Focusing ebooks and ereaders
Does Kindle Has “Clipping” Limit?
Apparently does. The Bb RealTech reports that though kindle has ‘functionality to highlight passages, add book notes, and especially, save a kindle “page” to a clipping file’, amazon restricts such clipping beyond some point in a book. The blog author has found that
while reading Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, about a [...]
Bezos on Kindle Business Model, Profitability, and Competition
Recently Jeff Bezos have made some comments on kindle sales, old and new kindles published on SeatlePI:
On when Amazon will release data on kindle sales:
“I’m not sure we ever will reveal all the numbers,” Bezos said. “There often can be a competitive advantage in keeping the numbers close. You may just have to remain curious [...]
What it means to be ‘kindle killer’?
‘kindle killer’ has recently become a buzz word as much as the kindle is. People are used to this or that will be kindle-killer. For example, if apple comes with a big-screen ipodTouch or a tablet, that would be a kindle killer. I understand,
some people are not happy with amazon’s kindle .awz format with is [...]
Teardown of Kindle 2 by Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad
Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad have recently posted the story of the teardown of kindle 2 on their blog. Here is some detail of their observation:
They started to disassemble with the help of an engineer who is working for a Japanese device maker and well-versed in the design of electronic books.
The squad started breaking down both [...]
More Wooden Kindle on ebay
Remeber the wooden kindle which was created by folks at Incredible Stuff I Made with some help from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories using laser cutter: Made of plywood, a material often featured in Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Do you how much it was sold on ebay? – US$103.50 after 19 bids. And how many times the [...]
Amazon’s Kindle For iPhone Application Updated
It seema Amazon is moving aggresively and seriously in its digital venture. Amazon has released a new update of it’s kindle for iPhone application. The current version 1.1. In fact, after the acquisition of Lexcycle with it’s stanza applicatio, amazon made a huge improvemnt with this update of kindle app. The features are as follows:
You [...]
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Should you buy Kindle DX?
Okay, that’s tough question. Some people have deep passion for e-books so much that they don’t care. If they get little more benefit from the new e-book device they just jump on. Yes, kindle dx has more benefit over kindle 2:
larger screen
native PDF support
PDF margin is cropped nicely for viewing the whole page bigger
friendly viewing [...]
You want a kindle DX because
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Break-down of e-book Prices on Amazon kindle store
The pricing of e-books has recently become an important issue of discussion. Over amazon’s kindle forum, readers are trying to pursue others to ‘boycott anything over $9.99‘. In one of my recent posts I have already discussed on some concerns regarding amazon’s pricing anomaly. What should be the optimal price of a standard e-book? Should [...]
Now you can buy Kindle e-books directly from iPhone or iPodTouch
Amazon launched a kindle Store optimized for the Safari Web browser on iPhone. Now when users of the kindle for iPhone app click on “Get Books,” the new kindle Store tailored for the size and shape of [...]
Read what’s Worthy in Kindle Buzz
How Big Can The kindle Get? – The Washington Post
kindle dx: Sleeper Agent for Amazon’s Future – The Big Money
kindle Fills the iVoid: The buzz around the kindle is more about Apple than about Amazon – The Big Money
Murdoch: No more free lunch, and no kindle love- The Christian Science Monitor
Students Skeptical kindle dx Can [...]
What people think about kindle DX?
When Gizmodo was blogging live from Pace University during kindle dx launch, Matt and other people in the team asked several questions for the readers who were following the live blogging on the net. Here the screenshoots of all the questions, and results that I got from Gizmodo’s liveblog:
It sems the kindle dx will have [...]
How does Kindle DX support PDF Documents?
Accoring to the kindle dx user guide:
When your kindle is held in portrait orientation, PDF documents are displayed in their original layout and fit the entire screen of the device. White margins of PDF documents are automatically cropped to maximize the amount of content shown
on the screen.
In landscape orientation, kindle automatically magnifies your document to [...]
Yes, It’s Kindle DX: Focus Newpapers & Textbooks with Built-in PDF Support
As we have guessed the new large screen kindle – kindle dx – is coming in the market on Wednesday. And we have mentioned before that it’s not only going to support newspaper but also textbooks. In fact textbooks are the ones more important for kindle to be successful. Amazon is going to introduce new [...]
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