“Can a book save your life?” That’s what Tom Shillue of the literary journal Electric Literature asks in the clip above, and you can tell he should be taken very seriously because he does that TV news journalist walk toward the camera at the beginning. (EL’s next clip should test which books are sexual predators.) [...]
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Where to find that $89 Kindle 2 on Amazon today
Update: If you’re reading this sentence, it’s too late–all the Kindles were sold within the first minute. It was like a Ticketmaster stampede for a Springsteen concert. Better luck next time! [Original post follows.] By now, you’ve probably read that Amazon is offering its previous generation Kindle for $89 today starting at 12 noon ET. [...]
Scrabble now available for the Kindle
The first official paid game for the Kindle has been released, and it’s the classic word lover’s game SCRABBLE. There’s not much to say about it other than it serves up Scrabble’s standard gameplay, albeit in a no-frills presentation: there’s no online or wireless mutliplayer, but there is a pass-and-play option if you want to [...]
Trading up? You can donate your used Kindle 2 to deployed military personnel
Earlier this year, Len Edgerly of The Kindle Chronicles partnered with Ken Clark to create a non-profit group called E-Books for Troops. Its purpose is fairly self-explanatory: to provide free ebooks, and devices on which to read them, to deployed U.S. military personnel. The first test-run of the organization involved sending two second-generation Kindles to [...]
Two free word games for your Kindle (yes, games!)
Do you remember earlier this year when Amazon announced that it was going to start letting developers create apps for the Kindle platform? Not much has been publicized since then, and with the number of price drops, exclusive publishing agreements, and new model announcements this summer, I’d begun to think the company had sidelined the [...]
Review: Guardian waterproof case from M-Edge
Summary This well-built, premium priced case promises to keep your Kindle 2 dry in up to 3 feet of water. It does its job well, but might seem like overkill for many Kindle owners. Pros It works! Very sturdy construction Easy to open and close Also doubles as a very flat waterproof lunch box Cons [...]
Just how cheap will the Kindle get?
One dollar! Okay, maybe not, at least not any time in the near future. But after Monday’s surprise $70 price cut on the Kindle 2–which makes it $10 less than the Nook from Barnes & Noble–pundits and analysts are wondering whether consumers can expect even lower prices in the coming months. So am I. Maybe [...]
Amazon drops price of Kindle 2 to $189
It’s been an interesting day so far for ebook devices. Barnes & Noble started it by pulling a fast one this morning, at least on Amazon, when it announced a new Wi-Fi-only version of the Nook for only $149. B&N also dropped the price on the 3G/Wi-Fi model to $199, making it $50 less than [...]
Kindle software update 2.5.2 now available for everyone!
It’s here! It’s finally arrived! If, like me, you’ve been waiting for weeks now for that “late May” software update, you can turn off your Kindle’s wireless and download the update right now from Amazon’s website. There are four different versions of the software, but Amazon helpfully shows you how to ID your Kindle model [...]
M-Edge's new waterproof Guardian Case is now available for sale
It’s arriving a little late, but not so late that you can’t grab one for the summer: the new Guardian Case from M-Edge is designed to keep your Kindle 2 safe and dry up to 3 feet deep, and it’s finally on sale via Amazon. $80 for a Kindle case is bordering on outrageous, in [...]
SmartPlanet is giving away a free Kindle
The website SmartPlanet, which covers “energy, science and tech news,” is giving away a free Kindle 2. To enter, you have to visit this contest page and sign up for their weekly newsletter. The fine print says you may unsubscribe at any time. SmartPlanet Kindle Giveaway [SmartPlanet.com]
Win a Speck Case for your Kindle 2!
Update, Friday May 28: The giveaway has ended! To select the winners, I used Random.org, then used it again to decide who got which case. I’ve already emailed the winners to let them know, so if you didn’t hear from me: I’m sorry, and Better luck next time, and It’s not you, it’s me. If [...]
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