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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.
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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.
Recently, a few users reported that now the Audible books downloaded from the audible.com site are in MP4 format instead of AAX. As we all know, the existing Audible Converters in the market only support converting Audible AAX or AA files. So how can we convert Audible MP4 to MP3? Is there any solution for the MP4 files?
After researching and testing this issue, I found the solution finally and here I would like to share it with you.
As for now, the Audible MP4 files only appear in the latest version of Firefox that is 93.0, but for both Windows and Mac - no matter what the computer OS is.
How to Convert Audible MP4 Files to MP3?
Although the file downloaded saves as .mp4 but is really an aax file in disguise. Nothing is changed in the inner structure, but only the file extension. So here we got it resolved.
Step 1. Right-click your Audible MP4 file and Select "rename".
Step 2. The filename is automatically selected. You need to click and drag over to the extension. Change the .mp4 extension to .aax.
Step 3. Once the mp4 file extension is changed to aax, you can start to convert the AAX files to MP3 with Epubor Audible Converter. Download and install the program, then just add your AAX files to the main interface, click the button "Convert to MP3". Once the process is finished, you will get your Audible files in MP3 format.
Are you trying to print your ebooks from Google Play Books to paper books but don't know how? As an online ebook store, Google Play Books provides a large number of titles for us to choose from. It offers an online built-in reader and reading apps for Android/iOS. However, the digital devices could easily get eye strained. That's the reason why a lot of people would love to print them out to read in papers. Here in this post, you will get the easiest way to convert your Google Play Books to PDF and then print them out.
Step 1. Download Google Play Books to your computer.
First, open a browser on your computer and go to your Google Play Books library. Find "My Books", select a book, click the three-dots button in the corner, and then "Export".
On the pop-up window, you'll be asked to "Export ACSM for EPUB" or "Export ACSM for PDF". Just choose "Export ACSM for PDF".
Note: You will get an .acsm file when it's downloaded. It's not a real ebook file. To convert it to PDF, you will need to open the ACSM with Adobe Digital Editions.
Step 2. Open ACSM Google Play Books with Adobe Digital Editions.
Now download and install Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to your computer. It's available for both Windows and Mac. The first time you open the program, you need to authorize it with an Adobe ID. If you're not asked, you can click "Help" >> "Authorize Computer" to get it authorized. If you don't have an Adobe account, just create a new one.
Then you should open the ACSM file with ADE. Just right-click it and then choose "Open with Adobe Digital Editions", or simply drag and drop the file to the interface of ADE.
You have to wait a few seconds for the book downloaded completely. After that, you will see your Google Play books are automatically opened.
Note: Once the Google ACSM files are added to Adobe Digital Editions, they turn to PDF (or EPUB) format. However, they cannot be printed by Adobe Digital Editions and you will find the "Print" option is greyed out. The reason is that the books are still protected by DRM. It's a password scheme. To successfully print your DRM-protected Google Play Books, you must remove the DRM protection by Epubor Ultimate. Continue reading, you will be guided through the whole process.
Step 3. Remove DRM from Google Play Books with Epubor Ultimate.
Download and install Epubor Ultimate. It's the best eBook DRM removal & eBook converter for Google Play Books.
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Run Epubor Ultimate. All your (ACSM) Google Play Books opened with Adobe Digital Editions are automatically detected and displayed under the "Adobe" tab. Now just drag and drop your books from the left side to the right column. You will find the books are automatically decrypted. It means the DRM is successfully removed.
Then please continue to click the button “Convert to PDF” if your original Google Play Books are in epub format. Once the conversion is finished, just click the “Succeeded” word to find your converted PDF Google Play Books.
Step 4. Print Google Play Books to pages.
Once you have converted your Google Play Books to DRM-free PDF, all that's left to do is to print the PDF file to pages. There are many PDF readers that support the print function.
Here I just open the PDF file with Microsoft Edge browser on my Windows 10. If you are using Mac, you can open the PDF files with the native software "Preview". Click on the "Print" icon at the top menu bar, then choose the pages that you would like to print and hit the "Print" button.
That’s all for printing Google Play Books to PDF and pages. It's rather easy, right? Don't hesitate to get Epubor Ultimate in handy! The good news is that now you can get Epubor Ultimate lifetime license with 10% OFF!
Along with the release of all-new Kindle Paperwhite 5, Amazon also launched the first-ever Kindle Paperwhite for Kids - the first Paperwhite device designed especially for children.
Kindle Paperwhite Kids comes with a kid-friendly cover, a 1-year subscription to Amazon Kids+ with access to thousands of books, and a 2-year worry-free guarantee. And, Kindle Paperwhite Kids is packed with features that encourage more reading and parental controls for additional support.
Kindle Paperwhite Kids is purpose-built for reading with zero distractions— no apps, games, ads, or videos — the first-ever waterproof Kindle for kids comes with a black & white 6.8 - inch 300 PPI glare-free display, an adjustable warm light, a compact design, water resistance, and up to a 10-week battery life.
