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Kindle e-reader experiment ends

The Kindle 2 I purchased in late April is on its way back to Amazon. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, maybe there is. Or maybe there's something wrong with me. Who can say? My motivation for purchasing an e-book reader was simple enough. I...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 7:41 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: gadgets, kindle, Amazon
Publish your blog to the Kindle and make pennies

Amazon has introduced a plan to allow all blog owners to add their blog to the Kindle e-book store . Certain large blogs have been available in their store for a while now, with monthly subscription fees ranging from $1 to $2 (for big-name blogs with...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 11:17 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: kindle, Amazon, blogs
Rumor: big-screen Kindle announcement soon

The New York Times has let fly with tantalizing whiffs of the new Amazon Kindle to come , allegedly sporting a larger screen that would make magazine and newspaper reading much easier. If this is true, I'm going to be very upset after having sprung...

Published Mon, May 05 2009 8:29 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: gadgets, kindle, Amazon
A great business idea for Amazon

I must confess something. When I saw the Kindle 2 was launched, I wasn't interested. I kept telling myself that I would wait until they come out with a color-screened version. But after getting a chance to tinker with Ced's Kindle, I realized...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 7:53 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: kindle, Amazon
Kindle 2 already angering somebody

And it's the people at the Author's Guild. Apparently the text-to-speech feature on the new Kindle 2 is potentially violating copyright law . Some publishers and agents expressed concern over a new, experimental feature that reads text aloud with...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2009 11:18 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: kindle, e-book, copyright law
Kindle 2 launched

Amazon's new version of their Kindle e-book reader has launched today. It boasts a 25% longer battery life and a smaller form factor than the original. It also debuts a new text-to-speech feature that can read any printed content to you. The screen...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2009 10:47 AM by Jody Farr

Filed under: kindle, e-book

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