Month: July 2010
Kindle Reading Speed Study: Badly Misunderstood
For the past week or so, blogs like ours here have been buzzing with thoughts about a study done of relative reading speeds between the Kindle, iPad, PC Monitor and…
Sony Slashes Prices, Shocks Nobody
Sony(NYSE:SNE) has recently announced price cuts on all their eReader devices. The Pocket Edition, their 5″ compact display, is now $150, the Touch Edition has come down to $169, and…
Color Kindle Rumour
There’s a great deal of talk floating around lately about the potential for a color Kindle device by the end of this year. It’s always been something of a given…
Amazon Incentivizes Digital Discounts
As things come to a head between publishers and providers, and as Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) and Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) compete over the digital self-publishing market, Amazon is attempting to place themselves firmly…
Knitting for Dummies 2nd Edition for Kindle Video
Amazon just started offering a sound and video feature for the Kindle. Right now there are only 13 books available with this feature enabled, but hopefully more will be added…
Amazon Acquires Woot.com
Coming out of nowhere, at least for those of us who wouldn’t have thought to be looking for it in the first place, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) has run in and bought Woot! …
Kindle DX Gets Facelift, Price Cut
Let’s be honest, many of us were wondering what the status of the Kindle DX would turn out to be after the recent price cuts on both the Kindle and…
Using your Kindle to Connect to Facebook and Twitter
On June 15, the biggest update since the launch of the Kindle DX was released. The new version 2.5 update has a cool feature that owners of the Kindle 2…
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine for Kindle
You can get the Kindle and Kindle DX version of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine for $2.99, which is the same as the print edition. There are 10 issues a year,…
Sony Reaches Out to Libraries
In a June 29th press release, Sony(NYSE:SNE) announced a program reaching out to public libraries around the country. As the popularity of eBooks has expanded throughout the market, libraries have…