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Sony's 3G-enabled Reader Daily Edition up for pre-order, content deals coming next month

18 Nov 2009 06:24:00 PST

Written by Darren Murph
Amazon and Barnes & Noble may be swiping the limelight, but Sony's clearly playing for keeps with its $399 Reader Daily Edition. The 7-inch e-book reader has just been listed for pre-order over at SonyStyle, and with it will come wireless access (via AT&T) to the company's own eBo...

Original story at Engadget .

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Amazon Kindle cleared to sell in Canada

17 Nov 2009 07:30:00 PST

Amazon today gave the green light to selling the Kindle 2 in Canada. The reader is the same international version sold elsewhere and will give Canadians the same access to the Kindle bookstore as Americans. Some Canadian publications, such as the Globe and Mail and the Ottawa Citizen, are a...

Original story at Electronista .

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Podcast: BOL 1108: Tracker pulling

17 Nov 2009 00:55:00 PST

Written by buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com)
Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1108 Google book settlement revised, criticized

Original story at Buzz Out Loud .

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Canada gets International Kindle support, no longer feels inferior to Trinidad and Tobago

16 Nov 2009 21:54:00 PST

Written by Joseph L. Flatley
Good news for our Canadian brethren! While the realization that you'd been excluded from the International Kindle may have angered you, or frightened you, or engendered feelings of shame or lust, all hope is not lost! We have just got word that Amazon has added your fine nation to the list...

Original story at Engadget .

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New Kindle app lets you download Kindle e-books directly to your PC from non-Amazon sites—not just the Kindle Store

10 Nov 2009 07:39:27 PST

Written by David Rothman
Of course, with all this fuss over the Kindle and the related format, I wonder what’ll become of the Mobipocket format. The Mobi reader, as I make clear in the test-drive review, remains a better piece of software, with far more features.

Original story at TeleRead .

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Opinion: Quick test drive: Kindle for PC looks promising—but is no match for Mobipocket in flexibility. And how about ePub?

10 Nov 2009 01:50:43 PST

Written by David Rothman
Regardless of the Amazon app’s positives, I’ll still be wary of all things Kindle due to the proprietary format and DRM. If you’re interested in building a library of books from large publishers, then you’d be better off with the Sony Reader or the B&N Nook—at least if plans work out and...

Original story at TeleRead .

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Amazon Kindle news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Amazon Kindle news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• The Great Hunt – Wheel of Time Volume 2 – released -- by Paul Biba from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• eGen: ‘High-volume’ ePub conversion from XML—and claims of hi-fi reproductions of charts -- by David Rothman from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Sony Readers are replacing paper textbooks at a Toronto high school: Why I’m thrilled as a teacher -- by Ficbot from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Sony reports Touch Edition sales exceed expectations -- by Chris Meadows from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Podcast: In the future we'll all be cats (1109) -- by buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com) from Buzz Out Loud (MP3)
• Gifts for Bookworms Who Live For Lazy Weekend Reads [Gift Guide] -- by Rosa Golijan from Gizmodo
• ‘Run Kindle for PC in Linux with Wine’ -- by David Rothman from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Quick Note: Random House Kindle sales skyrocket -- by Paul Biba from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• If you want to send blogs to Kindle for PC… -- by David Rothman from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• ‘Interactive’ fiction comes to the Kindle: Choose Your Own Adventure books -- by Chris Meadows from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

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

31 Oct 2009 07:38:36 PDT

Written by Jan(jzlendich@comcast.net)
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.

Original story at The Kindle Reader .

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

30 Oct 2009 15:30:00 PDT

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...

Original story at Electronista .

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

27 Oct 2009 07:32:01 PDT

Written by Jan(jzlendich@comcast.net)
In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts a wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life. His story stretches from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map. He discusses his passion for the crusading style of reportage he championed, his clashes with Rupert Murdoch...

Original story at The Kindle Reader .

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Barnes & Noble reader to match Kindle price?

19 Oct 2009 20:15:00 PDT

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...

Original story at Electronista .

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Opinion: Kindle Genre Watch (11 Oct 09)

11 Oct 2009 01:22:58 PDT

Written by Jan(jzlendich@comcast.net)
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews. Ace. Kindle edition $6.39. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. Soulless by Gail Carriger. Orbit. Kindle edition $6.39. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. ROMANCE Sweet Seduction by Maya Banks. Berkley. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

Original story at The Kindle Reader .

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Jobs: Amazon hiding poor Kindle sales

09 Sep 2009 16:35:00 PDT

Apple chief Steve Jobs today took shots at Amazon while also explaining some of the decisions behind the new new iPods and his own health. The co-founder is famous for having attacked Amazon's Kindle in the past but has now said that the e-book reader's main flaw its speci...

Original story at Electronista .

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Podcast: BOL 1057: Bridge Out Loud

04 Sep 2009 14:05:00 PDT

Written by buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com)
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.

Original story at Buzz Out Loud .

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

02 Sep 2009 18:21:30 PDT

Written by Jan(jzlendich@comcast.net)
4. Turn on the Kindle's wireless connection so you can use Google to search for information or check the Wikipedia for information about the author as you read. The Magic Catalog of Project Gutenberg E-Books will transport you, magically of course, to Kindle-friendly versions of free Pro...

Original story at The Kindle Reader .

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Nuance Omnipage Pro 17 Review

10 Jun 2009 17:54:10 PDT

In a nod to the growing popularity of e-books, OmniPage has also added a new Kindle Assistant option that helps you set up a macro that automatically sends a converted document to an Amazon Kindle book reader. In testing this feature, however, ...

Original story at PC World .

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Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 released

21 May 2009 07:21:30 PDT

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. ...

Original story at news.idg.no .

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Patch: Kindle for iPhone 1.1 arrives

21 May 2009 06:13:53 PDT

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 ...

Original story at iphonetouch.blorge.com .

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

23 Mar 2009 03:00:00 PDT

Written by Dan Frommer
New books are cheaper on the Kindle than on paper. Makes up for the $360 you have to drop to get a Kindle in the first place. Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, for instance, costs $17 in hardcover at Amazon, but is $10 for the Kindle. The Host is $5 cheaper on the Kindle, too.

Original story at Silicon Alley Insider .

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How To: Kindle 2 hacks: bypassing Whispernet

06 Mar 2009 14:10:17 PST

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 ...

Original story at Ars Technica .

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

27 Feb 2009 13:18:00 PST

Written by buzz@cnet.com (CNET.com)
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,

Original story at Buzz Out Loud .

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

18 Feb 2009 13:23:24 PST

Written by David Rothman
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...

Original story at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home .

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Patch: eBook Update: Leaked photos reveal Amazon Kindle 2

07 Oct 2008 01:15:09 PDT

Written by TechFever.Net
We thought that a second-gen of the Amazon Kindle won’t be released soon because it was Amazon’s chief spokesman Craig Berman himself who said that no version of the e-book will be out this year. But apparently, a new version was leaked ...

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

17 Jun 2008 07:26:35 PDT

Beam-ebooks Converter: With this web tool, you can copy and paste text into the form field and get a .prc or PDF file. ABC Amber LIT Converter: This free tool can convert the .lit format to a Kindle-readable .prc file. ...

Original story at College Degrees .

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How to Convert PDF Files to Read on the Amazon Kindle

06 May 2008 09:59:22 PDT

Written by Cottontimer
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. ...

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

13 Dec 2007 07:42:00 PST

Written by Mike
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 ...

Original story at mikedaisey.com . Related stories include: How to Convert PDF Files to Read on the Amazon Kindle - Cotton , How To: Kindle DRM Hacked (That Was Easy) - first.org

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