Month: August 2008
Sunday Night Links: 10 August 2008
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…
“The Golden Judge” by Nathaniel Gordon (1955) – Free Kindle e-book
A suggestion and a highly intriguing one–on how to settle the problems that involve face-saving among nations! A great short story by Nathaniel Gordon. Excerpt from the e-book: It was…
$9.99 per e-book, the most impotant factor in Kindles success
As a Kindle owner with over 100 e-books–many of them only half read I must admit–on my Kindle, I have found that I’ve been buying a lot on impulse. If…
Kindle is a hot travel gadget
The Kindle has popped up on Time Magazines “25 Gotta Have Travel Gadgets” Appearing at number 9 on the list, the Time Magazine article says; Amazon’s first-generation e-book reader certainly…
Anti-Kindle rebuttal
When the leaked Kindle sales figured came out earlier this week, a lot of the anti-Kindle crowd were silenced. However, a certain Liz Gunnison from Portfolio.com was still very sceptical,…
Kindle Photo of the Day #31: Kindle, Coffee & Manhattan
Thanks for sending in the snap Raaj. If you have an image that you would like to submit for Kindle Photo of the Day, then please get in touch! you…
New Kindle rival by Deutsche Telekom, maybe…
The word from Der Spiegel is that German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is developing a Kindle rival, of sorts, the as yet unnamed portable e-reader project carries the codenamed “News4me”…
Amazon acquires AbeBooks
Amazon.com has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement which will see the worlds largest on-line book retailer acquire the worlds largest rare and out-of-print book specialist, AbeBooks.…
The numbers are in, Amazon has sold 240,000 Kindles so far
I guess the figures had to come out sooner or later. 240,000 Kindles have been shipped since November 2007, according to TechCrunch, that’s what their source claims. We know that…
Giving Chase by Lauren Dane – Free e-book via Whispernet
As promised, following on from last weeks promotional e-book “Nate” by Beth Williams” by Samhain Publishing, this week you can download their second promotional e-book “Giving Chase by Lauren Dane”…