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Posts tagged “Kindle”

Barnes and Noble E-Reader vs. Amazon Kindle vs. The Book

The crew over at Gizmodo just released some sneak peek photos of the upcoming Barnes and Noble E-Reader, a new electronic book with touchscreen interface and black and white e-ink screen like the Amaz...

Are You Wondering Which Ebook Reader to Get?

Fall is here and students are back in school. Ebook readers are here to stay and they embody the modern reinterpretation of books The Kindle isn't the only good ebook reader available anymore. Sony an...

Original Refurbished Kindle Available Drops to $150

If you're one of the millions of students getting back to school, or if you just enjoy reading books, and have always thought that spending $300-500 on an ebook reader was too much, then maybe getting...

Instant Book Printing? Make Room in the Home Library!

On Demand Books is a company that manufacturers the instant-book-press Espresso Book Machine. They were just granted access to Google's library of public domain digital books for use with their produ...

News: Amazon Replacing Cracked and Broken Kindles

On our summer trip to Boston, we struck a conversation with our plane seatmate about his Amazon Kindle e-book reader. The frequently-traveling businessman sold it like a pro and billed it 'the perfect...

Barnes & Noble: Plastic Logic E-Reader To Rival Kindle

We gotta admit - after hearing about Amazon's Kindle DX, we were psyched and ready to throw down a few bucks to see if e-books would give us a run for our money. But now that we hear Barnes & Noble mi...

Give that Kindle a New Book Smell

With more and more people opting for e-books via the Kindle, that musty book smell has been replaced by eau de e-ink. But, you don't have to settle for that. Smell of Books "offers" five aerosol e-bo...

Readius Pocket E-Reader: Folds Right Up Into Your Pocket

Amazon just released the second version of their popular Kindle e-reader. They have also announced a large-screen DX version. The only trouble is that Amazon uses a very restrictive platform for their...

Colorware Does the New Kindle: Looks Better Than in White

People love to customize their laptops. Now that other devices are becoming very popular, they too will be customized. It's sad when a company only offers their devices in one color. The Kindle has sl...

The Amazon Kindle DX: Bigger Size, But Is It Really a Big Difference?

click for more picsOur team over at Apartment Therapy New York was bubbling with anticipation with today's announcement about the updated, larger Amazon Kindle DX. Perhaps it's because we live in a ci...

How To: Read the Kindle in Bed

click for more picsYes, this is lazy (hence the name of the blog we found this on)...but it is also a situation we have experienced ourselves. How can you comfortably read in bed on your side without...

Design Flaws that Ruined Great Gadgets

Popular Mechanics published an article featuring five smart gadgets that were ruined—ruined!—by stupid design flaws. Clearly, this was a link we had to post and share. We went inside expec...

eBooks On The Go: iPhone Receives The Kindle Treatment

While many have found a number of uses for their iPhones other than placing calls, from flip clocks to numeric pads to remote light switches, nothing beats a portable eBook reader that's small enough ...

Survey: Will the Kindle Replace the Book Shelf?

Earlier this week Jon Stewart (yes, we are a little obsessed) invited Amazon's Jeff Bezos on the show to talk about the new Kindle e-reader. In between the loud and jovial laughter by Jeff, Jon broug...