kindle 2.0
Amazon Will Continue to Sell the Kindle 2.0
An inside source from Amazon reports that Amazon will indeed continue to sell the Kindle 2.0.
When Amazon introduced the Kindle 2.0, the company stopped selling the Kindle 1. And for good reason. The Kindle 1 had been out of stock for months. After the Oprah effect took place (http://kindle-tips.com/is-the-kindle-20-the-ipod-for-books/), the Kindle 1 flew [...]
Amazon Announces Kindle dx Ship Date
Get ready to start watching your mailbox! Amazon has announced that the Kindle DX will start shipping on June 10, 2009. You can pre-order at any time. These wildly popular ebook readers will be mailed out on a first come, first served basis.
What will be very interesting to see is whether or not Amazon will [...]
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now by Kindle 2
Amid all the “hub bub” regarding the release of the newest Kindle (the Kindle DX) one has to wonder why Amazon even bothered coming out with the Kindle 2??? Amazon had to have the improved model on the drawing board when the Kindle 2 was released, right?
Well, consider this – Maybe Amazon will continue to [...]
Carry Your Word Docs and pdf’s on Your Kindle 2
Amazon provides a service to Kindle users which allows them to carry their documents on the Kindle. Need to keep you pdf or Word doc handy? Want to read an e-book, a manual or a whitepaper while you’re out? Carry it on your Kindle. Amazon makes it easy to transfer documents from your computer to [...]
Kindle 2 Owners – a Rowdy Bunch?!
When you think of protests, do book lovers come to mind? No?
Well, Kindle owners may not be protesters worthy of news coverage but they are being heard. It seems that many Kindle users are “up in arms” about the costs associated with some of the Kindle versions of books. And they are doing something about [...]
Free Customized Magazines from Time
What if you could customize your own magazine – combining content from a variety of your favorite topics? And what if they were willing to send it to you for free?
Time Magazine is trying something new – an experiment they have called “Mine”. Basically, they are offering to create a customized publication “especially for you”. [...]
Saving the New York Times with an Amazon Kindle
In a tight economy every business starts to tighten its belt. CEO’s start to look for ways to trim the budget and make do with less. Entrepreunerial-minded business leaders look for ways to do the same thing but in a more economical way. Do you think the newspaper publishers will look at the Kindle as [...]
InstaPaper and the Kindle 2.0
Got “InstaPaper”?
News of this handy website/service is quickly sweeping through the social media avenues. Basically, Instapaper is a site that will collect all of the web articles and posts you mark and want to come back to later. Have a blog post you want to read but don’t have time right now? [...]
What’s on Your Kindle?
What’s on Your iPod?
It’s an interesting question. One that has been asked of last election’s presidential candidates (Obama:What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye; McCain: Dancing Queen by ABBA). Do you think Jennifer Aniston has some John Mayer on there? Oprah even had a “What’s Playing on Your iPod Concert”. But don’t ask that [...]
Is the Kindle a Book Killer?
I have to admit that I am a lover and collector of first edition hardcover books. I have a collection of a few John Steinbeck first editions and have all the Harry Potter books (don’t we all?). And I love an old cookbook, full of blobs and chocolate fingerprints. I have [...]