Another Kindle first, courtesy of Len Edgerly and his dad. They do an impromptu review of the Kindle from their perch in the waiting room in Biddeford ME. Recorded on Utterz–clean, cool interface. Check it out here.
The Kindle Reading Experience
The Kindle is for “Frictionless” Reading, First
by Will DeLamater
Nice post by Matt Asay at CNet: No, what I really like about the Kindle is the reading experience. It’s wonderful. The only thing missing is a backlight for reading in low-light conditions, but it’s already better than reading a physical book because the screen is comforting to view and the weight/feel of the product…
A Kindle Tale: Junot Diaz and GTA IV
by Will DeLamater
From the “this is what I’m talking about” department at EduKindle: I was reading the Weekend Journal on the Kindle (still on the free two-week Wall Street Journal trial) and saw a review of Grand Theft Auto IV by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Diaz. This guy can write: “for me, GTA IV is more…
The Power of the Kindle Book Sample
by Will DeLamater
I love this tweet because it expresses my experience exactly: “Started Pillars of the Earth, as a sample on Kindle. At 11:30p end of sample so without taking head off pillow downloaded rest of book WOW!” From Twitter. What’s magical about a Kindle “sample” is that it gives you quite a bit to read, so…
Author Len Edgerly Reads Live From the Kindle in Boulder
by Will DeLamater
Is it the first author reading by Kindle? Hear “Cold Turkey in Paradise: Twelve Days Off the Internet in Maho Bay” read by author Len Edgerly below and read the essay itself at Wazee: Len, how about a Kindle version so we can read it ourselves?
Highlighting on the Kindle Across Pages
by Will DeLamater
Can’t do it. If you hit scroll the select wheel up to a line on a page of text that you are reading and click it, a menu will pop up that offers the option to “Add Highlight.” When you click that selection, the Kindle will place a highlight line above the line of text…