TagsTagsToday Amazon slashed the price of their excellent Kindle wireless ebook reader by $70 (from $259 to $189), as they play for keeps in a price war with the Barnes and Noble Nook, just reduced from $259 to $199 (3G version). (They’re both probably feeling some heat from the Apple ...
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LGF lizard Thanos pointed out this page at Amazon where you can get their Free Kindle Reading Apps for a variety of computers and mobile devices. I installed the Mac and iPhone versions and they both work well, with a few caveats. The Mac version isn’t very Mac-like; it looks like ...
Amazon has announced that during this Christmas season, the Kindle e-book reader was the “most gifted item” in the company’s history — and on Christmas Day, the sales of Kindle e-books were actually higher than traditional books. This is quite a milestone, and signals that consumer acceptance of the Kindle ...
Here’s some good news if you live in Canada and you’ve been waiting for Amazon to release their terrific Kindle e-book reader in a Canadian version: your wait is over. In addition to having full access to more than 300,000 titles in the Amazon store, Amazon announced that Canadian newspapers ...
Amazon’s Kindle is about to have serious competition, with the new Barnes and Noble Nook E-Book Reader. The Nook uses a similar E Ink display, but has some interesting improvements over the Kindle too, including the ability to connect to the Barnes and Noble store through Wi-Fi (in addition to 3G), ...
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Amazon announced today that they’ve dropped the price on their terrific Kindle e-book reader by another $30, putting the new price at just $259. As I’ve written several times, this is one of my absolute favorite gadgets and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves to read. It’s like ...
I got this book for my beloved Kindle a few days ago: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. I’m about a quarter of the way into it, and I already have no hesitation about recommending it highly to anyone interested in arming themselves with the ...
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The latest books I’m reading on my Kindle, with short reviews.
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David Pogue, author of Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual (a book I highly recommend even if you think you’re already a Mac expert) has a good comparison of Amazon’s Kindle with the new Barnes and Noble eBook offerings: State of the Art - Amazon’s E-Book Rival, Barnes and ...
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Some recommended books I’m currently reading (or have just finished) on my Kindle, with one-line reviews:
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has personally apologized for their misguided deletion of two George Orwell novels from customers’ Kindles: An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum. This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our “solution” to ...
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Glenn Fleishman has a good article at TidBITS on the controversy over Amazon’s apparently Orwellian deletion of two George Orwell books from customers’ Kindles: Double Plus Ungoods: Amazon Unpublishes Orwell. Note: it doesn’t seem to have been publicized much, but Amazon has admitted they made a mistake with this move, and ...
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You probably heard the reports that Amazon had unceremoniously deleted Kindle versions of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 from customers’ devices. But it turns out there’s a little more to the story: the company who sold the books through the Kindle store did not have the rights to publish ...
When I’ve posted my rave reviews of Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader (a device I use nearly as much as my computer), LGF readers in other countries have plaintively complained that it isn’t available outside the US — especially, in Canada and Britain. Well, there’s no word on Canadian availability yet, ...
If you were intrigued by Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader but thought it was a bit expensive, there’s good news today as Amazon drops the price by $60 on the Kindle 2, to below $300. Amazon says it’s because they’re manufacturing a larger volume of the devices, decreasing the cost. The price ...
Some recommended books now on my Kindle:
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Some recommended books now on my Kindle: The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer. Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard.
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The Kindle DX will start shipping this Wednesday, June 10th — earlier than I expected. If you saw any of my previous posts about the Kindle you know I have a serious tech crush on this gadget, and I still use it every single day. Now I’m trying to resist ...
The news about Ireland’s report on Catholic reform school child abuse came just as I was finishing a terrific series of crime novels by author Ken Bruen, set in Ireland. One of Bruen’s novels deals specifically with the “Magdalen Laundries” run by Catholic nuns, and the terrible effects on children ...
Today Amazon announced the newest addition to the Kindle family of E-book readers: the Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7’ Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation). It’s available for pre-order now, and will be released “this summer,” for a rather pricey $489. The Kindle DX weighs about 6 ounces more than the current version, ...
Yes, folks, it’s another new version of the Kindle, being announced this week, with a larger screen and improved web browser: Amazon to Launch Kindle for Textbooks. It’s unclear from the news reports whether the new Kindle will be for sale any time soon. Looks like the first roll-out will be ...
When Amazon announced the Kindle 2 in early February they dropped hints about reading Kindle books on an iPhone, and here’s the reason for the hints: Kindle for iPhone. (iTunes App Store link.) Once you install this free application, all you have to do is enter your Amazon account’s email address ...
Amazon’s new Kindle 2 is more of an incremental improvement than a massive upgrade. As a Kindle 1 owner, the new features and display improvements (and the fact that I read so much) make it worth the price for me, but if you already have a Kindle 1 your mileage ...
Version 2 of Amazon’s excellent E-Book reader is now shipping: Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation). Mine is on the way. Yes, I couldn’t resist. I’ll post a review when it gets here.
The rumors were accurate; today Amazon announced version 2 of their revolutionary e-book reader, the Kindle. You can pre-order the device now at this page; it begins shipping February 24th: Amazon.com: Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation).