Month: March 2009
Free Books by Harlequin
As part of celebration its 60th anniversary, several Harlequin are available for free on Amazon.com according to official Amazon Kindle Blog: The Bride’s Baby by Liz Fielding. “Events manager Sylvie…
The Most Expensive Amazon Kindle eBook
And the winner is… Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Part 4)… Selling… Selling… Sold to the gentelman in the green coat for $6,431.20 at 20% discount from it’s print…
Kindle 2 Screensaver Hack
For people who wanted to replace author pictures in Kindle 2 Screensaver with any pictures of their own there is now a solution. clarknova from MobileRead Forums created a custom…
DIY Kindle 1 USB Charger
While researching Kindle USB chargers I found these instructions by Alan from SnarkyBytes.com on building your own USB charger cable for Kindle 1. To make one yourself you’ll need: Some…
Onyx Boox revealed at CeBIT 2009
Onyx International presented Onyx Boox e-reader at CeBIT 2009. Endgadget has video and some photos of the device. Current plans are for it to start shipping to US customers around…
Kindle Battery Charger – Run Your Kindle On AA Batteries
Electronic gadgets are nice but until Witricity goes commercial there is this annoying need to recharge the things. And even when it does I doubt there will be many Witricity…
Kindle Software Update 2.0.1 (303870012)
Today my Kindle 2 updated itself to 2.0.1 (303870012) without even me noticing it. I had very hard time figuring out what this update is about since it’s not officially…
Updating Kindle Firmware
After my last post about custom Kindle firmwares possibly making appearance soon, I received several emails with questions on how official firmware updates should be applied. Indeed there is very…
Free Science Fiction Books From Random House
According to Amazon Blog, following Kindle books by Random House will be available for free until May 31, 2009: Settling Accounts Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove. “In this well-thought-out alternate…
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America
A while ago I heard a piece on NPR on this book about books, and it really grabbed my attention. I even spent 10 minutes sitting in my car in…