The Paperwhite Kids also has educational tools – the vocabulary builder and word wise can help young readers build their literacy skills. It offers the OpenDyslexic font, which is described as a font preferred by some readers with dyslexia.
Of course, the Paperwhite Kids also supports Audible, so children can easily switch seamlessly between reading and listening to audiobooks with Bluetooth headphones. With Amazon Kids+, hundreds of Audible books are available, including classics like The Secret Garden and Peter Pan; and Audible Originals like Interview with the Robot and The Mystwick School of Musicraft.
Compared to the earlier Kindle Kids eReader, the first-ever Kindle Paperwhite for Kids is definitely worth buying for your kids.
Amazon just announced the 11th generation Kindle Paperwhite with three new models: the all-new Kindle Paperwhite, the first-ever Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, and a brand-new Kindle Paperwhite Kids. What sets the new Kindle Paperwhite 5 apart from earlier paperwhite models is a 6.8” display and thinner borders, adjustable warm light, up to 10 weeks of battery life, laser-quality text, and 20% faster page turns. Now more than ever, it’s delightful to get lost in millions of books wherever you go.
Here’s the detailed information regarding new features for Kindle Paperwhite from the Amazon press release:
1. Next generation Kindle Paperwhite comes with a larger 6.8-inch glare-free display, up to 10 weeks of battery life, adjustable warm light, USB-C charging, and 8 GB of storage—for only $139.99
2. First-ever Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition also adds an auto-adjusting light sensor, 32 GB of storage, and—for the first time, wireless charging—all for just $189.99
3. Twenty percent faster page turns and an even smoother experience enabled by all-new hardware and redesigned interface
4. Four-month Kindle Unlimited membership included for a limited time, offering access to over 2 million eBooks, thousands of audiobooks, a selection of magazines, and more.
By design, the all-new Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition have been purpose-built to help you get lost in your favorite book. Compared to their high-end Kindle Oasis, I think the all-new Kindle Paperwhite is the best budget eReader for providing an enjoyable reading experience. Will you buy Kindle Paperwhite 5?
Whether you want to listen to music while you work out or listen to an audiobook on a long road trip, this offer has you covered. With an Amazon Music Unlimited monthly subscription normally $9.99 and Audible Premium Plus ringing up at $14.95 a month, you'll save $24.94 a month during the free trial and $74.82 3 months in total.
By subscribing to Audible Premium Plus, you will get:
✔ Access a selection of Audible Originals and audiobooks
✔ 1 title of your choice - a monthly credit to purchase any title
By subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited, you will get:
✔ Unlimited access to over 75 million songs, ad-free
✔ Listen offline with unlimited skips
✔ Enjoy thousands of stations and top playlists
✔ Follow your favorite podcasts
Important Notice:
1. This special offer is only available to new subscribers, until September 30, 2021. Valid for US customers only.
2. You will receive a 3-month Amazon Music Unlimited free trial and a 3-month Audible Premium Plus free trial. After your 3-month free trials, you will be charged $9.99/month for Amazon Music Unlimited and $14.95/month for Audible Premium Plus with your designated credit card.
3. You can cancel the subscriptions anytime by visiting your Amazon Music Settings and your Audible Settings. Your subscriptions must be canceled separately. Canceling one subscription will not automatically cancel the other.
Want to remove Kindle DRM on Windows computer? Here I would like to share with you the latest solution to removing DRM from Kindle for PC. No need to downgrade anymore! Let's get started together.
(If you have a Kindle e-ink device, you can also remove DRM from Kindle books via Download & Transfer via USB.)
Step 1. Download and run the Kindle for PC V1.32. And then register it with your Amazon account.
Step 2. Download and run Epubor Ultimate. It's the easiest-to-use Kindle DRM Removal.
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Step 3. Open Kindle for PC desktop app, you will see all your Kindle books. Now right-click the book and then click "Download" to download Kindle books to your computer. (You should keep Epubor Ultimate running in the background when you are downloading books, otherwise, you will fail to remove Kindle DRM.)
Step 4. Open Epubor Ultimate to remove Kindle DRM.
Epubor Ultimate can automatically detect the books that you've downloaded from Kindle for PC. And you can see them listed in the left column under the Kindle tab. Now you just need to drag the books from the left column to the right main window. The books will be decrypted automatically.
Notice:
1. If the decrypt is failed, it means that you haven't open Epubor Ultimate when you were downloading the books. To solve the problem, please go back to your Kindle for PC library, right-click that downloaded book and choose "Remove from device". And then redownload your Kindle books (keep Epubor Ultimate running in the background at the same time), and remove Kindle DRM with Epubor Ultimate once again.
(2) If there is no "decrypted" word showing for a book after adding to Epubor Ultimate, it means that book is DRM-free. You just need to convert the ebook formats. Epubor Ultimate can help you convert the ebook formats to PDF, ePub, Mobi, AZW3, TXT. Just pick up the one you need.
