Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in July

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You can get thousands of free e-books over the course of 2025 if you know where—and when—to look. All year long, Amazon is offering free Kindle e-books to readers, with new opportunities popping up every month. In July, Prime members can get two free Kindle e-books from Amazon's First Reads program.

What is Amazon's First Reads?

Amazon First Reads is a program aimed at Prime members that offers early access to new e-books across many genres, as curated by First Reads editors (one of many Prime Member benefits). Prime members can choose to download one free e-book every month from a rotating list—though some months that number is bumped up to two, usually with a free short novel—and non-members get them for a discounted price. These e-books can be read on any compatible Kindle device or via the free Kindle app.

Amazon Kindle (16 GB)

$109.99 at Amazon

$109.99 at Amazon

How to get your free Amazon Kindle e-books in July

Go to the First Reads landing page to see the full list of e-books available this month. Once you find a book that seems interesting, click the "Shop Now" button from the First Reads landing page. Make sure you’re not being redirected to the Kindle or Amazon mobile application, because you won't see the free book option there; instead, use your internet browser on your phone or computer.

Make sure you’re not clicking the ”Pre-order for...” button, as that will direct you to pay; instead, click the “Read for Free” or the "Buy Now with 1-Click" button under the "First Reads" banner on the book's Amazon page (don't worry, you won't be charged). This will send the e-book directly to the Kindle linked to your Amazon account.

You can see what it should look like from the screenshot below.

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You’ll know you did it right when you see a “Thanks, [your name]!” order summary indicating the e-book is being auto-delivered to the Kindle Cloud Reader.

Free Amazon Kindle e-books available in July 2025

This month, you can choose two from 10 new Kindle e-books. Amazon notes the genre for each of the books above the title, offering a quick way to narrow down your options. (If you hover over the "See Editor Notes" under the "Shop Now" button, you'll be able to read a short description from the First Reads editor who picked the book.)

Here are your options for July 2025. You can choose two of these 10 e-books:

True Crime by Gregg Olsen.

Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home

$4.99 at Amazon

$4.99 at Amazon

Family Drama by Lyn Liao Butler.

The Fourth Daughter: A Novel

$4.99 at Amazon

$4.99 at Amazon

Historical Fiction by Jane Healey.

The Women of Arlington Hall: A Novel

$4.99 at Amazon

$4.99 at Amazon

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I Use This Mac App to Connect to All My Bluetooth Devices With One Click

Over time, I’ve become something of an audio agnostic when it comes to my Mac. Sometimes I use my AirPods Pro, but when I want to listen to music or take Zoom meetings, I switch to Sony XM5s, mostly because of the comfort and better audio quality. When I’m writing, I like to play background music using my JBL Flip 6 over Spotify. This means I end up spending a considerable amount of time connecting Bluetooth devices, switching sound output, and disconnecting them when macOS inevitably experiences connectivity issues.

This dance of first connecting the device using the Bluetooth menu and then switching to the Sound output from Control Center takes up a considerable amount of time. I went looking for a trusty macOS indie utility that would surely fix my issue—and I found one in ToothFairy.

How to use ToothFairy to connect to devices in one click

ToothFairy is a one-click Bluetooth utility that adds a dedicated button for each Bluetooth device right to your menu bar. Click once, and the device will be connected (as long as it’s powered on, and around you). Click again, to disconnect. It couldn’t be simpler. No need to hunt down menus.

And this isn’t limited to just audio devices—it also works with Bluetooth keyboards, mice, and and other accessories.

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To get started, open the ToothFairy app and click Plus to add a new device. Choose a device that you’ve already connected once using the Bluetooth menu. Then, customize the menu bar icon. If, like me, you’ll be using this app for three different devices, make sure that you’re using different icons for them too. Next, you can also choose to see the battery status for a device (only if the device supports this feature). At any time, you can right-click the device icon to view the battery status anyway.

Click Record Shortcut to record a shortcut that will quickly connect or disconnect from the device.

Lastly, ToothFairy supports automations in the form of Bash scripts, which you can execute when you connect or disconnect your device. You can use the following command to open any app as soon as the device is connected. I use this feature to open Spotify when I connect my JBL Flip 6 (but not any other device).

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Click the Advanced button and enable the Run shell script after connecting feature. Then enter the following code in the text box, replacing the "App Name" part with the exact name of the app you want to open.

open -a “App Name

Then, click OK. The ext time you connect the device, the app of your choice will open automatically.

Once a device is added, it will show up in the menu bar automatically. Each device shows up in the menu bar, so if you feel like your menu bar is cluttered, try using a menu bar management app like Ice or Barbee.

ToothFairy is available from the App Store for a one-time fee of $6.99; it’s also part of the SetApp subscription.

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