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I am sure many of us have Amazon Prime. It is my wife’s studied shopping opinion that it is unparalleled in the value it provides to its subscribers. I, do not disagree. Having an Amazon Prime membership gives you access to nearly 3,000 free eBooks, comics, and magazines. Simply go to the Amazon Prime Reading Catalog. Another option for finding free eReading material on Amazon Prime is to go to “Best Sellers in Kindle Store” and then select “Top 100 Free.” Another great source of entertainment is Audible. While not exactly an eReader, it is the same concept, except the books are narrated. A monthly subscription costs about the same as a basic Netflix subscription. You get one free audiobook (of your choosing) per month. Moreover, Audible also has many free selections which you can enjoy including books, podcasts, articles, and magazines. All completely free with your membership.  Since both Kindle and Audible are part of Amazon, you can get the narration (Audible version) with the ...

Hello team, great to have you all back here for everything eReaders and eReading. To add to the already expansive list of benefits of eReaders, eBooks, and the like, another benefit of some eReaders are they are capable of augmented and virtual reality themselves or are compatible with applications that do it. For our younger audience, my four year old daughter as an example, I am able to order paperback books that are compatible with augmented reality applications providing an entirely different kind of pop-up book experience. I personally have only used this with amazon.com . For audiences of similar ages, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/istory-world-s-first-3d-ebook-platform--3#/ you can find augmented reality eBooks. The iStory reader app is a really fun way for youngsters to engage with eBooks on your iPad / iPhone. Augmented Reality 3D viewers, like Augment, super-impose 3D models in your environment. For those of you who have read Tammy’s blog ( https://augmentedrealityinlea...