Before you buy a newspaper or magazine subscription for your Kindle, Nook, Sony, or other ebook reader, you should try using Calibre’s news fetch feature first. While reviewing the Graphite Kindle DX this past week, I download the Kindle Edition of USA Today and compared it to Calibre’s free version—the results were surprising. First off, […]
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Hands-on Kindle DX Video Review in Direct Sunlight
Here’s a look at Amazon’s new Graphite Kindle DX outside in the 90 degree blazing sunlight, showing off the new higher contrast Pearl screen from E Ink. The review demonstrates everything about the Kindle DX’s ebook viewing features, text-to-speech, how newspapers work, how to use the notepad from EduKindle, and a brief look at the […]
Kindle Format Conversion Guide
This article outlines how to convert EPUB files and other file types into a format compatible with a Kindle. One option is to use the Kindle Personal Document Service and have Amazon convert the files into their proprietary AZW format. The downside is that only certain formats can be converted. For other file types you’ll […]
Graphite Kindle DX PDF Review and Video
Graphite Kindle DX First Impressions, E Ink Pearl Mini Review
The new Graphite Kindle DX arrived today. And it’s the first ebook reader to feature the new screen technology from E Ink, the leading supplier of epaper screens for most current ereaders. Update: Several more pictures and a video review have been added to our new Kindle DX PDF review page. First thing, I’m not […]
An Interesting Twist in the Amazon vs Barnes and Noble Saga
Price wars between Amazon and Barnes and Noble are one thing, but now it’s really going to get interesting. Amazon was just granted a patent that was filed in 2006 for ebook readers with a secondary LCD display. Yeah. You read that correctly. Amazon holds the patent for the design of ebook readers like the […]
Kindle News From This Past Week
Amazon issued a number of press releases this week regarding the Kindle and Kindle ebooks. Instead of doing separate posts for each of them, this post will review all the recent Kindle news, with the exception of the new graphite Kindle DX, which is posted here. Kindle Books with Audio and Video On Sunday the […]
New Kindle DX with Better Contrast and Lower Price
Amazon has really started taking it up a notch ever since Barnes and Noble released their new Wi-Fi only Nook last week. Just about everyday since then Amazon has issued a press release with another announcement regarding Kindle or Kindle ebooks in some regard. This time Amazon has announced a new Kindle DX that sells […]