June 4th, 2012

Amazon Adds KF8 Support, Parental Controls, And A High-Contrast Font To Their Cheapest Kindle

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Amazon’s $79 Kindle may be the least flashy of the the bunch, but the Seattle company is starting to push out a new software update that adds some much-needed functionality to their cost-conscious e-reader.

One of the biggest additions to the mix is support for Kindle Format 8, Amazon’s relatively new ebook file format. The $79 Kindle seems to be bringing up the rear in that respect, as the… → Read More

March 22nd, 2012

Updated Kindle Android App Supports KF8 Files (Which Means More Pretty Pictures)

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Amazon’s Kindle team seems have had their hands full these past few days — a Retina Display-friendly update was just pushed to the iOS App Store last week, and now the Android version is getting a nice little bump too.

One of the biggest additions to this build is support for Amazon’s relatively new KF8 ebook file format. Originally revealed back in October 2011 (and officially released this… → Read More