The perk of the e-reader aside from easily concealing your embarrassing Dan Brown fandom? Free books. The Web is full of classic works inside the public domain, and it’s easy to take advantage of the thousands of free titles with most devices. Here’s a Techland ‘how-to’ in updating that reading queue for free.
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Amazon has announced that its Kindle software will be available for Windows Phone 7 handsets “later this year.” No exact availability date is mentioned in the company’s press release, though Amazon contends that the free app “will be the first major eBook application available for Windows Phone 7.”
Kindle for Windows Phone 7 will …
Amazon will be rolling out lending features to its Kindle e-book reader “later this year,” according to a company blog post. A similar feature exists for Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-book reader, which competes with the Kindle.
Lending books to other Kindle owners is a welcome addition to the popular e-book reader’s feature set, but …
You know those times where a magazine article just doesn’t hold enough information, but you don’t exactly want to read a book on the subject? Amazon is attempting to solve that problem with Kindle Singles, lengthy selections (which to them means twice as long as a New Yorker article, yet shorter than a full book – think 30 to 90 pages) …
Scrabble for the Amazon Kindle was released about a week ago. As a self-proclaimed Scrabble nut, I downloaded it as soon as I found out about it—all the time wondering how in the world EA could publish Scrabble as the first paid Kindle app while neglecting to make Scrabble available in the Android Market after all this time. Give …
Borders has updated its flagship “Kobo” e-book reader with “upgraded hardware in three new colors and a new processor that drives faster page turns,” according to the company’s press release. The 6-inch Kobo features a Wi-Fi connection and is priced at $140. The device can be pre-ordered now for shipment in early November.
The …
Well, will you look at that. You can buy Scrabble for your Kindle. Actually, do whatever you want. I can buy Scrabble for my Kindle. My iPhone has turned into little more than a Scrabble machine, and I expect the amount of books I read on the Kindle will plummet now that the game is available.
The game costs $5, which isn’t too …
Oregon seems to be in the news quite a bit lately. You have careless or inept hunters shooting down Google’s aerial fiber links forcing repairmen to cross country ski for three days to repair the damage done in the Dalles. And now there’s video of a TriMet bus driver reading his Kindle while driving on I-5!
40-year-old Lahcen …
Staples has announced that it will be carrying all three versions of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader in its retail stores this fall. All of Staples’ retail locations—over 1,550 in all—will be stocking the Kindle, Kindle 3G, and Kindle DX for $139, $189, and $379, respectively.
Those are the same prices you’d pay on Amazon. Staples …
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Ah, the old Kindle versus Nook debate. Which one’s right for you? Let’s find out in a spec-by-spec showdown. This information is accurate as of 8/25/10.
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The Wi-Fi-only version of the Kindle costs $139; the Nook …
Today Amazon announced a brand new Kindle that’s 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the previous generation Kindle. It even has a revamped E-Ink display with a 20 percent faster refresh rate and 50 percent better contrast.
Internal memory has been bumped up to 4GB. Battery life has also been boosted up to a month …
Amazon has hammered out a deal with The Wylie Agency to offer 20 of its Odyssey Editions books exclusively on the Kindle e-book platform for two years.
The deal also marks the first time the books– from authors such as Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, John Updike, Hunter S. Thompson, and more–have been available electronically.
The …