(3) If the book still fails to decrypt after you follow the above guide step by step, please check whether your book is textbook or not. Please note that Kindle Textbooks cannot be decrypted because they use a much tougher DRM which can't be handled by any DRM Removal tool.
Epubor just released a new version Epubor Ultimate (version 3.0.13.812). We know that a few days ago, old version 1.24 Kindle for PC has a problem with the registration window, which can’t allow you to sign in to your Amazon account. However, this would be a disaster for ebook DRM Removal providers because the most common method for users to remove Kindle DRM is by downgrading the Kindle app to an older version, like version 1.24 or lower. But now the good news is that the latest Epubor Ultimate can help you crack Kindle DRM directly without downgrading the Kindle app manually. Let’s check it out.
Step 3: Sign in to your Amazon account and start downloading Kindle books.
Run the Kindle app, enter your Amazon account and password to get access to your Kindle library. Then start downloading your books by double click the book title or the book cover.
Notice: you must launch Epubor Ultimate before start downloading your Kindle books via the latest Kindle app. Or you will fail to remove Kindle DRM.
Step 4. Remove Kindle DRM.
When you restart Epubor Ultimate or click the Kindle tab on the left sidebar, all your already downloaded Kindle books will show up under the Kindle tab. Then just select the book titles and drag & drop them to the right main window to remove Kindle DRM.
Isn't this new version of Epubor Ultimate save you a lot of time and laborious work in helping you remove Kindle DRM? Now get the latest Epubor Ultimate installed and liberate your Kindle books here!
Amazon released the latest 1.32 Kindle app for both Windows and Mac. One thing we have noticed that it is that version 1.32 Kindle for Mac does no come with the renderer test file, comparing to the earlier version Kindle for Mac. The biggest effect of lacking the renderer text file is that Kindle users can no longer use the command line to disable KFX format which can not be cracked by current DRM Removal technology. Therefore, the command line will no work for version 1.32 and later Kindle for Mac, which means that you are not able to remove Kindle DRM by running the command line.
Version 1.31 and lower Kindle for Mac includes the renderer-test file under the MacOS folder:
Version 1.32 or later Kindle for Mac does not include the renderer-test file under the MacOS folder:
Once the DRM has been removed successfully, it will show Decrypted to the right of the book title. If the Kindle file does not come with DRM protection, it will not show any notification word after dragging to the right main window. And you will find your decrypted Kindle files by clicking Decrypted or the book folder icon on the lower right corner of the software.
Warmer Reminder: if you fail to remove Kindle DRM at your first try, please start over and repeat the above-mentioned steps again. We believe as long as you follow the above detailed step-by-step guide carefully, you will be able to remove Kindle DRM smoothly.
Are you still looking for ebook reading software for your Windows PC? Here we've collected the best ebook reader for Windows. Let's have a look!
1. Epubor Reader
When speaking of ebook readers for Windows, Epubor Reader is the top one that should be mentioned. It supports multiple ebook formats including EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PRC, TXT, HTMLZ, etc. It offers a fully customizable reading experience. For example, it's easy to change the font type, font size, and theme. It even allows you to add highlights, bookmark, and make notes.
Supported Format: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PRC, TXT, HTMLZ, etc.
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2. Kindle for PC
As Amazon's official reading app for Kindle books, Kindle for PC supports reading all Amazon Kindle formats. It's a great ebook reader app for Windows, as it offers almost all the basic functions an ebook reader should have. If you only have Kindle books to read, then Kindle for PC is the best for you. However, there is a shortcoming for Kindle for PC - It cannot read EPUB files. If you need to read EPUB on Kindle for PC, you must convert EPUB to Kindle format.
Supported Format: All Kindle formats including Mobi, AZW3, AZW, KFX, etc.
3. Calibre Viewer
Calibre is an open-source suite of ebook software. It's famous for its ebook management functions. Actually, it also offers an ebook reading feature, supporting a large number of ebook formats. Like most other ebook readers, Calibre does not allow reading DRM-protected books natively unless you remove the eBook DRM.
Supported Format: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, HTML, etc.
4. Adobe Digital Editions
You may be very familiar with Adobe Acrobat Reader, but not Adobe Digital Editions. Actually, Adobe Digital Editions is the default program for many DRM-protected PDF and EPUB files. This ebook reading app has all the regular features including highlighting, adding notes, and bookmarking. For reading DRM-protected Google Play Books and Kobo ebooks, you will need this program.
Supported Format: PDF, EPUB.
5. Thorium
Thorium Reader is my favorite EPUB/PDF ebook reader, although it's known to very few people. Thorium Reader is based on a set of open-source projects. So this application is free, with no ads and no leaks of private data. It has abundant features and functions. Personally speaking, this is a perfect tool for heavy readers.
Supported Format: EPUB, PDF.
6. Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader is a globally recognized brand in the industry of PDF reader software. It's a small, fast and feature-rich PDF reader, allowing you to create, view, annotate, form fill and sign PDF files. It is an advanced, free PDF reader with all of the necessary features. This is a great choice when you are looking for a PDF reader for your Windows PC.
