Kindle DX

More Kindle Freebies

February 3, 2010

Here’s a few free books for you to download. Please remember these are only free for a limited time so download asap if you’re interested in them. The Apothecary’s Daughter – Save $13.99 Daisy Chain: A Novel – Save $14.99 Velvet Elvis – Save $14.99 John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace – Save $21.99

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KDK – A Developer’s Perspective

February 2, 2010

This is a guest post from Eran at Puzux.com. If you like crosswords and sudoku make sure to check out Puzux.com. As you all have heard, Amazon recently announced it will be opening up the Kindle to application developers. The Kindle Developer’s Kit (KDK) will allow programmers to author applications and games for the device, [...]

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Is Apple Tablet a Kindle Killer?

January 29, 2010

I’m sure you’ve all read about the latest Kindle killer – the Apple Tablet. I just wanted to see what TKW readers think about the latest ereader to become available. I’m writing about this one, as opposed to some of the others (Nook, Sony) because it has generated the greatest amount of interest and seems [...]

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Amazon Expands Kindle Self-Publishing To Authors Outside The US

January 17, 2010

Amazon has announced that authors outside the United States can now publish their books to Kindle. They have also announced that their Digital Text Platform will now support books written in French and German. Amazon has said that additional languages will be supported in upcoming months. Are you an author that has already published a [...]

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Kindle Owners Get Back At Publisher For Holding Off On Digital Edition

January 15, 2010

Amazon has been trying to get publishers to release the digital editions of their books at the same time as the hardcover versions. Unfortunately, some publishers have decided to hold off on publishing the digital versions by up to four months after the hardcover edition has been released. These publishers include Simon & Schuster and [...]

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Kindle Exclusives

January 8, 2010

Amazon has started coming out with a few book series that are exclusively available to Kindle owners. A lot of the books available in these series are priced pretty low. For example, The Atlantic fiction for Kindle is a short story series that has new stories available at the beginning of every month by both [...]

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Get $100 Off A New Kindle

January 7, 2010

If you’re in the market to buy a Kindle or Kindle DX as well as many other Audible Ready products you can get $100 off the purchase price if you sign up for the AudibleListener® Gold plan for 12 months at $14.95/month at Audible.com. The $14.95 for 12 months is $179.40 which is obviously more [...]

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Kindle DX With Global Wireless Now Available

January 6, 2010

The Kindle DXis now available to readers outside the U.S. You can pre-order your Kindle DX starting today with shipment starting on January 19, 2010. Pre-Order The Kindle DX With Global Wireless If you’re going to buy a Kindle DX Global reader make sure that you do pre-order today since Amazon ships out the devices [...]

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Kindle Software Update

November 27, 2009

On Wednesday, Amazon released a new Kindle software update which will automatically be delivered to your Kindle. There is nothing that you need to do to receive the update because the Kindle automatically checks for and then uploads the updates when they become available. Amazon does say that your Kindle will update within the next [...]

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Kindle DX Tips

October 30, 2009

I’ve finally created a Kindle DX Tips page. I’ve mentioned that I was going to do this for a while now in the newsletter and I finally got around to doing it. Sorry for the delay. The tips include Kindle DX shortcuts, how to use the DX as a calculator, how to use Text-to-Speech, how [...]

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