Amazon has announced the first Kindle tablet PC and the first touch-screen Kindle e-Readers. Highlights Three new e-Ink Kindle models, two of which have a touch-screen Larger screens, smaller bodies (no keyboards) Lower prices – with optional on-screen ads. $79-$189 Kindle Fire – a color, touchscreen tablet device for $199 See more details and my… Continue reading Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch Released
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How To Publish Your Blog For Kindle
Kindles aren’t just for books. People also subscribe to blogs on their Kindles. It usually costs around $1.99 a month (the price is set by Amazon) and is a great way to offer your content to all those people who woke up to find Kindles under the Christmas Tree/Menorah/Festivus Pole. When they subscribe, every new… Continue reading How To Publish Your Blog For Kindle
Loan Kindle Books? Yes You Can!
So, One of the frustrations about the Kindle has been that you can’t share books with your friends and family. Now, Amazon has at last announced that you can lend Kindle editions of ebooks Usual caveat: Publishers have to allow this feature and most of the big ones won’t. Yet. 1 Loan Your Kindle Books… Continue reading Loan Kindle Books? Yes You Can!
Kindle FAQs
With the release of better and less-expensive Kindles I’ve been getting a lot of questions from people who know I love mine and are wondering if they should be getting one. So here, I present my answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions I hear about eReaders like Kindle. If you have any other questions, leave… Continue reading Kindle FAQs
Should I Buy A Kindle 3?
Another generation of Kindle is here, Kindle 3 and now you’re asking yourself, “Should I buy a Kindle 3?” With the new, wi-fi only Kindle 3 priced at only $139, how much longer are you going to be able to resist? (The Kindle 3 wireless version, with free 3G connectivity AND wi-fi, is still $189.… Continue reading Should I Buy A Kindle 3?
How To Become A Best-Selling Novelist on Kindle
While the big publishing houses seem to be missing the point with Kindle, authors are not.
A whole host of authors – from traditionally published to newbies – are self-publishing their books on Kindle, climbing the best-seller charts and writing about how they’re doing it.
iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
Let me be upfront right, er, up front: I love my Kindle (s). But I was intrigued by the iPad because it was so damned new and sexy and multifuction and did I mention new and sexy? I had used my iPhone’s Kindle app as a portable ebook reader, for those times when I didn’t… Continue reading iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
iPad vs Kindle
So, iPad vs. Kindle. It was the first thing a lot of people mentioned and I’m not sure why. It’s a bit like comparing a greetings card to a smart phone. Or my beloved blank notebook to my desktop computer. One is designed to do one thing, and do it well, with all the limitations… Continue reading iPad vs Kindle
Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2
I read that, in response to your complaint, Amazon is preparing to give authors and publishers the choice of whether to offer their books with text-to-speech. Fine. But I’m writing to ask you to encourage your members to tell their publishers to say ‘yes’. I understand the contract issues and the rights issues. I understand… Continue reading Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2
Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech
…The Author’s Guild should consider that as the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech technology advances, it might just be that it gets people MORE used to listening to their books, and increases demand for high quality audio books.