Tag Archives: Kindle DX

Kindle DX upgraded, darkened, and chopped to $380

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Chris Walters

After last month’s Kindle 2 price decrease, everyone was wondering when or if Amazon would do something similar for the bigger Kindle DX. Now they have, but in a much more dramatic fashion. The Kindle 2 dropped in price, but … Continue reading →

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All Target stores to stock the Kindle starting June 6th

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Chris Walters

Update: Even though your local Target might have the Kindle on sale starting this weekend, you might want to wait until August when an improved model is rumored to arrive. Target’s experiment with being the first brick-and-mortar store to sell … Continue reading →

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How to turn off Amazon's automatic backup of your annotations

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Chris Walters

I wrote earlier about the needless concern over Amazon’s new “Popular Highlights” service, which anonymously collects highlights from customers’ Kindle ebooks and combines them into one giant pool for everyone to browse. I still say that in the world of … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Kindle, Part IV

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Chris Walters

Here’s the last installment of the Kindle 101 getting started guide, and if you’ve made it this far then you already know how the Kindle works and how to get started. Today’s final part addresses some of the most frequently … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Kindle, Part III

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Chris Walters

Part 3 of the Kindle 101 guide is more fun than the other parts, mainly because I drew pictures. Below are a few examples of how the Kindle system works, including buying, deleting, and bookmarking Kindle ebooks.   Part 3 … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Kindle, Part II

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Chris Walters

Today, in Part 2 of a 4-part Kindle 101 series, I want to explain how to get started. If you think you have to spend hundreds of dollars to start buying and reading Kindle books, you’ll be happy to know … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Kindle, Part I

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Chris Walters

Every week the ebook market seems to grow more confusing, so I thought it might be a good idea to provide the most basic of introductions to the Kindle — the sort of stuff that Kindle vets take for granted … Continue reading →

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Giant-sized Kindle DX looks awesome, comes at a giant-sized price

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Chris Walters

Well, I was hoping to see some sort of subsidy announcement today from the newspapers when Amazon announced its big-screen Kindle DX, and while the New York Times did say that they’ll do just that at some point later this … Continue reading →

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