Why in the world would you want to make your Kindle look like the screen has been smashed? I dunno, but here are some ideas: To make it less appealing to thieves. To elicit sympathy from nosy coworkers, non-crazy subway riders, or cute coffee shop patrons. To uncover anti-Kindle people in your midst — just [...]
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Kindle ebook lending is now available
With two days left before the end of the year, Amazon finally delivered on their promise to enable ebook lending on the Kindle Store this morning. You won’t find it on every title, but if it’s available then you’ll see a prompt in two places: 1. At the top of the product page for books [...]
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 enabled. But about a year ago, Amazon started giving independent publishers the option to skip [...]
After 23 books, Kindle goes green
Want to know how to make your Kindle environmentally friendly? Read at least 23 books on it, says consulting firm Cleantech. At that point, you’ll have caught up with the carbon emissions from print books, and each ebook you read after that will add a smaller amount to your carbon footprint than if you’d stuck [...]
Free Fourth of July screens for your Kindle
Fireworks, flags, and general summer grooviness. Grab these free July 4th themed screensaver images–there are 8 in all–in a zip file below, or jump over to the Free Screens section for others. Kindle Screensaver Images – July 4th Theme
Get Kindlerama directly on your Kindle every day
Just in case you didn’t know, Kindlerama is available on the Amazon Kindle Store under the blogs section. It’s the easiest way to access Kindlerama on your Kindle, and fresh content is pushed out as soon as I post it. If you haven’t tried it out, remember that every newspaper, magazine and blog comes with [...]
How to tell whether you have a U.S. or International Kindle
Here’s how to tell whether you have the original U.S. wireless version or the later International wireless version of the Amazon Kindle 2.
Amazon's new book deletion rules don't fix the real problem
Amazon’s newly-clarified book deletion policy doesn’t solve the real problem, which is that Amazon set up a system whereby they can delete your books.
Refurbed Kindles drop to $150! (They still kind of suck, though.)
Amazon just dropped the prices on refurbished Kindles–you can now grab one for only $150. But buyer beware: it doesn’t change the fact that you never actually own a book you “buy” on a Kindle.
Ereaders make public reading private
The Atlantic argues that the Kindle fails in part because it anonymizes your reading material. Is that really a bad thing?
Create custom word cloud screensavers with Wordle
A helpful reader sent in this tip, and after I checked out the site I knew I had to post it for others to discover. He writes: There is a very neat website that allows you to create a “word cloud’ from pasted text passages. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more [...]
Screen: Kindle Shortcuts #1
Here’s a reference chart of useful Kindle shortcuts that you can use for a screensaver. This way, any time you lock your Kindle you’ll see a helpful reminder. Please note that I haven’t tested all the commands and might find better ones for a later version. Update:This image and others are now collected on the [...]