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Opinion: Francis Hamit: An Author's Point of View external link

Mon, Nov 2 |  from Joe Wikert's Kindleville
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1% of entire US population reading a book on the iPhone external link

Thumbnail Nintendo, in its last earnings call, stated that competition from the iPhone was one of the reasons its profits fell by half in the last quarter and Flurry feels that this is some indication of what the iPhone could do to Amazon. Amazon, however, has its own iPhone app and I don’t know, and Flu...
Fri, Nov 6 |  from TeleRead

 

Foxit's eSlick ereader now supports EPUB, puts Kindle to shame external link

Thumbnail Foxit's eSlick isn't exactly the most exciting ereader of all time, but now things have changed slightly with the addition of EPUB support, making this $259.99 device a more affordable (although less pretty) alternative to the Sony Reader, and a more flexible option than the Kindle. We lo...
Thu, Nov 5 |  from Engadget

 

Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders] external link

Thumbnail 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 external link

Thumbnail 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

 

Undercover – from reader.ly external link

Thumbnail Where you will find an article about the top 5 books on the Kindle Store Bestsellers List. The Kindle does for erotica what the paper bag does for a 40 of O.E.: provide a respectable cover. Kindle owners are free to download anything, regardless of what’s depicted on the cover, and read even the s...
Fri, Nov 6 |  from TeleRead

 

Rupert Murdoch knocks the Kindle as a news reader—even though the Wall Street Journal is now on the K machine external link

Thumbnail News Corporation gets only $6-%6.50 of the %15 that Kindle subscribers pay for the Wall Street Journal each month, and News CEO Rupert Murdoch is POed. He’s looking forward to “half a dozen readers” in time, with deals possible for them—presumably with Murdoch’s people enjoying full acce...
Thu, Nov 5 |  from TeleRead

 

EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups] external link

Thumbnail 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.
Tue, Nov 3 |  from Gizmodo

 

Kindle Genre Watch (02 Nov 09) external link

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: My Christmas recommendation for an ebook reader external link

Thumbnail 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

 

Amazon stops using Sprint for the Kindle external link

Thumbnail According to FierceWierless, Amazon announced this at a conference in San Francisco today. They said that it would be too confusing to sell two versions of the Kindle, one for the US and one for international use, and so they decided to go completely GSM and use AT&T as their new carrier....
Fri, Nov 6 |  from TeleRead

 

Quick Note: Ereader release dates external link

Thumbnail The always excellent Amazon Kindle Review has a round-up article of ereader release dates. The article goes from November to April, 2010. For November the site is listing: iRex DR800, Nook, Kindle for PC and an unconfirmed rumor of a Kindle 3.
Thu, Nov 5 |  from TeleRead

 

Apple's Halloween Treat Feels Like a Trick [Apple] external link

Thumbnail Eat less candy? Read more? Indoctrinating America's youth against the the Kindle? We can't be sure what Apple's true intent was here, but what we do know is the kiddies seemed to love it. The bookmarks were all gone by 7:30 p.m. [iPhone Savior - Thanks, Seth]
Sun, Nov 1 |  from Gizmodo

 

Getting the Kindle iPhone e-reading app outside the U.S. external link

Psst! Wired has the details. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. Psst! Wired has the details. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news.
21 hours ago |  from TeleRead

 

Droid smartphone launch: Better for e-booking than the iPhone, especially as more apps show up? external link

Thumbnail Meanwhile I’m also curious what the Stanza guys are up to, and whether Amazon might port over Stanza, rather than the existing iPhone app, to display Kindle books on Android-OS machines. Probably not. But it sure would be fun if that happened. Just don’t take away ePub capabilities, please.
21 hours ago |  from TeleRead

 

Barron's Magazine Now Available for the Kindle external link

Amazon has added the business weekly Barron's Magazine to the roster of magazines available for the Kindle. The price of $10.99 per month includes free automatic wireless delivery of each issue on Saturdays, starting at 11:00 am New York City local time. All subscriptions begin with a 14-d...
Sun, Nov 1 |  from The Kindle Reader

 

