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Feb
29
Kindle Sales Amaze Publisher
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From the Silicon Alley Insider, we learn that sales of Amazon Kindle-formatted products has stunned a publisher:
Evan Schnittman, head of biz dev at 35,000-title textbook publisher Oxford University Press, says a pal at one of the “biggest trade publishers in the world” called him this week, shocked at how well Kindle-formatted books had sold in December, just after the Kindle’s launch.
Schnittman is said to have been amazed at his sales of Kindle-formatted books, too.
Read it all here.
Feb
29
Good Things to Say about the Sony Reader
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At Educomment, the commentator is pleased with the Sony Reader.
Finally I lashed out and bought a Sony E-reader, despite having a mac and living in Australia. Why did I buy it?
Because I can put 100’s of books to read on it, no flickering screen, no light shining in my eyes.
On his wish list? Adobe Reader compatibility:
I have read that sony is working on implementing Adobe Reader compatibility. This is an absolute must- or they need to open their online bookshop to the whole word. Adobe reader format can be downloaded and read on the mac- if they can then be synchronised with the ereader this would be a whole lot easier.
Read it all here.
Feb
29
Scott Hanselman’s ComputerZen.com divides the reactions to the Amazon Kindle into “The Good Stuff” and the “Meh.” The good stuff? Lots of content for the Kindle, and it’s available fast.
I like the “any book in the world in one minute or less” (and Bezos is not kidding, the books show up FAST) that I’m disappointed when a book isn’t available.
At the top of the The “Meh” Stuff list:
The Next Page buttons run almost the length of both sides of the thing so I keep accidentally turning pages. Also, I’ve fallen asleep holding the buttons at least twice and found myself with a dead battery and on the last page.
Read it all here.
Feb
29
Amazon Kindle - What It Has and Has Not
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At TheBetaNews.com, we read this report on Amazon Kindle’s “5 Facts and 5 Lacks.” The first fact:
Kindle uses the American EVDO network, which is similar to the European 3G network, only a bit slower. Amazon picked EVDO, instead of WiFi. This lets the user buy and download books no matter where you are. There is no subscription fee. A book usually costs $10 and takes from about 10 minutes to 10 seconds to download.
And the first Lack:
No PDF-support. How can one of the biggest book formats not be supported. This is a definitive must in the next version.
Read it all here.
Feb
29
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