Creative multimedia Kindle rival and Motorola Droid smartphone—plus Nook may go global next year
What if a Kindle rival could display videos and do Facebook and Twitter while also offering a touch screen, text to speech, an SD memory slot and Internet capabilities? Those are...
Amazon’s Kindle catalog sorted by language
Stephen Windwalker's Kindle Nation Daily is reporting that Amazon now can sort Kindle books by language. Here is what he has to say:
Here are several sorts of the Kindle catalog...
Kindle a godsend for cancer patient: Wants text-to-speech for those too weak to hold...
Jim---no last name given---wrote this comment in agreement with Senescence, death and e-books: Could an e-library help?, Alex Sanchez’s moving essay that we published earlier today. – D.R....
Wired Gadget Lab article on using the Kindle – a good read
Actually this article is called "How to un-cripple your international Kindle" but the title is misleading. It is a very nice summary of how to use any Kindle's wireless connections...
Not enough bricks to make the Nook click? B&N will sell take-home Nooks at...
Each B&N store will get a demo Nook, but PaidContent reports that “only certain stores will carry the Nook for on-the-spot sales.” Gee, I thought B&N would get...
Kindle conversion fees get you in trouble with Visa credit card computers—or another company’s?
That’s what happened to Jim Fallows, the Atlantic writer, who was shelling out 15-cent payments for PDF conversions. The brain-dead credit card computers thought Jim was a card thief...
ePub is kickstarting the e-book biz: 1.6 million ePub titles available from the Internet...
ePub and the group behind it can vex me---a lot. I agree with Paul on such matters as the long-delayed ePub logo. Look, IDPF, where’s the logo contest you promised...
Is EPUB important for an ereader? Maybe not, says Amazon Kindle Review
The always excellent Amazon Kindle Review has a great article today on whether it is really necessary for Amazon to adopt EPUB. It points out that in the past the...
Why you probably should NOT buy an e-reader this year
Jane at Dear Author, the romance novel site, offers an excellent guide to the current crop of e-books----but warns that shoppers might do well to wait until next year when...
Quick note: Kindle software coming for the Mac
Important news for Mac users. Previously we reported that the Kindle software will soon be released for the PC. Well, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is reporting that Amazon has said it...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
