It sure seems like it, if not more. Silicon Alley Insider reports that Amazon might be selling as little as 10,000 eBooks a day for its Kindle gadget. I personally know a few people who started ordering eBooks way before they even got their Amazon Kindles, so to be perfectly honest 10,000 eBooks is not really that surprising. Now we all know that Amazon would be selling more books if A) they had more Kindles available so people didn’t have to wait freaking a year to get their hands on them and B) Should more titles become available, Amazon will be selling even more ebooks, so 15K-20K sales a day is not really out of question for Amazon.

Amazon.com has released the following books today. Check them out:

•  Shotoku: Ethnicity, Ritual and Violence in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
•  At The Back of the Black Man’s Mind
• Casting Down Crowns (Erotic Feast) by Desiree Davidson
• The Cutting Season by Arthur Rosenfeld
• Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 Blog 2005 by Joe Wikert
• The New Solution Selling by Keith M. Eades
• Slip of the Knife  by Denise Mina (Kindle Edition - Feb 13, 2008)

Looking for a cute bag for your Amazon Kindle. Look no further than WaterField. Waterfield has come up with a bunch of different Kindle bags to help protect your precious Kindle:
$27 for slip case
$39 for sleeve case
$49 for travel case

These are really cute so check them out! Kindle just got a little bit more attractive.

As we move deep into the digital publishing era, it is obvious that paper newspapers have so much trouble keeping up with their digital counterparts. Newspapers and magazines have been around for years, and it has become a habit of people to pick them up on their way to work or even receive it at work. However, with podcasts and audio newspapers around, consumers are starting to move away from traditional newspapers. Now with Kindle around, you can bet that many will relish the idea of subscribing to magazines and e-newspapers online and get them on their Kindle. Sure, it’s not audio,but not everyone likes audio. Besides, it’s not like you want to listen to every story that is out there, and with Kindle you get to just skim through the news. Now, I am not suggesting that eBooks will beat audiobooks or the other way around, but I find it hard to believe that papers can compete with either audio or e-books.

Amazon has released a few new books for the Kindle today. Here are the top ones:

1. Annuities for Dummies

2. Biting the Bullet

3. Boink

4. Ravens in the storm

5. Death of a Gentle Lady

Read on!

Some people really amaze me these days with deep comments that they make about new gadgets. People are so hesitant to try new gadgets these days as they think they are getting a piece of junk that is not ready to roll. I do agree that there may be some early glitches facing early adopters, but to say that you are going to wait for “Kindle 2.0″ to get it is just plain silly. Kindle may have some issues, but there is none that can’t be solved by a firmware, and if there is a hardware issue, you can be sure that Amazon will fix it for you as long as you are under their warranty.

So you are going to wait for Kindle 2.0? Here is why you should not:

• Waiting for a sequel without checking out the first installment is plain silly: if you have seen a Kindle, haven’t touched it, and haven’t played with it for that matter, then you can’t possibly be asking for more. Unless you sample Kindle, you are not going to know if it has what you need. Of course, if you sample it, you are not going to be able to let go off it.
• There may not be a 2.0 for Kindle. After all, Amazon is taking a big risk by offering a subscription free wireless digital device, and if they don’t meet the threshold that they have in mind, they may decide to discontinue it. Do you believe iPod would be in its 6th generation now if people didn’t buy it and waited for iPod 2nd generation? I doubt it! So, if you really need the device, stop being greedy and support it. I personally read 2-3 books a week, and in 6 months, I am going to end up saving more money than I spent on Kindle.
• Kindle 2.0 may not come soon enough: If I tell you that Kindle 2.0 is a year away, are you willing to wait that long? I doubt it! But if you are, then I got to admit you probably don’t need a Kindle. This is like saying, I am going to wait for the second edition of this book, even though I need to read it within the next couple of months. I personally was tormented for 45 days before I got my Kindle, and I probably couldn’t have taken much longer. In fact, I checked my tracking info so many times my fingers were bleeding by the time I got the Kindle. But hey, if you can wait a year or 2 for Kindle 2.0, more power to you and your loss!

Waiting for Kindle 2.0 is a lame excuse. If you don’t need a Kindle, don’t buy it. It’s expensive, and unless you are using it heavily, it’s probably not worth it (unless you haver $400 sitting somewhere). But if you are book junkie, then Kindle is your thing.

