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Amazon buys Lexcycle, is Kindle content coming to Stanza on the iPhone?

Amazon buys Lexcycle, is Kindle content coming to Stanza on the iPhone?Hmmm . . .Amazon also owns Mobipocket, which Amazon used a modified version of the ebook files for the kindle. Mobipocket is available for everything EXCEPT the iPhone and iPod touch, nor does it do linux or OS...

Tags: Linux, E-books, Operating systems, Stanza, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone, MobiPocket

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Kudos to Amazon: A good first step with Kindle iPhone app

Kudos to Amazon: A good first step with Kindle iPhone appWaiting for GodotNo thanks, I'll just wait for the movey...RE: Kudos to Amazon: A good first step with Kindle iPhone appJust bought Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, took less than two minutes on my iPhone before I started reading it,...

Tags: E-books, NOW IT, MobiPocket, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Kindle App, eReader, Kindle-iPhone app, Kindle-iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Additional Resources

Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled today

What is the difference between this and the Que?RE: Barnes and Noble e-book reader 'Nook' to be unveiled todayWell, the Kindle is still pretty pricy for me. I was in Toys R Us the other day and they had a Sony e-reader (1st time I've ever ACTUALLY seen one....

Tags: E-books, Kindle DX, e-book, Nook, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Kindle2, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser

Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...

Tags: Web browsers, E-books, e-reader, Web browser, Google Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Apple's tablet UI patent unearthed

You really can't be serious...can you?From the looks of the graphic...the "touch screen" is going to be at least SIXTEEN INCHES wide.That makes it REAL convenient to carry around.That looks to beone awfully large tablet. I wonder if they will copy Microsoft's idea, and make a folding tablet?GraphicPatent application graphics...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

IREX DR800SG e-reader: IREX loses, Barnes & Noble wins [first impressions]

As an e-book reader(and I don't know anything about formats that it supports) it looks almost perfect. Just two things: will it fit in your back pocket and, if it does, will it break the first time you sit down?RE: IREX DR800SG e-reader: IREX loses, Barnes & Noble wins...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, screen size, Irex DR800SG, e-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Your Kindle can't do this, local library ebooks now available on the Sony Reader

I wrote about the new Sony Reader devices and how we would eventually be able to actually check out ebooks from our local libraries and read them on the Sony Readers. The press release and press coverage focused on the New York Public Library so I didn't give much thought...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Reader, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Clinical Allergy & Immunology 2010v2 For the MobiPocket Reader 10 (Mobile)

Topics include: general immunology, immune deficiency, transplantations (lung, kidney, heart, bone marrow, pancreas liver), complete vaccination information, allergic disorders such as rhinitis, drug reactions, asthma, skin reactions, latex allergy, food allergies, anaphylaxis, urticaria and much more. Edited by both adult and pediatric allergists. Free demo 118K, full version with 1...

Tags: Mobile, Allergy, Pacific Primary Care, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-08-21

Stanza 1.0.0b17 (Mac)

Lexcycle Stanza is a program for reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. The software supports the eBook formats epub, MS LIT, Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, and PalmDoc, as well as general document formats HTML, PDF, MS Word, and Rich Text Format. Stanza features a variety of text layout views,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Lexcycle LLC, Lexcycle Stanza, Stanza, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-19

Stanza 1.9 (Mobile)

Stanza is a program for reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. The software supports the eBook formats epub, MS LIT, Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, and PalmDoc, as well as general document formats HTML, PDF, MS Word, and Rich Text Format. Stanza features a variety of text layout views, such...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Lexcycle LLC, Stanza, E-books, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-24

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?

Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?WOWAs we all know from reading these forums, anything can be spun, and this article proves it.RE: Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?Following this logic an alternate explanation is possible -- Kindle is primarily a walled-garden distribution platform for maximizing sales by cutting...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., customer-relationship management appliance, Amazon Kindle, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

Amazon's removal of George Orwell ebooks from every Kindle with a paid entitlement is not only ironic in context but has frightening ramifications in terms of privacy and content ownership. Without warning or any sort of advance notification on Friday, Amazon...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-18

$299 Kindle: Great, now make it read PDF!

$299 Kindle: Great, now make it read PDF!Great writeup, but... Much thanks, Jason, your usual great blogpost... but I really do not see the point of these readers... Like you, I have tons of books on pdf and chm(and thanks for the heads-up reminder on the IBM Redbooks, that had...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Adobe PDF, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

2007 eFAR Federal Aviation Regulations and eAIM + 9 More Aviation Docs 7.00 (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Mobile Operating Systems, Regulations, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Government

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Clinical Gastroenterology - MobiPocket Reader 3.8 (Mobile)

Subjects include: constipation, acute/ chronic diarrhea, flatulance, abd pain, splenomegally, hemorrhoids, incontinence, pruritis ani, GI bleeding, hepatology, irritable bowel disease, hernias, hepatology, hepatitis, malabsorption, sprue, bacterial overgrowth, c. difficile, obstruction, GERD, H pylori, GI cancers, esophageal disorders, acute/chronic pancreatitis, belching..... Key Features: A detailed reference text that contains very easy...

Tags: Mobile, Text, Pacific Primary Care, GI, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conference

Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceMessage has been deleted.RE: Live from New York: Amazon's Kindle press conferenceIf Amazon does roll out a textbook Kindle it will be a star. Just left a grad school program and I would not say the money you get back for used...

Tags: E-books, Amazon Kindle press conference, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall

Amazon is not-so-quietly building a wall between itself, its competitors, and open e-book formats. It's time to show them that those of us who seek e-book readers without boundaries will not stand for their market monopolization and Soviet-style platform containment. So while I...

Tags: Device, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Wall, Stanza, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Hands-on image gallery and video of the Amazon iPhone Kindle software

Hands-on image gallery and video of the Amazon iPhone Kindle softwareRE: Hands-on image gallery and video of the Amazon iPhone Kindle softwarebeing able to read Kindle books on my I phone is great, any time anywhere I can get a few pages read. Great Idea for Amazon. But why stop...

Tags: Corporate communications, Tools & Techniques, E-books, software, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon iPhone Kindle, Amazon iPhone, Hands-On, gallery, video

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

(Gallery: Amazon releases Kindle 2.0)

(Gallery: Amazon releases Kindle 2.0)Thousands of FREE books!You're right, it is expensive. But also keep in mind that with a Kindle you get access to thousands upon thousands of FREE books from sites like: http://manybooks.net/.So that kinda helps the initial pain a bit.Yes, too expensive!One can buy a netbook...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Keyboards, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle 2.0, Gallery, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Live from New York: Amazon

Live from New York: AmazonGot a pic of the Kindle 2 itself? ntnt = no textRE: Live from New York: AmazonIMO if AMZ wants Kindle 2.0 acceptance, all they have to do is convince the publishers of college and university textbooks into Kindle format and promise to save parents some...

Tags: Text-to-Speech, Kindle 2, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-09