Amazon announced a couple of hours ago that Kindle for iPad, iPhone, and iPad Touch now supports reading enriched with audio & video. Since when does reading need to be enriched? Thankfully it’s only on the iPad and iPhone and Kindles are free of it. Let’s see what it’s about even though it sounds like a [...]
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We’re seeing a lot of very interesting alliances and marriages of convenience (Publishers and Apple colluding on the Agency Model is a good example). It’s worth wondering what eReader, eBook alliances make the most sense given the current circumstances. Amazon with Independent Authors and Developers This makes a huge amount of sense for both sides. Amazon are creating [...]
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Since there’s absolutely no interesting news and World Cup games are played in the morning it’s time to wonder aimlessly about the Kindle 3. Kindle 3 may be arriving soon The price drop of the Kindle 2 to $259 was just too smooth. We might all like to believe that Amazon are so fluid and responsive that [...]
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Here’s a list of cheap, mostly well-rated, kindle bargain books (79 or 99 cents unless indicated otherwise) – The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner is rated 4.5 stars on 49 reviews. 36 of 49 people gave it a perfect 5 stars. Starred Review. Meissner’s newest novel is potentially life-changing, the kind of inspirational fiction that prompts [...]
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The new supersize fonts in Kindle 2.5 have completely thrown me off my choice of favorite font size setting. The first thing is that now it seems that the 3rd sized font (from the bottom) is way too small and the 4th sized font is too big – neither works perfectly. The second thing is having those two huge sized fonts [...]
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