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
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