Sunday Night Links: 3 August 2008

Sunday Night Links

Welcome to the BlogKindle.com weekly news round-up!

Every Sunday we compile a list of our favourite stories from the past week, we also bring to you our selection of Kindle and Amazon related links from around the web. Compiled from blogs, magazines, main stream media and other sources, we hope these links will give you a definitive overview of what’s happening regarding the Kindle and what the Kindle community is talking about.

The browser – Amazon kindles a blue flame – The Scotsman

Amazon Profits From Petrol Misery – Sky News

NYT CTO: Kindle Version Gaining ‘Some’ Traction; Taking Advantage Of Mobile’s Unique Aspects – Washington Post

College textbooks go digital for Kindle – Yahoo Tech

Giving the Kindle a second reading – The Seattle Times

Mitch Albom sells e-book for 99 cents – Buffalo News

The Amazon Kindle: The Best Travel Gadget Since the Neck Pillow – Conde Naste Traveller

Newbie Kindle reactions (cont) – James Fallows – The Atlantic

Bezos: More Kindle Titles, More Kindle Titles Selling (AMZN) – Silicon Ally Insider

Maximize productivity with fewer gizmos – Inman

I have a Kindle – Heather Foeh

The Kindle, the Reader, and e-ink: The buzz continues – Consumer Reports

Some Observations from an Amazon Kindle User – EReader Central

Kindle to Kill Paper Newspapers – K.indled

Chicago Tribune is the latest newspaper on the Kindle – Mobility Site

The Kindle: A Great Example Of Online Infusion – Customer Experience Matters

Amazon Kindle taking Business Away from Amazon Prime? – K.indled

Online Financial Times readers increasing, fast! – The Next Web

Kindle Vs. REAL Books – Meditative Meanderings

Importing “My Clippings” – Kindle Tips

Touch, color, and more – speculations on Kindle 2.0 – MobileRead Forums

Amazon Kindle unmoved as Sony opens Reader to outside publishers – The Tech Herald

The Kindle and Why Luxury Marketers Should Care – Halogen Publishers

An Imaginary Kindle – Harpers Magazine

Something To Get (Kindle…I’m curious about you…) – Peacock•Moon

Be Kind to Trees, Use a Kindle Reader – It’s the Planet, Didiot (we love this site -editor)

Attention Publishers – Pitch to my Kindle – C.C. Chapman

Kindle Podcast – The Kindle Chronicles

E-book Sales Looking Good – Gordon’s Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog

Does a Kindle Really Save Money on Books? – The Kindle Reader

Amazon Kindle outside of the US – nerdgirl

Kindle Question 1: TOCs – MobileRead Forums

Kindle Question 2: Graphics – MobileRead Forums

1 thought on “Sunday Night Links: 3 August 2008”

  1. FYI, a Word document macro to fix bad formatting from Gutenberg .txt file….

    Sub KindleTextMacro()

    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
    .Text = “”
    .Replacement.Text = “”
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
    .Text = “^p^p”
    .Replacement.Text = “APLACEHOLDER”
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
    .Text = “^p”
    .Replacement.Text = ” ”
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
    .Text = “APLACEHOLDER”
    .Replacement.Text = “^p^p”
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
    .Format = False
    .MatchCase = False
    .MatchWholeWord = False
    .MatchWildcards = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
    End Sub

Leave a Reply

Comment moderation is enabled. Your comment may take some time to appear.