Posts Tagged ‘kindle’
Barnes & Noble Nook Prices Drop Majorly
FYI. Now it gets really interesting.
“Barnes & Noble cut prices for its nook e-reader from $259 to $199 and introduced a $149 Wi-Fi version in a move to put pressure on Amazon’s Kindle and grab more market share.”
How My Kindle Reduces Clutter, Saves Time & Keeps Me Slim
New post on my Kindle Journal subblog you’ll probably want to check out. Note that you can probably get most if not all the benefits described from just about any major ereader out there, not just the Kindle.
Writers: Making a Living Off of Kindle
FYI.
“So much media attention has been given to the iPad and to eBooks lately that it made GalleyCat wonder aloud: Is it possible for an author to make a living from selling eBooks?”
Heck yeah says author J.A. Konrath who “has successfully built a career and a living wage doing exactly that.” Interview.
Looking for Kindle Book Reviewers
Wordpreneur publishes the Kindle Journal sub-blog. It has received a few requests from publishers looking to have their Kindle ebooks reviewed.
If you own a Kindle and are interested in doing book reviews, let me know. Specify what genres you’d be interested in. Experience not necessary, but I’d like to see some samples of your writing ability, of course.
Non-paying gig. You get free Kindle ebooks!
— EES
2read – Five lessons Apple can learn from Amazon
Very good article on ZDNet Government. Interesting observations and insight. Must-read, I think, if you’re at all interested in the fast-developing ebook marketplace, ereaders (Kindle, iPad), and online book retailing.
Kindle Journal
FYI for all you Amazon Kindle users/readers: I just soft-launched a brand new Wordpreneur subblog: Kindle Journal, featuring tips and resources for the Kindle.
There’s actually a Wordpreneur-ish idea related to this subblog that I’ll write about later or tomorrow. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, go check out Kindle Journal.
Amazon Expands Kindle Self-Publishing Worldwide
Breaking News: Authors worldwide (no longer just the US) can now self-publish Kindle versions of their books.
Read Amazon expands Kindle self-publishing worldwide @ CNet »
Amazon Kindle – Free 2-Day Shipping
Nook vs. Kindle – A Useful Review
Self-Publishing Question: Print or eBook?
Just thinking out loud in this relatively short post.
After observing the consumer ebook market with the seeming success of the Amazon Kindle and the upcoming Barnes & Noble Nook, I think this brings up an interesting question for self-publishers. Namely…
Free Kindle eBooks
I’ve had my Kindle for about a couple of months now, and I’ve been reading up a storm with it. Now guess how much money I’ve spent on ebooks for it to date.
Yup, $0. The post title kinda took the mystery out of that.
But maybe you won’t know the answer to this one: Where do I get all the free ebooks from?
How to Create eBooks for Kindle – Research
I’m just getting started converting a few PDFs (with the Word source files) to the Amazon Kindle ebook format. Translation: No idea what I’m doing just yet.
I did, however, find a few “tutorials” online that I’ll need to pore through, probably over the Thanksgiving break. Here they are in case you want to do the same. (Comment please if you know of any others I should check out.)
Free Kindle for Your PC
Forgot to mention this a few weeks ago when I first heard about it. Sorry about that. Here you go…
Amazon has released a free application for Windows PC (Mac version coming soon) that will let you read — and presumably acquire — Kindle ebooks on your computer. You are not required to own an actual Kindle.
Interesting eBook/eReader Newsbits
Just a few news tidbits on the very active ebook/ereader marketplace I thought you may be interested in and may benefit from seeing.
I was going to write something about my thoughts on the future of magazines using some info and observations from these news items as reference,but haven’t been able to sit still in one place long enough to get anything together (sorry about that).
The Kindle Reading Experience
If you’re concerned about what the experience of reading a book would feel and be like on an Amazon Kindle, that was one of the things I was keen on finding out myself. Anyone who’s tried to “curl up” and read an ebook on a laptop knows full well what I mean when I say, “the tech gets in the way.” Never mind that you really can’t get comfy with a laptop physically (size, weight, balance, screen angle, etc.), the interface to navigate through the book leaves a lot to be desired.
Got Me a Kindle
Finally bit the bullet and got myself an Amazon Kindle ebook reader. Technically, Amazon calls it a “wireless reading device,” which is actually quite accurate — besides ebooks, it does newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc.
I like it. Lots. And yes, I still think they’re asking too much for it. Current pricing puts it at $279, which has actually got me miffed, since I got mine just a few weeks before for $20 more, but c’est la vie. It’s still a luxury for me at the lower price point.
Well, since on paper I can’t really afford luxury, let me call my Kindle “research.” Better than even likelihood that you’ll be seeing “how to create/market Kindle infoproducts”-type posts here soon.