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15 hours ago | from Gizmodo
iPhone just might be a device for Kindle to really keep an eye on as a competitor. In September, the number of book-related apps sold for iPhones outpaced games for the first time, indicating that the iPhone is gaining popularity as a convenient device for ebook reading.
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Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Case-Mate, the people who used to make zipper booklets for CDs, built the $80 Enlighten case that lights up the Kindle at night by way of an LED-illuminated acrylic overlay. So basically they pulled a Sony: Taking what's right about e-ink, and screwing it up. You don't put anything on e-ink,...
Mon, Nov 2 | from Gizmodo
Opinion: Francis Hamit: An Author’s Point of View
Hello from Amazon DTP. Thanks for using Amazon DTP. Please note: this e-mail was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. We continue to experiment with e-book publishing, but it’s no longer a priority, and any future Kindle offerings will be through Smashwords.com.
Mon, Nov 2 | from TeleRead
Kindle Genre Watch (02 Nov 09)
Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn. Atria. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. ROMANCE 7th Son: Descent by J. C. Hutchins. St. Martin's Griffin. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. WESTERNS Classic Western Collection. Kindle edition $2.95. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
Mon, Nov 2 | from The Kindle Reader
Opinion: The Kindle Does Halloween: Mystery Fiction for the Holiday
Do you remember your scariest Halloween ever? James Henderson does. It was the year he turned ten. What started out as a sensible plan to collect the most candy while trick-or-treating soon turned into a terrifying adventure for James, his two friends and his kid brother, Ricky." - Amazon.
Sat, Oct 31 | from The Kindle Reader
Norwegian group speaks out against Amazon's e-book terms
Norway's Consumer Council, Forbrukerrådet, has spoken out against Amazon's terms-of-service regarding e-books purchased on the Kindle, as detailed in a post on the Council's website. The group's director, Hans Marius Graasvold, claims several points in the e-book agreement viola...
Fri, Oct 30 | from Electronista
Opinion: Savoring the Past: New Kindle Books for History Buffs (25 Oct 09)
The American philosopher George Santayana is quoted as saying that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. With more than 27,000 books in the Amazon Kindle bookstore "history" category, Kindle-owning history buffs will not run out of reading material any time soon....
Sun, Oct 25 | from The Kindle Reader
Amazon merges US and world Kindles, drops price to $259
Amazon today dropped the price of the international version of its Kindle reader to match the US-only version's $259 price tag while merging sales of the two. The lower-priced model is already being offered on Amazon and is a move believed prompted by the recently introduced Nook reader f...
Thu, Oct 22 | from Electronista
Barnes & Noble reader to match Kindle price?
Barnes and Noble's rumored dual-screen e-book reader gained credibility Monday night with the leak of a paper ad in advance (subscription required). A full-page placement due for the New York Times' Book Review next Sunday labels the reader as the Nook and says it will ship for $259, reac...
Mon, Oct 19 | from Electronista
Podcast: BOL 1057: Bridge Out Loud
The monkeys are running the zoo: Rafe Needleman, Brian Cooley, and Brian Tong, with producer Lynn Fu, cover the iPhone finally getting MMS, Google's patent on its home page, Amazon re-delivering 1984 to Kindle, and the closure of the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge.
Fri, Sep 4 | from Buzz Out Loud
Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 released
Norway Amazon updated its free Kindle app for the iPhone, adding three features in version 1.1 that many people--including some right here at Macworld--have been waiting for. The update also adds the ability to pinch to zoom in on images in Kindle books. ...
Thu, May 21 | from news.idg.no
Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 arrives
Australia Amazon has released Kindle for iPhone 1.1, an update of their popular ebook app for Apple handheld devices. The new features in this iteration kind of make you wonder why they rushed v1.0 out the door at as these improvements really represent baseline ...
Thu, May 21 | from iphonetouch.blorge.com
How To: Kindle 2 hacks: bypassing Whispernet
MA As Vincent writes, "This is not a tutorial about how to use the Kindle 2's Sprint connection from your computer...I do know that abusing the Kindle's Sprint modem like that would upset Amazon a great deal. Bear in mind also that Amazon knows where you ...
Fri, Mar 6 | from Ars Technica
Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 920: Speak for yourself, Kindle
Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/27/technology/copeland_hearst.fortune/index.htm Wil Wheaton vs. Authors’ Guild vs. Kindle http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/26/wil-wheaton-vs-autho.html E-MAIL Buzz Crew,
Fri, Feb 27 | from Buzz Out Loud
Podcast: Kindle-format software vs. Stanza: What about Adobe and ePub, David B?
In the end, it isn’t just Stanza/Lexycle vs. Amazon. It’s Adobe and Stanza/Lexycle, both, against Amazon—much more of an even match than David B. might suppose. Related: Adobe’s new e-book software ratchets up fright against Amazon Kindle: The new Adobe Reader Mobile SDK is aimed at smartp...
Wed, Feb 18 | from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
How to Convert PDF Files to Read on the Amazon Kindle
Thankfully, Blaine sent me a link showing how to convert PDF files using Mobipocket Creator but the instructions weren’t very clear. Here is a step-by-step on how to convert PDF files into .prc files for the Amazon Kindle. ...
Tue, May 6 | from Cotton
How To: Hacks: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy)
So how do you load other eBooks onto the Kindle? Just add Amazon DRM. That's one solution hacker Igor Skochinsky has used to load Mobipocket books onto his Kindle. Using a series of scripts, he's able to convert eBook files to Amazon's ...
Mon, Dec 10 | from Gizmodo
More Amazon Kindle News
Creative Multimedia Kindle rival and Motorola Droid smartphone—plus Nook perhaps going global
–The Nook may go global, if you extrapolate from Barnes and Noble’s search for “head of their international business” (Techcrunch via Kindle Review, which wonders if the Kindle 3 will have WiFi capabilities to help get around steep wireless charges in various countries).
Sat, Oct 31 | from TeleRead
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Opinion: My Christmas recommendation for an ebook reader
3. iPhone: Having the same reader on the Kindle and the iPhone is an incredible convenience. I really prefer reading on an e-ink screen, but I regularly read on the iPhone in places where it would be inconvenient to carry the Kindle. I have 8 pages of books on the Kindle and I have them all on the iP...
Sun, Nov 1 | from TeleRead
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