Tried Kindle Yet?
Kindle is Amazon's new wireless reading device. It is the size of a small paperback and as thin as a pencil.
The Amazon Kindle stores up to 200 books at a time, so you can carry a mini library in your pocket.
Kindle is a Mini Library
Carry 200 books in your pocket, at about half the cost of print books.
Amazon Kindle
Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device
Amazon Price: $359.00 (as of 10/07/2008)
The new Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device is a mini library. Shop the Kindle store anywhere without being in a hotspot, download first chapters of books before you buy, get your news, and carry up to 200 book titles in your pocket!
Features:
- Electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper
- Kindle stores 200 titles at a time, so you can carry a small library with you at all times.
- Kindle is lighter and thinner than a regular paperback.
- Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle from anywhere without being in a wi-fi hotspot
- Purchased books are auto-delivered wirelessly in less than a minute.
- Over 130,000 books available
- Kindle Books are cheaper than print books
- Download and read first chapters for free before you buy.
- Top U.S. newspapers auto-delivered wirelessly
- Top magazines auto-delivered wirelessly
- Over 300 top blogs updated wirelessly
- Long battery life.
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User's Guide: Amazon Kindle
Orlando Sentinel Technology Columnist Etan Horowitz review the Kindle, a new electronic book reader from Amazon.com. For more technology news and reviews, go to www.orlandosentinel.com/technology
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The Cost Benefit of Amazon Kindle
While the $359 price of the Kindle may put off many people at first glance, the immediate benefits outweigh the upfront costs, while the longterm cost benefit more than makes up for the initial purchase price of the device.Benefit: Space and Weight
As a book fiend, when I travel, I always lug a big stack of books with me. I never leave home on a trip with less than 10 books packed in my suitcase, and I bring more than I end up reading for fear of being stuck without a book. Nevermind that if I really needed to, I could always hit a bookstore. I have to have plenty of reading material on hand wherever I am.
With a Kindle, I can save space and weight in my suitcase and bring more books in digital format than I possibly have time to read on the trip.
Benefit: Book Cost
The average new print hardcover is around $24.95, while the average new mass market paperback is around $7.99. Let's say you pack 2 hardcovers and 3 paperbacks for your trip (a conservative estimate for myself.)
The average new book cost would be about $73.87. If you purchased these same books on Kindle, the average cost would be about $39.16, a savings of close to half of the print book price, plus you saved all that room and weight in your suitcase.
Do this a few times and the Kindle will end up paying for itself over the long run.
FREE Kindle Book to Get You Started
Bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's paranormal romance, Seize the Night
is currently FREE on Amazon. That's right, FREE!If you enjoy paranormal romance, the Dark-Hunter series is a light, fun and absorbing visit to a world of vampires, werewolves, and mythology.
Seize the Night
Amazon Price: $4.74 (as of 10/07/2008)
List Price: $14.00
Product Description
Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter-he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he's very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She's sassy, sexy, and completely unwilling to take him seriously. (Not to mention that she's the twin sister of the wife of former Dark-Hunter Kyrian-Val's mortal enemy.) What Tabitha does take seriously is hunting and killing vampires-and soon she and Val have to grapple with the deadliest of all Daimons-one who's managed to come back from the dead, and one who holds a serious grudge against both of them. To win against evil, Val will have to loosen up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a woman who drives him nuts.
Bestselling Kindle Books
Download your Kindle book in less than a minute, or download the first chapter for free to see if you like it before you buy.
Kindle books are $9.99 or less for hardcovers, approximately 60% off the list price of the average print hardcover, and paperbacks are generally at least 20% less than the print version.
Bottom line: save money, space and paper.
Browse the Kindle Bestsellers
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Summer Reading for Your Kindle
The Kindle Store has a good selection of Beach Reads, books for travel and road trips, bestsellers and light summer reading.Browse the Kindle Summer Reading Store
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Get Your Newspapers and Magazines on Kindle
Kindle delivers your favorite newspapers and magazines to you digitally wherever you are.
Newspapers on Kindle
Amazon delivers the top U.S. newspapers to your Kindle, as well as a selection of international papers.Browse the Kindle Newspapers Store
and pick up a digital subscription.
Magazines on Kindle
Browse the Kindle Magazines Store
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Accessories for your New Kindle
Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Light - Black
Amazon Price: $14.22 (as of 10/07/2008)
Leather Slip Cover for Amazon Kindle
Amazon Price: $29.85 (as of 10/07/2008)
Stand for Amazon Kindle
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
EVA Hard Shell Carrying Case for Amazon Kindle Electronic Reading Device (Kindle NOT Included) + Screen protector Kit + CLOTH (Nylon Black)
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 10/07/2008)
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