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Warning! Your Kindle Might Be Obsolete Very Soon—Here’s What That Means for Your E-Book Collection

If you love your Kindle, chances are that you really love your Kindle. You can carry a whole library of books with you (especially handy if you’re traveling), and the ease of finding a book and having it at your fingertips in just a few minutes helps you read more. My Kindle sits beside my bed, mingling with a pile of hardcovers because I love books in all forms. Especially free ones! Every month, I download free books from Amazon Prime First Reads , and thanks to that, I have a pretty good collection of novels I might not have found otherwise. So when I learned that my trusty sidekick might be headed to that great tech graveyard in the sky , I worried that I might lose everything. I still haven’t read a lot of the books in my ever-growing Kindle library. I wouldn’t lose them … would I? Well, bookworms, it’s time to find out. Read on to learn what’s going on with Kindles, whether yours is affected, when things will change and what to do about it. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  R...

Here’s Why Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Rarely Held Hands—And What Their Secret Love Language Actually Was

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were married for 73 years, but they were far from affectionate, at least when they had an audience. The pair rarely held hands in public. They didn’t even kiss in public on their wedding day! Yet the love story between the late queen and her Prince Charming was a fairy-tale one, outlasting the marriages of three of their children. So what gives? Why didn’t they loosen up and show some public displays of affection? It turns out there’s a very valid reason, according to a new book by royal author Ian Lloyd. Ahead, I dig into the story and talk to Maria Coole, a Daily Mail reporter and the editor of The Royal List newsletter, about the couple’s enduring relationship . Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more royals, humor, travel, tech and fun facts all week long. Why didn’t Elizabeth and Philip ever hold hands? They simply would never have considered it. It was a very different time, and according to Lloyd’s new...

Binge-Watch Alert! Here’s What to Expect from the Star-Studded Margo’s Got Money Troubles—And How Closely This Adaptation Sticks to the Book

The book Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe hooked me right away. A college student unexpectedly getting pregnant, then creating an OnlyFans account to keep her mounting bills paid? That premise felt both relevant and realistic in our world today. And I wasn’t the only one who felt that way. The novel, released in 2024, won the relatively new but prestigious Clark Fiction Prize in 2026, an accolade shared by the likes of Pulitzer Prize –winners Colson Whitehead (for The Underground Railroad in 2018) and Percival Everett (for The Trees in 2023). Amazon reviewers loved it too—the book has racked up 17,000 reviews in just two years. So when I heard that the novel was being adapted into a television series by the ultra-hip A24, I was excited for even more people to experience a story I loved. I was also a bit skeptical. Would the show stay true to the book’s commentary on single parenthood? Would the Hollywood-ification of a good book dull the authentic character development?...