by blogkindle.com in eBooks on March 16, 2008
The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells’ novel was originally serialised in Pearson’s Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person’s refractive index is changed to exactly that of air […]
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by blogkindle.com in eBooks on March 9, 2008
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, a radio drama […]
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by blogkindle.com in Tips on March 4, 2008
Believe it or not the above picture is not that of a fine old book, but rather a modified case cover for the Kindle! This beautiful piece was made by a user on the mobileread Kindle forum, it features a hand made leather book case, marbleized paper for the end papers, gold leaf to give […]
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by blogkindle.com in News on March 2, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider had reported on Evan Schnittman’s - of Oxford University Press - response to unexpectedly strong sales via Kindle:That prompted Schnittman to look at his royalty statements, which he said “stunned” him: He had expected to sell up to 200 Kindle titles in December, but says the real numbers were “an order of […]
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by blogkindle.com in News on February 26, 2008
Today on the official Amazon Kindle blog, Amazon announced that The Boston Globe is available for Kindle. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and it is owned by The New York Times Company.There are also no reviews on the page so maybe you […]
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by blogkindle.com in Tips on February 26, 2008
Many folks think that the only place you can easily get a Kindle eBook is from the Amazon Kindle store, however that is far from the case. I was browsing through the Amazon Kindle customer discussion forums today and came across a great list which shows you where you can get content for your Kindle. […]
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by blogkindle.com in News on February 25, 2008
Last December the news was that the Kindle’s up for auction were selling like hot cakes, I thought now that the hype and buzz surrounding the Kindle has calmed down a bit, we should go back and see what the situation is over at eBay.In December, the Kindle was selling for an average price of […]
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by blogkindle.com in News on February 20, 2008
That’s the number of ebooks now available in Kindle format from the Amazon Kindle store! sweet! It was great to see the number surpass 100,000 this month, next target 1,000,000!It’s wonderful too see the variety of ebooks being sold, it’s not surprising to see that Non-fiction ebooks are the favourite amongst Kindle owners at 64,432, […]
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by kindleowner.com in Reviews on February 3, 2008
In an article that appears on the Entertainment Weekly website, Stephen King discusses his reaction to the Kindle. It’s generally positive and he especially likes the ability to control the font size of what’s being read.
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by kindlenews.info in Tips on January 30, 2008
Can you print an e-book from kindle when it’s connected to PC with USB? In general, NO, you can’t; but you can do so by copying text in ‘My Clippings’. Here is the way:First, you need to highlight the text you want to copy while reading a book on the Kindle. You’ll see a box […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:…
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