For several months now I’ve been trying to keep track of new apps as they’re released on the Kindle Store. It was manageable at first, but now that the number of titles is approaching 50, the task has grown beyond my resources and attention level. That’s where Kindle App News comes in. The blog was [...]
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Calibre gets a major update, becomes even more invaluable for managing your ebook library
If you’re not using Calibre on your computer to manage your ever-growing library of ebooks, why not? It’s free, it runs on OS X, Windows, and Linux systems, and it will let you manage your entire library easily. It’s also just been upgraded to version 0.7, and packs a lot of incredibly useful new features [...]
Convert your old LIT ebooks so you can read them on your Kindle
Yesterday’s “Help File” column at the Washington Post illustrates a common problem when it comes to digital content: how do you deal with old formats that aren’t properly supported anymore? For instance, Microsoft’s LIT ebook format was a popular choice several years ago, but none of today’s major ebook devices natively support those files. Here [...]
Kindle for PC updated, offers color and full screen options
Good news for people who use Kindle for PC: Amazon is rolling out an update (v 1.1.0) that provides some welcome new features, including: full screen reading (see photo below!) background color and brightness controls the ability to create and edit notes and highlights According to Amazon Kindle Customer Service, the company will be “rolling [...]
Penguin previews interactive books for Apple's iBook store
Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson gave a presentation in London today where he demonstrated some books/applications–I’m not sure what you’d call them technically–that Penguin plans to sell on the iBook store when the iPad launches later this month. Penguin is doing some pretty inventive stuff with its content, judging by these demos, and I think [...]
Amazon releases BlackBerry app
If you’ve got a BlackBerry and you don’t mind reading on it, welcome to the Amazon Kindle family. Today Amazon released their free mobile app for Blackberry devices. The app works for the following BlackBerry phones: Bold 9000 Bold 9700 Curve 8520 Curve 8900 Storm 9530 Storm 9550 Tour 9630 The best thing about mobile [...]
Best ebook library manager: Calibre
Calibre is the best way to manage your digital library of ebooks.
Here's what the new Kindle For PC application looks like
Amazon has released the PC version of its Kindle reader, which means now you can buy and read books from the Kindle store using any Windows XP, Vista, or 7 PC. Here’s what it looks like.