Amazon Kindle - Ebook Reader
The Amazon Kindle is about to change the way some people read books.
With this slim electornic reader, it's a lot easier to carry a few books with you. If you prefer to read instead of listening, then you now have the alterantive to audio books, that were already very compact and transportable.
The Kindle - A Book Reader in a new class!
Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device
Amazon Price: $359.00 (as of 09/07/2008)
Wireless downloading of books - You can look up a book, read a summary and/or a few reviews and then buy it right away. This is a powerful feature. Entire books really do download in just a few seconds.
Readability - The Kindle is light and allows one-handed reading, the overall size of the reader is very convenient, and the crisp text and the variable font size all work together to make the experience while reading just fabulous.
Kindle Availability - temporarily sold out from Amazon.com
... but it's still OK to place an order, you'll be first in line when the new deliveries arrive!
"Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is temporarily sold out. We are working hard to manufacture Kindles as quickly as possible and are prioritizing orders on a first come, first served basis. Please ORDER KINDLE NOW to reserve your place in line. We will keep you informed by email as we get more precise delivery dates. Note that Kindles cannot currently be sold or shipped to customers living outside of the U.S."
Guess you^ll be best off placing an order asap, or you might want to try your luck an an auction, see below for the current offers:
Kindle Auctions - The fast way to get this great gizmo!
Delivery times for the Kindle right now are quite long. If you want one of these nifty devices now, an auction might be the way to find a unit that will be yours in a few days from now!
Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand by
Kindle in the news
- Consumers Become Kindle Ambassadors
- ... New York afternoon, Stephen Beck, a retired lawyer and voracious reader, spent an hour at a Chelsea Starbucks showing off his Amazon Kindle reader. ...
- Esquire plans high-tech 75th anniversary cover
- So far, the technology has been used in electronic book readers like the Amazon Kindle and Sony's Reader Digital Book. But until now, print publications ...
- Book Ends?
- Its rival, the Amazon Kindle, will surely follow it before too long, bringing its far larger online bookstore. If they succeed, an entire library will not ...
- "Hey, Guys, Amazon's Kindle Rocks!"
- SAI Chairman Kevin Ryan, the globe-trotting former CEO of online ad powerhouse Doubleclick, weighs in on the Kindle debate. Also on Hulu: I bought the ...
Kindle Features
Overcomplete and well thought through - A gret product!
* Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
* Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
* Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle-whether you're in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
* More than 90,000 books available, including more than 95 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
* New York Times® Best Sellers and all New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
* Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
* Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes-all auto-delivered wirelessly.
* Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times-all auto-delivered wirelessly.
* More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post-all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
* Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
* Holds over 200 titles.
* Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
* Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones-so you never have to locate a hotspot.
* No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments-we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
* Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia-Wikipedia.org.
* Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
* Included in the box: Kindle wireless reader, Book cover, Power adapter, USB 2.0 cable
What do you think about the Kindle?
Will this new ebook reader change the way books are read, or will this just be a niche product for a few techno freaks?
Would you use one of these, if you could get if for free? Do you think an electronic book can give the same pleasure as an old fashion book where you are holding paper in your hand?
Come on! Let us know what your opinion about the Kindle is!
The Kindle Books are $9.99 a piece!
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Release Date: 09/18/2007
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Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 09/07/2008)
List Price: $17.95
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Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
Release Date: 10/22/2007
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Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 09/07/2008)
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I Am America (And So Can You!)
Release Date: 10/09/2007
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Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 09/07/2008)
List Price: $20.99
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Deceptively Delicious
Release Date: 10/05/2007
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Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 09/07/2008)
List Price: $19.95
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Run
Release Date: 09/25/2007
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Amazon Price: $9.56 (as of 09/07/2008)
List Price: $11.95
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