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BIT-101: Kindle and iPad Resolution Compared

August 17, 2010

Kindle and iPad Displays: Up close and personal. | BIT-101.
This is a really interesting post.  Keith Peters compares the font rendering of a Kindle, iPad, newspaper,  magazine, and a paperback book under a USB microscope.
I wonder how many years before e-ink becomes indistinguishable from paper media.

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Books vs. E-Books

August 14, 2010

via Newsweek: Back Story: Books vs. E-Books
Nice infographic from the folks at Newsweek.

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Harry McCracken on the New Kindle

July 29, 2010

Amazon’s strategy is as sensible as any I can think of for the Kindle–make it more like a book and even less like an iPad, thereby catering to all the folks who want the equivalent of a relatively cheap, highly portable digital paperback rather than the costlier do-it-all device that is Apple’s tablet. For all [...]

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The State of the Kindlesphere is Looking Good

July 20, 2010

The New York Times published an article yesterday which tells you just about everything you need to know about the state of the Kindlesphere.
On e-book sales:
Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, announced Monday that for the last three months, sales of books for its e-reader, the Kindle, outnumbered sales of hardcover books.
In that time, Amazon [...]

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Patrick Rhone’s TextEdit Setup

July 9, 2010

Almost all of my writing starts in TextEdit. I’m an unabashed champion of it and I think it does not get nearly the credit it deserves. I have it set to default to plain text, 90 characters x 50 lines, Menlo 12pt for my font after a long flirtation with Droid Sans.
via Talking Tools: Patrick [...]

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Lies, Damned Lies, and E-Book Statistics

July 5, 2010

I was surprised to see a fair amount of coverage this weekend in mainstream news channels of Jakob Nielsen’s recent study on iPad and Kindle reading speeds which concluded people read content on paper faster than content on e-readers. I am not so sure this study is all that important.

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Why Does the New Kindle DX Have a Graphite Case?

July 2, 2010

One of the two big changes of the new Kindle DX that was announced yesterday is a graphite case. Is this to make it lighter? Look sexier? Most likely, no. It is going to improve the readability of the text on the e-ink screen.

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Kindles for Sale

July 1, 2010

It’s rather interesting that Amazon seem to be utilizing every method possible to clear up Kindle 2 US stock and Kindle 2 stock. We have $189 Kindles and a $150 Kindle deal at Woot and a $139 refurbished Kindle 2 US deal at Amazon.
Amazon seem intent on sending out as many Kindles as they can. Combine that with [...]

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Kevin Rose: Some Ideas for E-Books

June 15, 2010

Kevin Rose does a nice walkthrough of five items on his wish list for Amazon and Apple to add to their e-book software. He nails a key point — e-readers are Internet-connected devices, however we’ve yet to see this connectivity truly leveraged to enhance the reading experience.

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The Kindle – Easy to Read, Even in Bright Sunlight…

April 15, 2010

This was the ad that greeted me yesterday when I visited Amazon’s home page. As far as I can remember, I’ve never seen this ad before, but it’s possible it has just been out of circulation for a while. That said, no doubt in my mind it is designed to be a subtle jab at the iPad.

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