http://k.indled.com Enrich your Kindle Experience Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:38:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did have a chance to post a few simple Kindle shortcuts a while back. I promised that I would write about some more advanced shortcuts, and I guess I'll have to keep that promise. But before we get to that, I was wondering if you have any favorite shortcut ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/whats-your-favorite-amazon-kindle-short-cut/ We reported a while back that Amazon was preparing the new Kindle for September release. It seems other news sources are catching up as Yahoo! reported this earlier today. There will be two new Kindles, one that comes with a better user interface, and the other that will be bigger ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/its-official-kindle-20-out-before-years-end/ Kindle has been around for a while, but surprisingly a lot of people are finding about it these right now. When it was released, people were complaining about its lack of compatibility with PDF files (?) and its high cost. Now, the whole PDF issue was blown out of proportion ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/kindle-vs-laptop-why-kindle-beats-a-laptop-when-it-comes-to-ebooks/ Good news folks. Amazon has finally dropped prices on Kindle by $100. Sort of... Amazon has just announced that if you get their Amazon Rewards Visa Card, you can get the Kindle for $259! In other words, you get $100 off the Kindle if you help out Amazon's partner, Chase. ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/amazon-drops-prices-on-kindle-sort-of/ What Apple has done with the iPod and the iPhone is simply incredible. You have a cult following for both products, and people simply can't remember how they lived without them. Apple has not only created innovative designs with both products, but its customer-centric strategy has led to an eco-system ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/how-close-is-amazon-kindle-to-becoming-the-next-ipod/ I took a bunch of innovation classes when I was in college. These types of classes are great as they help you think differently about how things are done and how you can improve them. So I put the following question on LinkedIn a while back to see what people ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/if-you-were-to-add-one-feature-to-kindle/ A few days ago I was browsing through Amazon's selection of books to figure out which books are the hottest sellers out there. To my surprise, I found a couple of books who were being sold for about $9 as paperback but $9.99 in the Kindle store. Now the problem ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/amazon-lowering-the-kindle-ebooks-to-match-paperback-prices/ When I got my Kindle I thought it was the best thing ever. It had its glitches and challenges but the fact that I didn't need to order paper books anymore (and pay the Amazon Prime fee) made me believe that once you switch to Kindle there is a good ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/would-you-consider-going-back-to-paper-books/ Well. It's just a rumor at this point, but sources close to the Kindle inner circle are claiming that Amazon has sold 240,000 Kindle devices so far for a revenue of $86-94 million. Now that's not bad at all. These number are obviously not official (well they are sort of ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/kindle-sales-numbers-out/ There was an interesting article today on Washington Post about how iPhone and Kindle are revolutionalizing how people consume content these days. The New York times CTO was quoted as saying that he was excited about the potential for iPhone platform and Kindle is gaining traction among NY Times readers. ... http://k.indled.com/The-Amazon-Kindle/kindle-vs-iphone-the-battle-for-eyeballs/