As you can tell, I have been expanding my consciousness of the ereader world beyond the Kindle. I have a Sony Pocket Edition, an Aztak Pocket Pro, a Cybook Gen-3, and am sorely tempted to purchase a Nook, should one ever become available. But I was Kindle born and raised as an ebook reader, and…
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Something I Can’t Do With My Kindle
by Will DeLamater
I recently purchased a Sony Pocket Edition Reader to see how the rest of the ereader world looks compared to my Kindle. The view from here is surprisingly good. The Pocket Edition is small, tight, handsome, and, it actually does some thing that my Kindle can’t do. Like check a book out from the library.…
Tribute to Ted Kennedy on Kindle
by Will DeLamater
What sad news to awaken to this morning–the report of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. I shook Ted Kennedy’s hand once, or rather, he shook mine. Having wandered into the lobby of a Boston hotel in the early eighties, a bit woozy from the dim lighting and libations of the Tiki Lounge, I could…
Kindlepedia – Over 1,000 Articles Served for Kindle
by Will DeLamater
Kindlepedia has been a remarkable success since we launched it at the beginning of June. Since then, hundreds of readers have requested articles in pristine Mobipocket format, perfect for reading on the Kindle, and, by the beginning of August, we topped 1,000 articles served. The list of created articles reads like a roadmap of the…
Maybe the Kindle Community Can Help Justin Get His Homework Back
by Will DeLamater
You might have heard the story. In the midst of the big “kerfluffle” over Amazon’s pulling back of the illegally distributed copies of 1984, student Justin Gawronski awoke one day to discover that all the notes he had taken on the book as he read it on his Kindle were rendered useless. Not gone, just…
Is Kindle the perfect learning appliance?
by Will DeLamater
The devices that we use to access content are getting smaller and smaller. One could make the case that the iPod Touch and the iPhone are in fact small pocket computers, and one wouldn’t be far from the truth. (The coming update to the iPhone operating system promises to allow, among other things, the ability…
Read Obama Speech to the Muslim World on Your Kindle
by Will DeLamater
In keeping with a little tradition here at EduKindle, I have formatted a copy of President Barack Obama‘s speech in Cairo early this morning for your reading pleasure on the Kindle. Just click here to download the file to your computer. Then connect the Kindle via USB cord and drag the file into the “documents”…
The Tudors Finale and Anne of Cleves on Kindle
by Will DeLamater
Poor Anne of Cleves. Or should I say, lucky Anne of Cleves? This historical character, played by Joss Stone on Showtime’s The Tudors, is one of the most enigmatic of Henry’s wives. She acts as a kind of historical pivot on which Protestantism, international politics, the changing character of Henry VIII, and the ineffabilities of…
Read About Swine Flu and Pandemics on the Kindle
by Will DeLamater
I have been learning a lot about pandemics in the last few weeks. Who knew that the risk level for pandemics now stands at five out of six? The Wall Street Journal, which I read on my Kindle, has two articles in today’s paper, looking at worst case (The Age of Pandemics) and the most…
Tudors’ Pilgrimage on Kindle
by Will DeLamater
If you want to prep for tonight’s new episode of The Tudors on Showtime, I have pulled a short article from Wikipedia on “The Pilgrimage of Grace” to assist you. As with all these articles, click on the download link and save the file to your computer. Then connect to your Kindle using the USB…