Category Archives: DIY
Want to make your own ereader cover? Here are 50 ideas to get you started
The blog ebookcases.org has put together a fairly exhaustive list of DIY cases, covers, wraps and sleeves for your Kindle. (But really for any of the current major ereaders.) If you’re feeling up to a little hot glue and scissors … Continue reading
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Tagged cases, covers, DIY, do it yourself, how to, ideas, kindle, kobo, make your own, nook, sleeves, slipcases, templates
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Three online notepads that work with the Kindle
Here’s a quick review of three free notepad services that work fairly well with the Kindle 3′s web browser. Why would you want a notepad service? I get to that below, after the quick reviews. Jottit.com Features: 9 Kindle Web … Continue reading
How to send web content directly to your Kindle
Yesterday Lifehacker told everyone about Send to Kindle, a new extension for the Chrome web browser that lets you email articles and blog posts directly to your Kindle. It’s a great tool, but not very useful if you don’t use … Continue reading
Dehydrated books, or how to make money off of fan fiction and unauthorized sequels
Imagine that this evening I follow a friend’s link to a new Harry Potter book, one that essentially replaces “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in the canon with a Year 1 adventure that’s darker and closer in tone to the final few … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur, copyright, digital, fanfic, fans, ideas, infringement, publishing, technology, tools
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M-Edge to launch MyEdge personalized Kindle covers
As of today it’s just a placeholder page, but in the coming weeks (months?) M-Edge plans to introduce MyEdge, a new service that will let you design a custom case for your Kindle, Nook or iPad. You start with a … Continue reading
Fan-made app lets you play Zork and other titles offline
The details: It requires the same unofficial hack used to install screensavers and fonts. It’s still under development so it may be buggy. As with all Kindle hacks, use at your own risk. Download it at Andrew de Quincey’s livejournal … Continue reading
Posted in active content, apps, DIY, free, games, Kindle, Kindle 2, Kindle 3, Kindle DX, online, software, text
Tagged active content, adventure games, apps, hacks, if, interactive fiction, kindle, text based games, z-machine, z5, zork
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Yes, there are DRM-free ebooks on the Kindle Store
When the Kindle first came out, everything Amazon sold had digital rights management, or DRM, to prevent unauthorized copying. This DRM is also how publishers restrict how many simultaneous devices can display the book, and whether or not text-to-speech is … Continue reading
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Tagged azw, converting, drm, drm free, epub, file formats, how to tell, kindle, tpz, unlocked
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What Neil Gaiman likes about the Kindle, and why you should care
Hopefully you don’t need a Famous Author to validate your purchasing decisions, so I’m not posting about Neil Gaiman’s opinions on the Kindle just to make you feel better/worse about your new ereader. Instead, I thought it might provide some … Continue reading →