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    Amazon Preparing Better Kindle Ebook Management System in 2010

    Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download

    Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows

    Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)

    AUO Has The Technology To Make The $99 Ebook Reader We're Waiting For

    Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books

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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/20/09

    In reply to Amazon Preparing Better Kindle Ebook Management System in 2010
    Good news. They need some sort of folder system - even just grouping by author would be a big improvement.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/20/09

    @Canoehead: Yea, where my freakin folders?
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    11/10/09

    In reply to Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download
    I really like the ability to read the books on other devices, like my phone or computer, and be able to sync all my bookmarks, notes and such. That's really very useful. But I think if they're going to push this feature, they need to up the license limitation. Six licenses isn't enough if I burn two or three of them on my first reading. Currently they will let you free up licenses by calling CS if you no longer have devices you registered. That seems a bit problematic. CS contacts are expensive. Are they going to want to keep doing that when large numbers of customers realize they hit their limit and can't re-read a book on their new device? If people are going to lose access to their old books when they upgrade devices, that will keep them from buying new Kindles. They either need to come up with an easier way for people to remove licenses from devices, up the limit to something more reasonable, or get rid of the limits altogether but make the license follow the account.
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Kindle For PC Beta Now Available to Download
    This will probably do more for Amazon's attempts to break in to the textbook market than their Kindle DX did. #kindleforpcbetadownload
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/23/09

    In reply to Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows
    omfg... BEST pic ever! #kindleformac
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/23/09

    In reply to Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows
    Amazon needs to allow an open platform so that books can be used anywhere on any device. #kindleformac
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/23/09

    In reply to Mac Getting a Kindle App, Just Like Windows
    Duh. They already have one for the iPhone, it was just a matter of time before they released it for the Mac as well. Microsoft probably asked them not to release info until after the Windows 7 announcement yesterday. #kindleformac
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    Image of kepeli999 kepeli999
    10/22/09

    In reply to Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
    The problem with this, you download a book for your Kindle, them your iphone, now your laptap app, but the publishers put a limit on how many times you can download a book, and they don't tell you what that limit is until you hit it. #amazon
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/22/09

    @kepeli999: I read somewhere recently that they started listing it on the product page if the book had fewer than six licenses. I'm trying to dig up the link on that. Still, six licenses doesn't seem enough when you start reading on all these different devices. They need to provide a way to free up licenses when you deregister a device. On the bright side .azw can be stripped of DRM. #amazon
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    Image of Aashish Bhagyanagar Aashish Bhagyanagar
    10/22/09

    In reply to Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
    Whats the point?Backlit LCDs still cause eyestrain. #amazon
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    Image of Beastage Beastage
    10/22/09

    @Aashish Bhagyanagar: The type of monitor has nothing to do with the operation system running it, so this can work with any viable monitor tech. #amazon
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    Image of Aashish Bhagyanagar Aashish Bhagyanagar
    10/22/09

    @Beastage:
    Im a windows 7 user.I just wanted to say that e-ink is the main draw of kindle and I havent seen a big screen multitouch colour e-ink screen yet to take advantage of this app. Multitouch is good and fancy but how is it a killer app when you cant read a book for long on it? #amazon
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/22/09

    In reply to Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
    I hate reading books, unless they are on my large monitor (not my laptop) because then I can have 2 pages at once and not have to scroll down. #amazon
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    Image of Dan Cordell Dan Cordell
    10/22/09

    In reply to Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
    Here's the press release:
    [phx.corporate-ir.net] #amazon
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/22/09

    In reply to Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
    It's about time they had a desktop app. #amazon
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    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    10/22/09

    @weatherman: I know. Why would I buy a Kindle when I have a perfectly good laptop. I've gotten used to reading on my iPhone with the Kindle app but I'd rather read on my laptop. #amazon
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    Image of phor11 phor11
    10/22/09

    @weatherman: don't you think it might tank the already lackluster kindle sales though? #amazon
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    Image of Hitchcock Hitchcock
    10/22/09

    @zmnatz: Portability. Readability. The Kindle is a lot smaller than your laptop (or a netbook!) making it easier to take with you, its designed to be held/used in one hand, and the e-ink is much easier on the eyes than a laptop screen.

