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• Kindle for PC DRM cracked, says the Reg—but is this really fresh news?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  DRM is a joke to smart hackers, using the cyber equivalent of lock-picking tools . And sure enough, an Israeli says that he’s cracked Kindle for PC. So reports the Register . The word is that techies can turn encrypted Kindle files into unprotected Mobipocket, then get the files into whatever format they want ...
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• Register knocks Kindle for lack of ePub, watered-down U.K. model

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  The Register’s verdict on the U.K. Kindle is mixed: “A competent e-book reader that lets you buy and download your books wirelessly. But you won’t get the same level of service that US users get and format support is limited.” Alas, the U.K. Kindle lacks a Web browser, so useful for downloads from mobile-hip ...
  17 hours ago

• eBook readers not the only way to read e-books

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Extracurriculars , Shopping , Technology With the Nook a no-show this year, the Amazon Kindle DX out of stock ( thanks to earlier sellouts ), and many other ebook readers in short supply , this year many adults will feel the pain that children know all too well: the dissatisfaction of opening up a ...
  1 day ago

• Kindle novice? Want to add free classics and other books? Here’s an easy guide to the Calibre program

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  Are you a Kindle novice? Want to add free classics and commercial books to your K machine—even if they’re not in the Amazon store? One solution would be be to use the free Calibre program , which can convert ePub and a number of other formats to the Kinde’s—without your paying a penny to Amazon. Now ...
  2 days ago

• Will Amazon offer Kindles with Pixel Qi or mirasol displays (given its interest in mags, newspapers, video)?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  Amazon will almost surely keep using E Ink in Kindles in the near future. But mightn’t Amazon also flirt with rival display technology—perhaps Pixel Qi , perhaps Qualcomm’s mirasol tech —in the coming year or so? No inside information here. It just makes sense. The 5.7-inch mirasol display to the left is ...
  2 days ago

• My Sony Reader one year later

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  I’m a teacher and get a gift card every year from the parents at school. Empowered to splurge, I bought a Sony PRS-505 last year. My eBookwise had its positives—earlier I’d owned several Palm PDA-based readers, with smaller screens—but it was too clunky to take out of the house very often. Also, it had a ...
  2 days ago

• Spot The Kindle Killer

  
  Home Theater Chairs & Recliners — Authority: 139
  Right now there are a huge number of manufacturers competing in the nascent, but rapidly growing, e-book reader market. The high level of competition is a clear indication of the level of growth expected in this sector. And this strong competition is going to be good for consumers as manufacturers fall over themselves ...
  3 days ago

• Kindle DX out of stock—plus other info for holiday e-reader shoppers

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  Shoppers will be in for a rude surprise when they buy Kindles but end up moving on to other readers and can’t transfer their DRMed e-books. And as hinted by O’Reilly downloading stat s, many tech-smart people favor the nonproprietary ePub format rather than a Kindle-related one. But as shown by my love of the ...
  3 days ago

• The Kindle DX is out of stock at Amazon, ships in 4-6 weeks

  
  CrunchGear — Authority: 776
  Hoping to snag a Kindle DX as a last minute Christmas gift? Sorry, pal, you’re out of luck. The large-screen Kindle now has an estimated shipping date of 4 to 6 weeks according to its Amazon product page. It looks like ebook readers are the hot item this year, eh? It’s kind of ironic that I found this ...
  4 days ago

• 10 Premium Cases for Kindle DX

  
  K.indled — Authority: 124
  So you own a Kindle DX? It’s one of the best gadgets you can pick up for the holiday season. Of course, if you do plan to pick one up these days, you want to make sure you pick a protective case to keep your gadget safe on the road. I would personally go with a case that is in the middle of the road (price wise). ...
  4 days ago

• No bookstore soon in Laredo, Texas, if B&N goes ahead: Vacuum for e-books to fill? Maybe even Bezos role?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  The people of Laredo, Texas , may soon have to drive 150 miles to get to a bookstore. Barnes & Noble plans to close the only bookstore in this town of about 233,000, as part of its shutdown of the B. Dalton chain. Ironically the Laredo store is profitable. But until a replacement B&N store opens, Laredo ...
  5 days ago

• Wary Book Publishers Are Fighting the Future

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Some publishers are delaying the release of electronic versions of best-selling books to drive hardcover sales. But by doing so, they risk alienating their best customers.
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• Wary Book Publishers Are Fighting the Future

  
  Bits — Authority: 774
  Norm Betts/BloombergStudents with their school-issued Sony Reader devices.Last week, a host of book publishers, led by Simon & Schuster, said they will delay publication of e-reader versions of many books because they were afraid the electronic copies were cannibalizing sales of more expensive hardcover editions.As ...
  1 week ago

• Yes, Amazon really IS forcing DRM on my publisher and me: Unauthorized DRMed edition is still up at the Kindle store

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  I wanted to thank a TeleRead community member for caring about the accuracy of a post telling how Amazon forced DRM on my publisher and me . TeleRead is not infallible, and we encourage people to speak up to help arrive at the truth. But, yes, unfortunately, my account is true—an unwanted DRM edition is very ...
  1 week ago

• Amazon exclusives lock up some Covey bestsellers: Tough luck, Sony and Nook owners

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  If you own a Sony Reader or Nook and want to read certain Stephen Covey books, you’re apparently out of luck for now. Ditto if you hope to borrow them via your local public library’s arrangements with OverDrive , the biggest player in that space. Covey is granting Amazon the exclusive e-rights to The 7 ...
  1 week ago

• Amazon exclusive locks up some Covey bestsellers: Tough luck, Sony and Nook owners

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  If you own a Sony Reader or Nook and want to read certain Stephen Covey books, you’re apparently out of luck for now. Ditto if you hope to borrow them via your local public library’s arrangements with OverDrive , the biggest player in that space. Covey is granting Amazon the exclusive e-rights to The 7 ...
  1 week ago

• Kindle for iPhone App Now Available From App Store In More Than 60 Countries

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 148
  Kindle for iPhone App Amazon.com  today announced that Kindle for iPhone App for iPhone and iPod touch is now available from the Apple App Store in more than 60 additional countries. The Kindle for iPhone App features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that saves and synchronizes a customer’s bookmarks across ...
  1 week ago

• Father-Daughter look at E vs. P—plus Kindle items and TeleRead’s other instant ‘oldies’

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  We’ve shortened TeleRead’s home page to speed it up, so  please use “Previous Entries” at the bottom of the page to see what you might have missed.  Among my favorite “oldies”: E vs. P: ‘What are we going to do about The Other Generation?’ TeleRead’s Ficbot interviews Dad . Nope, she’s not the ...
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• Time for Amazon to offer Kindle/p-book bundles

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  I love to beat up on Amazon’s DRM , but Jeff and friends are also up to some good things. The diligent Gary Price of Resource Shelf passes on this tidbit from PC World —something that could apply to books and e-books, if Jeff’s smart about it: “Amazon has unveiled a ‘limited time only’ promotion ...
  1 week ago

• Please, boycott my novel—Jeff’s DRMed edition, that is. Did Bezos lie, about DRM, on Jon Stewart’s show?

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  I figured that it would be a timesink to get Amazon to stop DRMing The Solomon Scandals . Sure, enough it has been, and the damned DRM edition is still up at Amazon despite my objections and my publisher’s. Amazon’s Kafkaesque e-forms don’t simplify the task. So much for Jeff Bezo’s claim to Jon Stewart ...
  1 week ago

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