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Amazon introduces two more Kindle apps
The wait is over for Mac users–last week, Amazon released its Kindle for Mac, so Apple computer owners can now enjoy the (for now at least) low prices of ebooks from the Kindle store. But wait there’s more! Today Amazon … Continue reading
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Next up for Kindle: Android devices
So far we’ve got access to the Amazon Kindle ecosystem on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Windows PCs, Blackberry devices, and naturally Kindles. Next up appears to be devices running Android, the operating system Google developed mainly for smartphones, although … Continue reading
New study shows ereader owners read more books
The average mean for book reading in the U.S. is 7.1 hours a week, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting. Ereader owners, however, average nearly 2 1/2 times that. Continue reading
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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? Continue reading
The iPad: a beautiful ebook reader for people with strong arms
For the second time since it went on sale, I got a chance to spend a lot of time with an iPad earlier this week. I still think it’s gorgeous, and I still love that it’s using the iPhone operating … Continue reading →