Amazon Kindle 3, Kindle 2 And Kindle DX Blog

Kindle 3 Released

matthew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:02:46 +0000

Preorders are now available for both the 3G + WiFi Kindle 3 and the much anticipated WiFi-only Kindle 3. The improvements on both models(the only difference between the two being the exclusion of 3G coverage from the WiFi model and the lower price that that entails) are quite noticeable, if a bit less drastic than [...]

New Kindle Unveiling Soon?

matthew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:24:30 +0000

As anybody who is interested can clearly see, today finds the Kindle sold out! For some, this may be annoying since it means that you have to wait on your new eReader. For those who’ve been following the news these last few months, however, this is simply a reinforcement of the good news we’ve been [...]

B&N Nook for Android Released

matthew — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:38:49 +0000

Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) has taken a page out of Amazon’s(NASDAQ:AMZN) book again recently by rebranding their eReader applications under the nook. This comes at the same time as, and is therefore well illustrated by, the much anticipated release of the nook software for the Android operating system, which is now available in the Apps store [...]

Kindle Sales For Larsson Hit New Milestone

matthew — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:30 +0000

This week we have seen a new standard set for eSook sales, specifically those for Amazon’s(NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, which we recently mentioned in a review of the Kindle Editions, has now sold over One Million copies for the Kindle alone. This comes just weeks after James Patterson’s amazing announcement that he had [...]

Kindle eBook Sales Exceed Hardcovers

matthew — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:54:23 +0000

Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has recently released some very interesting news for eBook enthusiasts. Apparently, in recent months, Kindle eBook sales have begun to exceed those of traditional hardcovers by an average of 40% on the Amazon website with recent weeks showing the difference as high as 80%. As more and more people weigh in on the topic of [...]

Amazon’s Kindle Gets Even More Popular

matthew — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:16:22 +0000

Recent releases from Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) have indicated that the Kindle, proving it deserves its place as Amazon’s #1 Best Selling item, has tripled in sales this year compared to last, in part due to last month’s price slashing. While many deride that move as the end of the Kindle as a profitable endeavor, there can be [...]

Sharp Takes On Kindle

matthew — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:38:31 +0000

It’s hardly new to anybody that the eReader market is a place where everybody is scrambling to make their mark and stake a claim. Some successfully nudge their way into the public eye via good marketing and good feature sets, like the nook, and some simply fail in the face of so much pressure. It [...]

B&N Nook Takes Aim At Students

matthew — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:31:46 +0000

Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) has announced an August release for their new NOOKstudy software package. Following in their recent tradition of following up Amazon’s original moves with some further refinement, it appears we’re looking at a few old favorites with a couple new twists. The Kindle DX has proven to be slightly less than ready for [...]

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

holly — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:23:48 +0000

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson, dominated the #1 spot on the Kindle bestseller list for a long time, and has maintained a spot in the top 100 for an astounding 630 days. Dragon Tattoo was just recently unseated from the #1 spot by Daniel Silva’s The Rembrandt [...]

The Onion for Kindle

holly — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:28:52 +0000

The Onion is a weekly newspaper offered on the Kindle and Kindle DX for $2.49. The current editor of The Onion is Joe Randazzo, and their website is updated daily. The Kindle edition is great for portability, and is delivered wirelessly every Thursday. The Onion is also released with its affiliate, The AV Club, a [...]

Kindle in the Classroom Results

matthew — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:50:12 +0000

As pilot programs at seven universities around the country wrap up their evaluations of the Kindle DX as a viable teaching tool and textbook alternative, we see pretty much the expected results. The eReader that has been such a pleasure to use in leisure is perhaps not quite ready for the academic scene. Humanities classes, especially [...]

Kindle Patent Finally Goes Through

matthew — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:50:10 +0000

As many of you will remember, the original Kindle design was a bit heavier, a bit clunkier, and had a small screen next to the main one for utility. Well, in 2006 Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) filed for a patent on the design. A mere four years later, it has been granted. At first glance, given how much [...]