    Not to mention you can read a whole book on one battery charge.

    I recently purchased a refurbed Kindle 1, and find myself taking it with me everywhere and reading more than I have since I was in high school. I love it. #amazon
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/22/09

    @phor11: I don't think the Kindle sales are a big profit generator. It's the books. #amazon
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    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    10/22/09

    @Hitchcock: I know all these things and completely agree. Some of us just wouldn't use it enough to buy the thing. It's nice that they are starting to realize we want more options for reading Amazon books. #amazon
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    10/22/09

    @phor11: I don't think the Kindle sales are lackluster, and I don't think PC reader software will tank Kindle sales. If anything, quite the opposite. My wife, for instance, just read her first book on her iPhone last week (one shared with her from my Kindle library) and her reaction was basically that while she found reading on the iPhone easier than she thought it would be, she now wants a Kindle. I think many people might be tempted to try the PC software and one of the free or cheap books available, only to discover that they prefer reading on the couch without a 6lb laptop on their chest or without having to read on a 3" screen. #amazon
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/22/09

    @phor11: The Kindle1 has sold more at launch than the iPod1 sold at its launch.

    The Kindle2 has sold more units at launch than the iPod2 did at its launch.

    Do you see a pattern starting to form here? "Lackluster" isn't exactly the word I'd use, to put it mildly. #amazon
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/04/09

    In reply to AUO Has The Technology To Make The $99 Ebook Reader We're Waiting For
    99 dollars is exactly where this should hit. Finally. Jesus H. Christ. If they made this thing 80 dollars though, they would sell by the millions.
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    Image of Mr_Stick Mr_Stick
    10/02/09

    In reply to Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books

    Can we use this picture from now on? I keep seeing a color Kindle and it freaks my mind for a second.
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    Image of maztec maztec
    10/02/09

    In reply to Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books
    Folks, a little lesson on how the law works:

    The kid won his case. He did not win his case in front of a jury, he did not win his case in front of the court. Amazon settled, he won a settlement, which a judge approved. The settlement applies only to Amazon and its actions. It is a binding settlement only to Amazon. A settlement sets no precedent for any other company. You cannot go to court in Florida and say, "Hey! A kid in Seattle received a settlement on a case with similar facts, therefore I should win here in front of a judge." The judge would laugh at you.

    Precedent comes in three types. Binding precedent - a court above you within the same jurisdictional framework made a decision (U.S. Sup. Ct U.S. Circuit Ct U.S. District Ct; U.S. Sup. Ct. State Sup. Ct. State Appellate Ct. State Superior Ct.; otherwise crossover is rare) and their decision is now law. A court on the same level as you - one district court to another - is "non-binding" persuasive precedent and is not binding on the other court, but can be viewed as persuasive that things should go that way. A settlement is not precedent and is rarely persuasive as to what the law should be on a particular set of facts. Try Wikipedia out: [en.wikipedia.org]

    So, the phrase "the kid just won in court" really is not proper. The kid "reached a settlement agreement with Amazon.com". This makes a fairly big difference - that is, it is unlikely to directly affect what any other company does. Albeit, most other companies realize that what Amazon did (on accident or not) was utterly stupid.

    Okay, enough of a legal lesson, enjoy the fact that a large lawfirm just made al ot of money, yay!
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    Image of cynep cynep
    10/02/09

    @maztec:
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/02/09

    @cynep: ROFL!
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    Image of TendoMentis TendoMentis
    10/01/09

    In reply to Kid Who Sued Amazon Wins, Kindle Now Safer Place for Your Books
    uh huh...so now Amazon will just modify their T's & C's so that by downloading a book you now explicitly agree to grant them the right to remove said work at their discretion, hereby adhering to the provision

    "the user consents to such deletion or modification"

    Ah, legalese. The language judges use when they want us to think we won.
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