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J Black

Convert PDFs, other files for your Kindle | The Download Blog - Download.com - 0 views

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shared by J Black on 05 Mar 09 - Cached
  • J Black on 05 Mar 09
     
    Kindle users know they can e-mail documents as attachments to their Kindle account and Amazon will convert and upload them to the e-book reader for a 10-cent fee. Windows users aren't tied to the e-mail option, though, thanks to the Auto Kindle eBook Converter.
J Black

Amazon Kindle for iPhone & iPod Touch « THE FIRE WIRE - 0 views

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shared by J Black on 04 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Even if you could never justify spending $360 on a Kindle, you can still partake in the mobile eBook revolution. Amazon Kindle for iPhone & iPod Touch (Free) is a new app that lets you buy and download Kindle books and read them on the go — without buying the Kindle 2. In addition to having access to more than 240,000 books, the app lets you adjust text size, add bookmarks, and get free samples. If you already have a Kindle, the app’s Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your bookmarks across your Kindle and your iPhone.
J Black

Kindle, schmindle...I've got your $350 e-book reader right here | Digital City Podcast ... - 0 views

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  • With all the buzz about Amazon's new Kindle 2, you'd think this revamped e-book reader was the most advanced piece of technology this side of designer babies. After all, for $359, you get a color screen, Wi-Fi and Web browsing, video playback, 60GB of storage, and a reasonably usable keyboard.
  • Not only is there a wide range of PC software available for buying and displaying e-books (and tons of free content as well), when you're done with all that highbrow readin', pop open a Web browser and rot your brain with some Hulu videos.
  • J Black on 05 Mar 09
     
    With all the buzz about Amazon's new Kindle 2, you'd think this revamped e-book reader was the most advanced piece of technology this side of designer babies. After all, for $359, you get a color screen, Wi-Fi and Web browsing, video playback, 60GB of storage, and a reasonably usable keyboard. Oh wait, you don't get any of that stuff. No, that's what $350 can get you if invested in even a low-end Netbook, such as the new 10-inch Acer Aspire One. Not only is there a wide range of PC software available for buying and displaying e-books (and tons of free content as well), when you're done with all that highbrow readin', pop open a Web browser and rot your brain with some Hulu videos.
Dennis OConnor

An Apple tablet could pit iTunes against Amazon - CNN.com - 1 views

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e-book apple

shared by Dennis OConnor on 29 Jul 09 - Cached
  • What can Apple do better with e-books? For textbooks or anthologies, Apple can give iTunes users the ability to download individual chapters, priced between a few cents to a few bucks each.
  • It would be similar to how you can currently download individual song tracks from an album. It might even have the same earthshaking potential to transform an entire industry by refocusing it on the content people actually want instead of the bundles that publishers want them to buy.
  • College students would love this: Teachers rarely assign an entire textbook, so they would save hundreds of dollars by downloading only a few chapters of each textbook.
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  • Other than having the upper hand with digital distribution, an Apple tablet can compensate for other e-book readers' shortcomings. In a previous story, Wired.com polled students on their interest in Amazon's large-format Kindle DX reader. Several of them said they couldn't imagine ditching textbooks for a Kindle DX, foreseeing challenges with tasks such as notetaking, highlighting and switching between books while writing essays.
  • Assuming its computing powers and interface design are anything like the iPhone's, a touchscreen tablet would make these student-oriented tasks as easy as a few swipes and taps -- far more pleasant than clunking around with the Kindle's cheap buttons and sluggish interface. Plus, we would imagine students would be able to type their papers on the tablet.
  • There's huge potential in a tablet if Apple can pull this off. The challenge lies in establishing the right partnerships. If Apple weaves e-books into the iTunes Store, will book publishers hop on board? Given Apple's success in numbers, we think so.
  • Dennis OConnor on 29 Jul 09
     
    What can Apple do better with e-books? For textbooks or anthologies, Apple can give iTunes users the ability to download individual chapters, priced between a few cents to a few bucks each.
Randy Rodgers

dotEPUB - download any webpage as an e-book - 0 views

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  • Randy Rodgers on 12 Feb 12
     
    Web-based tool that lets any web page be converted into e-books; compatible with iDevices or Kindle.
Susan Poling

Amazon's e-book sales beat paperbacks; profit up 8% - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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  • and it's on top of continued growth in paperback sales." Since the beginning of the year, Amazon says that for every 100 paperbacks it has sold, 115 Kindle books have been sold. Kindle book sales are triple that of hardcovers.
  • Net income rose 8% to $416 million, or 91 cents per share, topping the estimate of 88 cents per share of analysts polled by FactSet. That compares with $384 million, or 85 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 36% to $12.95 billion. Analysts had expected $13.02 billion.
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