Author: Dzmitry
Mark Twain, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #2
And now, more good books that are available on Amazon Kindle… When I’m thinking about American classical literature, the name of Mark Twain instantly comes to my mind (actually, it’s…
Free Kindle 2 Contest Update #3
As of 00:01 PST 3/20/2009 the book count was 252,289 so starting from that time no more entries are accepted. At the time of this posting the count is 252,758.…
Kindle 2 Software Update 2.0.2 (309510017)
My Amazon Kindle 2 just updated itself to new firmware version 2.0.2 (309510017). At the moment there are no official release notes from Amazon.com, however by looking at the source…
Amazon Kindle Store Breaks 250,000 Book Count
As I look at it right now, there are 251,651 books availabale for purchase. Way to go Amazon! This also means that unless some books are pulled back (which did…
Fujistu FLEPia features color eInk
Fujitsu has launched FLEPia – “color e-paper mobile terminal”. It features: 8″ 1024×768 e-Ink resistive touchscreen that can display either 260,000, 4,096 or 64 colors. Depending on the number of…
Discovery Communications Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement In Kindle
According to www.broadcastingcable.com Discovery Comminications is filing a law suit against Amazon for patent infringement related to “secure, encrypted system for the selection, transmission, and sale of electronic books” (used…
Free Kindle Books From Amazon
If you are already a fan of urban fantasy or would like to get to know this genre, you may well start with The Wild’s Call, which is offered for free…
William Shakespeare, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #1
Good Kindle Books at a Glance is a series of posts I’m going to publish on this blog about books that have caught my attention and that are now available…
Free Kindle 2 Contest Update #2
There are 131 entries now and 249,365 books in the Kindle Store . It’s getting quite close to the cut off number so if you didn’t submit an entry for…
Kindle 3 to have 9.7″ eInk display?
Jesse Vincent who spends a lot of his time hacking Kindle 2 and digging around it’s source code has discovered something potentially interesting: from rcS.d/S05video_primary_init: _PANEL_SIZE_6_0_INCH=6 _PANEL_SIZE_9_7_INCH=9 Does this mean…