Month: February 2011
Can Amazon Sidestep Apple’s App Store Tax?
Given the prominence of the Kindle vs Apple situation in news lately, namely that Apple has decided that all purchases going through their devices via the app store must pay…
Twilight Series for Kindle: Featuring Eclipse
The Edward-Bella-Jacob triangle is in full force in the third installment of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Bella and Edward are applying for college and consider marriage. Bella’s interest in…
Handmade Kindle Covers
If you are on a shopping spree and really feeling like dressing up your Kindle, then I’d be pleased to help you out. I find that there is something inexplicably…
New Kindle Commercial Seems Rather…Vague?
Kindle advertisements have often been a little odd, in my opinion. I get that you want to highlight how fun and useful your product is, but when it’s something that…
Kindle Piracy Thoughts
The Kindle platform, along with several other similar pushes into the emerging eBook industry, has improved availability of books significantly. If nothing else, there’s no longer even the possibility of…
Borders Bankruptcy Details
I know I mentioned this the other day in passing, when it was just an incredibly probable rumor I believe, but Borders(NYSE:BGP) is officially filing for Bankruptcy. As one might…
Reactions to Free E-books
Lately, I can’t help myself but notice a new emerging movement of free e-books haters. Mind you, I’m not talking about the pirated free e-books haters. That emotional response to…
More on Apple vs Kindle for iOS devices
So, Apple vs the Amazon Kindle platform. I brought this topic up a few days ago, I know, but it bears repeating now that representatives from Apple have come out…
Thinking about the Kindle Update Features Academically
Something I didn’t consider at first, but probably should have, when I saw the details of the Kindle 3.1 software update this week was that it seems to introduce features…
Kindle Book Recommendations: Science Fiction Staples
This shouldn’t come across as much of a surprise to anybody, given my admitted love of high tech reading and the tools associated with it, but I’m a fan of…