Posts Tagged ‘kindle’

I’ve noticed the gripes about e-books have largely faded, and today I read Amazon has announced they’re selling more electronic titles than they are hardcovers. I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise given they’re so much cheaper, but I also think the devices have finally gotten to the point they’re both useful and user-friendly.
Given I’ve [...]

The digital publishing market has just exploded over the last couple of months. I’ve hardly worn the newness off my iPad and now we’ve got Barnes & Noble entering the e-reading app fray, Borders about to drop their Kobo ereader (which Wired is already calling a possible Kindle killer), and even a new device called [...]

I bought the Wife a Kindle for Xmas last year, and it occurred to me I never followed up on the original blog post to see how the Kindle stands up to long-term use.
The short version? She still loves it. She now has 80 books on it (including mine, of course), she’s skinned it, and [...]

I decided to inject a little marketing into this week’s Photo Friday.
Thanks to the magic that is Amazon Kindle, you can get a copy of The Pack: Winter Kill on most mobile devices. Here we’ve got a MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPod touch, and my wife’s Kindle. If my particular BlackBerry had been supported, [...]

It’s Earth Day! Why buy a paper copy of The Pack: Winter Kill when you can get a Kindle digital copy delivered instantly? It looks just as sharp on your Kindle reader, your desktop, or your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad as the real thing!
And hey, go recycle something, too, eh?

My editor at Evileye Books just downloaded the Kindle version of The Pack: Winter Kill to his shiny new iPad:

I’m told it reads just like it does in hard copy. I might be getting my hands on an iPad in the next few months (we seriously want to evaluate them at work), so I can’t [...]

Reading comics on the iPhone or iPod touch is cool and all, and it’s nice to grab some titles for free or for a buck. However, it’s a different experience from reading a single or an OGN. While most comics adapt just fine, you’re still dealing with limited screen real estate.
The iPad and other tablet [...]

I bought the Wife a Kindle for Christmas. She’s only had it in her hands for about an hour, but she’s already fallen in love with it.
I debated waiting, but with reviews iffy on the Nook and both the Wife and I already hooked into Amazon, it made sense to go ahead and pull the [...]

I went into a Barnes & Noble this evening and spotted stacks of Nook eReader pamphlets at the information desk and near the registers. I picked one up and an employee was all too eager to tell me more about it. There’s just one problem: the Nook is already sold out through the end of [...]

It’s been nine years since Metallica launched their crusade against Napster. Since then we’ve also seen the MPAA and RIAA shit their respective beds, Sony’s assault on consumers, the DeCSS controversy, and the rise and fall of DRM.
Through that time, I’ve been wondering when the same behavior would hit the publishing industry. The Google Book [...]