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Getting 80 Kindles Ready for Kids

July 3, 2010
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Getting 80 Kindles Ready for Kids

I had the pleasure of spending a day with Kathy Parker last week to learn how she sets up all the Kindles the district purchased for Seneca Grade School’s entire eighth class for the coming school year. It is quite a process! I have noted in many previous posts that the Amazon Kindle is...
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Should You De-Synchronize Your Kindle?

April 23, 2010
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Should You De-Synchronize Your Kindle?

Should you de-synchronize your Kindle? As my lawyer might say, it depends. Let me explain. Amazon makes it possible for you to read a book that you have purchased on whatever reading device that you happen to have with you at any time, as long as two requirements are fulfilled: Requirement 1: Amazon software...
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eReadUps Launched: Build Your Own Kindle Book

February 20, 2010
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eReadUps Launched: Build Your Own Kindle Book

For all the users of Kindlepedia over the past year, I am delighted to announce that, in partnership with Joshua Tallent and the “talented” folks at eBook Architects, we are launching a new Kindle content tool called eReadUps. Like Kindlepedia, eReadUps builds Kindle-formatted books based on articles from the largest open source provider of...
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The Nook and the Kindle

January 12, 2010
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The Nook and the Kindle

Wandering through my local Barnes and Noble over the weekend I ran into something unusual. A Nook. For months I have been drawn to the banners and brochures near the help desk, only to learn that the helpers didn’t know when the store might have an actual Nook on display. This was a pleasant...
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Maybe the Kindle Community Can Help Justin Get His Homework Back

August 4, 2009
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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,...
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Video Guide to Creating Kindlepedia Articles for Your Kindle

June 20, 2009
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Pierre Gorissen has produced a nifty video on how to use the Kindlepedia tool from EduKindle to create reference articles for you Kindle or any other ereader that supports the Mobipocket format. In addition, Pierre has written a little script that allows you to make a bookmarklet in your browser (works fine in my...
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Planner 2009 Ready for Kindle

January 17, 2009
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Planner 2009 Ready for Kindle

Right after I posted Calendar for Kindle as a free download a few weeks ago, I got a bunch of feedback about how folks would really like it to work. Calendar was intended as a quick reference, but many of you are like me and find it helpful to be able to keep notes...
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Kindle Navigation Tips #4 – The Back Button

November 21, 2008
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Kindle Navigation Tips #4 – The Back Button

If you really want to get around the content on your Kindle, the “Back” button is key. It isn’t talked about a lot, but there is a big difference between going “back” and going to the “previous page.” Kindle Tips and Troubleshooting at Amazon tells us this much: Back vs. Prev Page: When you...
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Five Navigation Tips for the Kindle – #3: Turning Down the Corners of Pages

November 17, 2008
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Five Navigation Tips for the Kindle – #3: Turning Down the Corners of Pages

This navigation tip for the Kindle comes under the heading of “things you can do for yourself” to make navigation easier. That means setting bookmarks for things that you know you will want to find as you read. You can set a bookmark anywhere in a book by turning down the little page corner...
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Five Tips for Navigation on the Kindle – #2: Flipper Options

November 13, 2008
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OK, so now you know how to use the Enhanced Progress Bar to jet around the book you are reading. If it is a big text, then this is an immense help. Otherwise, you are left clicking “next page” like the flipper button on a pinball machine. Once you are in the vicinity of...
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