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Opinion: Francis Hamit: An Author's Point of View
Mon, Nov 2 | from Joe Wikert's Kindleville
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1% of entire US population reading a book on the iPhone
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
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]
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
Undercover – from reader.ly
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
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]
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)
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
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
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
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]
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.
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?
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
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?
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
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