When Kindle e-reading apps show up on better handheld displays, will the iPhone seem quite so hot? external link

Thumbnail The iPhone/iPod Touch have had the advantage of being the sole handheld devices with an e-reader that could access Amazon’s e-list. That will soon change. The Windows UMPC will be able to run the Kindle e-reader. Also, Amazon will move the software to new Android and Maemo devices with signi...
Mon, Nov 2 |  from TeleRead

 

iPhone app release numbers swing toward e-books external link

Thumbnail Om Malik has just noticed that the iPhone is good for reading e-books, and calls it “the next hot e-reader”. He reports that, in September, book-related apps overtook games as a percentage of app store-released apps. Technorati Tags: Om Malik,e-book,e-books,ebook,ebooks,iPhone,iPo...
Mon, Nov 2 |  from TeleRead

 

Hall of Fame News

Podcast: BOL 1057: Bridge Out Loud

How To: Quick Tips: Jump pages in the Kindle

Amazon readying Kindle software for Mac

Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 released

Opinion: The Kindle Does Halloween: Mystery Fiction for the Holiday

How To: Kindle 2 hacks: bypassing Whispernet

Barnes & Noble reader to match Kindle price?

Podcast: Radio show on the future of the book

Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 arrives

Opinion: Kindle Genre Watch (11 Oct 09)

How to Convert PDF Files to Read on the Amazon Kindle

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 920: Speak for yourself, Kindle

Jobs: Amazon hiding poor Kindle sales

Patch: eBook Update: Leaked photos reveal Amazon Kindle 2

How To: Hacks: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy)

Nuance Omnipage Pro 17 Review

Opinion: Reading Fiction on your Kindle: A Few Novel Pointers

Podcast: Kindle-format software vs. Stanza: What about Adobe and ePub, David B?

Books They're Talking About: Kindle Books in the Media (27 Oct 09)

Opinion: 10 Things We Love And Hate About Amazon's Kindle 2

Kindle 2 Rips Off Authors And Publishers, Says Authors Guild

Podcast: "What’s Up with Ebooks?" is now available

NEWS: Five good reasons to buy an Amazon Kindle...

How To: Hack Your Kindle: 100+ Tips, Resources, and Tutorials to Get More ...

Opinion: The economics of the Kindle, revisited: Should a professor buy a $400 e-reader?

CES 2008: Sony Reader PRS-505

Holy Kindle, Batman! New Books on Religion for your Kindle

How To: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy)

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 936: Natali blushes, Molly rants

Another Kindle Complaint: Cancellation Hassles - PC World

Kindle 2 Gets PDF and EPUB eBook Converter [Kindle]

Opinion: Kindle pros and cons—from Microsoft program manager Scott HanselmanVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

How To: Hacks: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy)

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 922: Hot and junky

Amazon Kindle Real-Life Review (Verdict: Lightweight, Long Lasting and Easy to Grip... In Bed) [Our Kindle Verdict]

Tim O’Reilly: Kindle needs open ePub-style standard to survive

Podcast: 120 GB Zune

How To: Comparing e-book readers for the iPhone

Norwegian group speaks out against Amazon's e-book terms

Converting your PDF files to Kindle using PDF2LRF

Amazon claims it will only delete Kindle books when forced

Podcast: Amazon's Kindle

How To: Apt’s links for July 19th through July 20th

Kindle DRM hacked to allow protected Mobipocket ebooks

Opinion: Savoring the Past: New Kindle Books for History Buffs (25 Oct 09)

Amazon compensates for pulled Kindle e-book

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 933: Rocket bat

New York Times To Offer Kindle-With-Your-Subscription Deals

A Week of Entertainment: Books Reviewed in Entertainment Weekly 2 Oct 09

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 921: No One Likes To Be Called An Moral Pygmy

Kindle iPhone App Launches, E-Book Sales To Jump?