Are you still struggling with putting your favorite eBooks on your Amazon Kindle. Well, you are not alone. While Amazon has assured us Kindle fans that it will support pdf and other ebook formats in the future, there are many ebooks that simply can’t be converted to a format that Kindle can understand. In an earlier post I mentioned there is a way to fix/rebuild your pdf in a way that are understandable to Amazon Kindle. That has worked for me every time, but if you are not interested in doing that, then you can use a lifesaver service called Koolwire. Koolwire.com allows you to send your pdf documents to be converted to word documents (.doc), which is coincidentally Kindle compatible.

Koolwire works similar to Amazon Kindle’s PDF conversion system in some ways. All you have to is send an email to doc@koolwire.com, and it will be converted and returned to you as a word document. Then you can use a SD card or your USB cable to put the file on your Amazon Kindle. Life with Amazon Kindle just got a little bit sweeter with this super cool online service.

The following books have been release today for Kindle by Amazon.com:

Abraham Lincoln and the Union by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
Adieu by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Albert Savarus by Honore de Balzac
The Alkahest by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
All That Glitters by Heather Ames (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Analytical Studies: The Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life Anchor’s Away:Chain Of Command by Shara Azod
Another Study of Woman by Honore de Balzac
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honore de Balzac
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie and John van Dyke
The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac
Beatrix by Honore de Balzac
The Black Rose by Skyler Grey
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes by Various
Break Free (One of Many Times) by Joshua Easterly (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac
Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac
The Celibates by Honore de Balzac
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week At Rome by Rev. Monsignor Baggs
The Chouans by Honore de Balzac
The Common People of Ancient Rome by Frank Frost Abbott
Contes Merveilleux Tomes I & II by Hans Christian Andersen
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Aldous Huxley
DRAGON STAR by Stephanie Burke
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Fixed Mobile Convergence by Alex Shneyderman and Alessio Casati
Het Portret van Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
How to Create A Secret Cottage Garden in Your Own Backyard by Kristin Falzon
Humbug by Tigra-Luna LeMar
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
Lord Kilmore by Tara Greenbaum
McGraw-Hill’s Conquering ACT English, Reading, and Writing by Steven Dulan Mr. Angel by Beth Henderson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
My Cheri Amour by Shara Azod (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Kindle Book
My Weeping Willow by Sarah Rainwater Tanner (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) - Ménage à Valentine by RaeLynn Blue and Shara Azod
Notre Dame de Paris - 1482 by Victor Hugo (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
O Pioneers! (Girlebooks Classics) by Willa Cather
The Path To Rome by Hillaire Belloc (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
The Red Fighter Pilot - the Autobiography of the Red Baron by Manfred Von Richthofen and J. Ellis Barker
The Religion of Ancient Rome by Cyril Bailey (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008) The
The Religion of Numa by Jesse Benedict Carter (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Ring In The New by Beth Henderson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Roads From Rome by Anne C. E. Allinson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Santa, Sam’s Been Bad by Tigra-Luna LeMar (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Sigh Of Love by Bess McBride (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Tangled Web by Skyler Grey (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions by William Petty
Triple Bow by Shara Azod and RaeLynn Blue
Unnatural Sights by Joe Jeney
A Valentine’s Gift for Tori by Zenobia Renquist
THE WAR WITH GERMANY-A STATISTICAL SUMMARY by LEONARD P. AYRES What Is Property by P. J. Proudhon (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)
Wicked Pleasures by Tambra Kendall (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)A Wife For Big John by Lauri Robinson (Kindle Edition - Feb 8, 2008)

A few years ago KaZaa was the place where people could go to download their favorite songs, videos, and other digital content. At the time, MPAA, and RIAA joined hands to stop content piracy. Since then, many have been sued, and few of these web service have been completely shut down. But are we going to see a similar attack in the book industry?

There is no question that e-book/audio-book piracy is a big issue for publishers. After all, digital content is easy to copy and distribute over the Internet, and people wouldn’t mind getting their hands on the latest books for free. Amazon has implemented DRM on Kindle to alleviate this issue. However, Kindle cannot prevent people from copying pirated content on the device. I am sure Amazon would be against implementing such feature as it could ruin the Kindle experience for those of us who are not pirating ebooks. But what I do expect is to have an awareness campaign by powers-that-be to inform the public about the damages of book piracy to the publishing industry. Unlike musicians and movie studios, publishers are mostly not that well-paid, and if they lose a huge chunk of what they make to piracy, then they will simply have no motivation to produce high quality content for us. I know… Kids these days are more into music and videos and “HD” stuff, but that doesn’t mean those of us who actually read should be left with less alternatives. My message to book pirates is this. If you need to download a book to read it ASAP, then pay for it later once you are done with it. Without our support, the authors may just as well hang up boots.