Month: January 2011
Free Kindle Books on Open Library
Open Library is an amazing non-profit project (partially funded by California State Library). It is trying to catalog book (and e-book) titles and their locations, thus creating a gigantic library. As…
Some Thoughts on Free E-books
How often do you read free e-books on your Kindle? Always? Most of the time? Sometimes? Rarely? Does the fact that the book is free, make your reading process more…
Kindle Books Hit New Milestone: Beating Out Paperbacks
So, as I recall it was last summer when Kindle books began beating out purchases of Hardcovers on the Amazon site. This was a big deal because it illustrated for…
Library Books and the Kindle, What’s the Deal?
When the Kindle vs Nook competition began, a lot of those of us who take an interest in such things were making a fairly big deal about the advantages of…
An Interview With the WOWIO CEO
Some Background: We’ve talked quite a bit here in the past about the potential for advertising entering into digital book media. The convenience provided by eBooks, both for readers in…
Free E-books on Malay Archipelago in Sejarah Melayu Library
This source for free e-books, articles and academic papers will probably be appreciated by very particular type of readers. Sejarah Melayu Library’s resources focus on Malay Archipelago (also called Indonesian…
State Of The Union Address Collection On Kindle
A complete collection of State Of The Union Address Speeches by US Presidents has been published by State Of The Union Address Library on Amazon Kindle. It includes speeches of…
Dusk World – An Interactive Adventure Game for Kindle
Dusk World adds a whole new dimension for Kindle and Kindle DX games. It is an interactive, adventure game mixed with a graphic novel interface. Throughout the game you play…
Kindle Singles: Selection of Short Stories for the Kindle
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently announced Kindle Singles, which are short stories written by popular authors such as Jodi Picoult, Rich Cohen and Jonathan Littell, as well as magazine writers and journalists…
Nook Still Going Strong in Kindle vs Nook vs iPad Study
It’s gotten to the point where everybody and their grandmother, quite literally in most cases, has their own page on the Facebook, Twitter feed, or something similar these days. You…