Opinion: The Soul of a Dog (and Five Other New Kindle Books about the Pets in Our Lives)

Podcast: TeleRead Audio: Ingram Digital’s Frank Daniels III talks to Karen Holt on e-newspapers vis-a-vis e-books, E prices, DRM and other topicsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Opinion: Interview with Kindlefeeder Founder Daniel Choi

Bookeen Cybook Gen3 ebook reader review

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 909: The 404 hacks Natali's computer

Kindle 2 Review: Sheeeyah, More Like Kindle 1.5 [Review]

Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader PRS-505 Video Review - PC Magazine

Podcast: Buzz Out Loud 951: Scary and hot

Opinion: Kindle Magazines - Magazines & Journals available on the Kindle

Dude Drops His Kindle 2, Convinces Amazon to Replace it and Pay Him $200 For His Troubles [Balls]

Amazon drops Kindle price to $259, adds int'l model for $279

Podcast: 3G iPhone in 2008 Confirmed by AT&T￿

Opinion: Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours [Legalese]

Books They're Talking About: Kindle Books in the Media (5 Oct 09)

The Lost Symbol selling faster on Kindle, tops Amazon ranks

Savory for Kindle 2 automates PDF and EPUB conversions, doesn't make James Patterson any more enjoyable

Amazon Kindle DX A Bigger, Better E-Book Reader

Giz Explains: Why Kindle 2 Isn't a Big Step Forward For Voracious Readers [Giz Explains]

Opinion: How Amazon Should Have Handled the Orwell Situation

Amazon Caves In To Book Publishers On Robot Voice Feature

The Kindle vs. the Plastic Logic device: Could PL’s king-sized screen, ruggedness and wireless crush the K machine?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Opinion: Capturing Lives: New Biographies & Memoirs for the Kindle (28 Jun 09)

Amazon Kindle Redesign Shows Its Face

Mini-Review: Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader

Amazon Kindle 2 Review

Jeff Bezos pitches the Kindle, BookSurge to skeptical mob at Book Expo America

Opinion: Sixteen free Harlequin novels: A Valentine for romance fans

8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook) [Nook]

Amazon Kindle DX to have world model in 2010

iRex Digital Reader 1000S Lightning Review [Lightning Review]

Opinion: Slowly Losing Interest in Subscriptions

Bookeen ships 5-inch Cybook Opus e-book reader

Review: Hanlin e-reader

A Week of Entertainment: Books Reviewed in Entertainment Weekly 23 Oct 09

Opinion: When asking an author if her ebook has also been published as a "real" book will be like asking a musician if her album has been released in vinyl

Apple's Media Tablet Will Beat Netbooks, Kindle

Sony announces Reader Daily Edition, free library ebook checkouts

NEWS: Amazon announces Kindle for PC

Opinion: Kindle 101: Adding Kindle Books to your Amazon Wish List

CNBC Host Furious About New Amazon Kindle

Opinion: Kindle Classroom Interview with Teacher Chris Edwards

How the Kindle Prevents eContent from Evolving

Opinion: Lessons from the iPhone App Store

Citi: Yep, The Kindle's A Huge Hit. $1 Billion For Amazon In 2010 (AMZN)

Opinion: All Things D Live: Amazon's Jeff Bezos On The Past and Future Of The Kindle

The Short Answer: The Classic Kindle Or The Kindle DX?

Amazon merges US and world Kindles, drops price to $259

Kindle Covers

They Moved My Bowl and More Doggy Humor for the Kindle

NEWS: Steve Jobs explains lack of camera in iPod touch, questions Kindle success

Time developing e-book reader?

What's On Your Kindle?

Opinion: Amazon Kindle DX first hands-on (with video!)

Books online: A stern warning, apropos of the Kindle dilemma

Dallas Morning News Whines To Congress About Amazon's Extortionate Kindle Terms

Kindle Genre Watch (29 Sep 09)

Opinion: The Kindle Reads Entertainment Weekly's Best Fiction of 2008

Kindle Genre Watch (7 Sep 09)

Citi: Amazon Kindle Is Next iPod

Opinion: Kindle Webinar Questions, Part II

Can the Kindle Break the E-book Curse?

Review Addendum: Using Amazon Kindle on Vacation [Kindle Review]

Kindle e-book reader not a good e-magazine reader

Kindle Genre Watch (20 Aug 09)

Opinion: PC Mag and BusinessWeek on the Kindle

Opinion: Kindle the Blaze

Plastic Logic color e-reader on track for spring?