Kindle Ownership: Personal Reflections

matthew — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:50:00 +0000

I’ve used eReaders for a long time now, and enjoyed them since the start, but the overall pattern of my reading didn’t really change much until I got my Kindle. To this day I have at least several hundred paperbacks in my collection. Since getting the Kindle, I’ve added perhaps a dozen to the pile [...]

iRiver Launches New E-reader device

holly — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:50:08 +0000

iRiver has announced a new e-book reader that looks a whole lot like the Kindle 2 with its white cover, grayscale screen and keyboard. It is called the iRiver Wi-Fi Story and is available in the UK for 250 pounds. That equals to about $376 USD. Wi-Fi Story users can download books from the WHSmith e-book [...]

Kindle Under Attack From Discovery

matthew — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:26:07 +0000

On Wednesday, Discovery Patent Holdings LLC filed a lawsuit against Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) over the use of technology related to the distribution of, and securing of, digital texts that Discovery feels falls under their patents. It is worth pointing out, at this juncture, that this is not, precisely, a new lawsuit. In March of 2009, Discovery Communications [...]

Best of the Beatles and more Guitar Books for Kindle

holly — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:50:03 +0000

To all of you Beatles fans out there, there is acoustic guitar lesson book available for Kindle with the new audio feature enabled. It is called Best of the Beatles for Acoustic Guitar by Wolf Marshall. The Kindle version is $9.99, which is the same as most bestsellers. Since the audio and video feature is [...]

Kindle HTML5 Previewer

matthew — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:50:06 +0000

Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has recently announced the Kindle Previewer, a feature that will allow users to sample the texts of interesting eBooks directly through the main Amazon web site without recourse to any sort of special software. Users will simply be able to open the site from within any HTML5-compatible browser and view a bit of the [...]

Musicals for Kindle

holly — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:49:37 +0000

There are a lot of music books with sheet music available on Kindle now with the audio and video feature enabled. If you are interested in musicals and play the piano, you should check out the Wicked book. It includes sheet music and a piano play along audio piece. Wicked is about the unlikely friendship [...]

Kindle Reading Speed Study: Badly Misunderstood

matthew — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:06:26 +0000

For the past week or so, blogs like ours here have been buzzing with thoughts about a study done of relative reading speeds between the Kindle, iPad, PC Monitor and Paperback Book. The general consensus seems to have been anything from “See, eReaders are bad!” to “Look, it proves the iPad is better than the [...]

Sony Slashes Prices, Shocks Nobody

matthew — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:04:11 +0000

Sony(NYSE:SNE) has recently announced price cuts on all their eReader devices. The Pocket Edition, their 5″ compact display, is now $150, the Touch Edition has come down to $169, and the Daily Edition, with its 7″ touchscreen display, is now at $299. With all this competition how are Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) and Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) going to [...]

Color Kindle Rumour

matthew — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:00:12 +0000

There’s a great deal of talk floating around lately about the potential for a color Kindle device by the end of this year. It’s always been something of a given that a color display with the positive attributes of eInk would be developed and put into production at some point, but few believed it could [...]

Amazon Incentivizes Digital Discounts

matthew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:41:43 +0000

As things come to a head between publishers and providers, and as Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) and Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) compete over the digital self-publishing market, Amazon is attempting to place themselves firmly in the forefront of publisher attention by offering the potential for doubled royalties to users of their DTP self-publishing platform. The gist of the announcement [...]

Knitting for Dummies 2nd Edition for Kindle Video

holly — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:31:11 +0000

Amazon just started offering a sound and video feature for the Kindle. Right now there are only 13 books available with this feature enabled, but hopefully more will be added soon. The video and audio versions are only available for Kindle for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. Will Amazon incorporate this capability into its next generation of the [...]

Amazon Acquires Woot.com

matthew — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:13:45 +0000

Coming out of nowhere, at least for those of us who wouldn’t have thought to be looking for it in the first place, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has run in and bought Woot! This ever-popular discount liquidation site has made a name for itself for its great deals, incredibly random selection, and just generally fun presence on the [...]

Kindle DX Gets Facelift, Price Cut

matthew — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:54:51 +0000

Let’s be honest, many of us were wondering what the status of the Kindle DX would turn out to be after the recent price cuts on both the Kindle and the nook made it seem more than a little bit overpriced for the times. Thankfully, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has responded and then some with an update to [...]