Jeff Bezos is PW's Person of the Year: Says NOT to expect a major...
Publishers Weeky has named Jeff Bezos its Person of the Year. There is a fair amount of e-book stuff in the PW article. Bezos says that reading a book...
Periscope booklight for Kindle: A great idea
Now this looks like a really great idea. I have Mighty Bright XtraFlex 2 booklight for my Kindle, but it has a number of problems. First, it is hard to clip...
Kindle iOS application updated
Not a big deal seemingly, but the Kindle application for iOS has just been updated to 2.8.1.
According to iTunes the new version "fixes a formatting issue in newspapers and magazines".
Microsoft executive leaves to work on the Kindle
According to Tech Flash, Mike Nash, a 19 year veteran of Microsoft, is leaving to join the Kindle team. Nash is, or was, Microsoft's corporate vice president in charge of Windows...
Refurbished Kindle Fire going for only $139 at Amazon
The normal price of the Fire is $199, but Amazon is offering refurbished ones in its Today's Deals section for only $139. It comes with a full one-year warranty. As it's...
Toward an e-library ecosystem: Public libraries will screw themselves if they don’t learn from...
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How long would I keep my Kindle Fire tablet? I’d bought it mostly just to stay in touch with popular e-book tech.
The Fire is hobbled with onerous digital rights management, favors a...
Kindle owner poll> How much do you care that your Kindle can read books...
If you haven't taken our poll yet, you still can.
Opening up PG site for Kindles AND other mobiles: Help Webmaster with donated gizmos...
For years, Project Gutenberg’s people debated whether to offer books in ePub, the standard format. Then Marcello Perathoner, the PG Webmaster, just made ePub happen---as one of a bunch...
Penguin enhanced e-books available for the Kindle
Amazon is now offering the great Penguin enhanced e-books on the Kindle platform, according to the Amazon Kindle's Blog. The Blog lists six books being available---for example, Pride and...
Quick Note: Amazon denies it is opening a physical store
We quoted a report saying Amazon was planning physical stores in the UK. Now The Press Association is carrying an article that has Amazon denying this and having n Amazon...