2008 U.K. launch for Amazon Kindle or K II? Mid-’08 for Readius rollable E Ink reader? Q3 for Sony Reader?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

NEWS: Amazon settles for $150,000 over Kindle deletion

Is EPUB important for an ereader? Maybe not, says Amazon Kindle Review

The Kindle Celebrates Agatha Christie Week (Sep 13 - 20)

Amazon Kindle gets McGraw-Hill college material

Opinion: Kindle Genre Watch (23 Jun 09)

Opinion: contra kindle

Apple Treats Third-Party Developers Like Garbage

Opinion: Dissecting a typical ‘Kindle has zero prospects’ anti-Kindle article.

The Kindle Explores DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard)

Amazon downgraded despite Kindle boost

Opinion: Available Now: indieKindle e-Book and Article Publishing Services for Authors

Opinion: Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader: Sizemodo and Interface Comparison (Gallery)

The Digitizers: Joshua Tallent, the Kindle e-book designer to beat all Kindle e-book designers

The Kindle Yuks It Up: Amusing Reads for Lazy Summer E-Book Reading

‘Latest FAIL in eBooks’? Or a viable rival to the Amazon Kindle—in the form of a wireless e-book reader?

Attempt to spark Kindle flame leaves publishers cold at Book Expo

A Week of Entertainment: Books Reviewed in Entertainment Weekly 09 Oct 09

Amazon Kindle: Milestone Or Speedbump?

NEWS: E-book reader owners in UK happy with hardware

Opinion: History Thru the Lens of Fiction: New Historical Novels for the Kindle (24 Aug 09)

Opinion: Amazon’s DMCA takedown of KindleID script hints at dark future for Mobipocket format

Format-tortured reader: Could I buy a broken Kindle, then purchase K books to convert for my Nokia N810?

Google to launch paid, universal e-book store

Help Kindle Chronicles Podcaster Len Edgerly Put the Kindle on the Agenda at SXSW Interactive 2010

What Amazon and HP Are Now Learning From Apple

‘10 Linux-powered e-book readers’

Amazon's Jeff Bezos Unveils Kindle 2 (AMZN)

Opinion: Murder Can Be Puzzling: Puzzled-Related Mysteries for the Kindle

Opinion: Kindle defended by Matthew Battles, former rare-books librarian

Review: Dash GPS

NEWS: Amazon to offer Mac version of "Kindle for PC" software

NYT writer reviews Kindle, yawn, yawn: When will the Times get serious about e-books and write about the grubby stuff?

ebooks and the iPhone

Books They're Talking About: Kindle Books in the Media (21 Sep 09)

First look: Sony Reader PRS-505/SC vs. Amazon Kindle - San Jose Mercury News

Opinion: Oprah flips for the Kindle

The Kindle: Remarkable but ot for the reasons you think

Kindle Store should provide DRMless PDF and ePUB as options—and a Bezos statement might offer hope

CHART OF THE DAY: iPhone App And Kindle Stores Are Bigger Than YouTube

Opinion: Why aren’t textbooks free? AKA How the Kindle could potentially put textbook publishers out of business.

Kindle Genre Watch (2 Aug 09)

My Visit to E Ink

Kindle: This book will change your life

Kudos to Amazon on Kindle update! Job well done!

Opinion: Amazon Kindle

The Kindle Reads World Fantasy Award Nominees for Best Novel

Opinion: $243 for Sony e-book on Balzac’s short fiction? But wait! How about the $6.4K Kindle nuclear engineering e-book?

USA Today vs. The New York Times

Opinion: Merry Mayhem: A Dozen Holiday Mysteries for Your Kindle!

Offbeat and Interesting: Three New Nonfiction Titles for the Kindle

Amazon in rapid development of UK Kindle

Opinion: No, Mr. Murdoch; that was a movie, this is a book

Kindle store bestsellers: From free to DRM-free?

Watch A Kindle DX Survive A 30-Inch Fall

 
 

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