to enjoy your content.
Bonus Tips: Play Audible Books on Non-Compatible MP3 Players
What if you have an MP3 player that is not compatible with Audible? If this is the case, you just need an Audible Converter to help you convert Audible (AAX format) audiobooks to MP3. And undoubtedly, Epubor Audible Converter is the most popular and powerful one.
Download Epubor Audible Converter for Free
Just download your Audible books from the Audible library on the site audible.com. Then add the Audible AAX files to Epubor Audible Converter, click the button "Convert to MP3", and they will all be converted to MP3. Lastly, you only need to connect your MP3 players to your computer and transfer those MP3 files to the device.
Kobo just released two high-end eReaders – Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2, which have full support for Bluetooth wireless technology. And Kobo also released a new firmware 4.30, which enables you to listen to audiobooks on Kobo Elipsa as well. What’s more, you can also sideload your own audiobooks in MP3 format to these three Kobo devices in order to play them.
If you want to sideload your MP3 files to Kobo Sage/Libra 2/Elipsa, first, you need to zip the mp3 file, then rename the .zip file to .mp3z. Next, plug in your Kobo device to the computer via USB-C and copy the .mp3z file to the root directory. Voila, your mp3 files can be played nicely on Kobo Sage/Libra 2/Elipsa.
Calibre is a big name in managing ebooks, removing eBook DRM, and converting ebook formats. The newly released version of Calibre 5.31 has just added support for the brand new 2021 Kindle PaperWhite 5, and now you can manage your collections in your Kindle PaperWhite 5 when plugging it into your PC or Mac. This is a bug fix for the earlier versions of Calibre (5.30 and earlier) which didn't recognize the new 2021 Kindle Paperwhite 5 as a device.
Besides adding the support for Kindle PaperWhite 2021, this new release of Calibre also adds the following support and fixes some bugs:
Moves an option to Preferences -> Behavior to have calibre recognize numbers when sorting (this was previously under Preferences->Tweaks).
Adds support for EPUB 3 landmarks in the Set Semantics tool under the Edit Book option.
Add an entry to the Connect/share menu to open the content server in a local browser when it is running.
Prevent the display from sleeping when using auto-scroll or read aloud modes (Implemented only on Windows and macOS).
Add a button to directly open the viewer help section in the calibre user manual to the viewer controls.
Fix incorrect first letter partitioning when enabling numeric collation of items that start with a number.
Fix a bug in an HTML serialization library calibre uses that broke a few things, such as the comments editor tool in the metadata dialogue.
Fix some OPDS feeds failing with non-ASCII content.
Want to remove Kindle DRM with Calibre? Here is the detailed step-by-step guide for you:
Bonus Tips: Remove Kindle DRM Without DeDRM Plugin
If you are looking for a much easier way to remove Kindle DRM without installing any plugins, just go to use Epubor Ultimate. Download your Kindle books to your computer from the Kindle for PC/Mac, or from the Amazon website, add them to the program, your Kindle books will be soon decrypted!
Kobo has released a new software update, which is version 4.30. It is available for all Kobo devices except Kobo Mini.
Depending on your device, there are three different release notes.
For the new Kobo Libra 2 and Kobo Sage, the release note is:
• Various Bug Fixes
• Stability Improvements
For Kobo Elipsa, the release note says:
Introducing support for Kobo Audiobooks
• Listen to Kobo Audiobooks on Kobo Elipsa with your Bluetooth headphones, car stereo, or speaker.
• Browse, search and purchase audiobooks directly from Discover > Audiobooks or visit kobo.com.
• You can now filter by Audiobooks or eBooks in the My Books menu.
• My Wishlist is now moved to the More menu.
• To learn more about available subscriptions for Kobo Audiobooks where you live, visit kobo.com.
• Available in select countries only
And for the rest of Kobo devices, the release note includes:
• Various Bug Fixes
• Stability Improvements
• My Wishlist is now moved to the More menu
The biggest change for this update is that now Kobo Elipsa supports Audiobooks. You can also purchase Audiobooks directly from the store. As usual, every update is about fixing bugs and improving stability.
Amazon has a new, free software update available for your Kindle, including Kindle Paperwhite (7th/10th Generation), Kindle (8th/10th Generation), and Kindle Oasis (8th/9th/10th Generation). As usual, this update automatically downloads and installs on your Kindle when connected wirelessly; however, you can also manually download the software and transfer the update to your device via USB cable.
Here's what's new:
Navigation options while reading: You can now navigate more easily within a book that has footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, notes/highlights, or links.
Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.
The main change about the new Kindle firmware update is that it comes with a new “Back to Page” option on the lower-left corner of the screen when you are navigating throughout a book.
Whenever you use the table of contents or jump to a different page, the “Back to Page” option will show up on the bottom of the page forever until you click on the “Stay Here” button to get rid of the dialog box, which is kind of stupid and annoying.
