Kindle 3G vs Nook Color Brief Feature Review
Which is better? It is not obvious. You have to do it the hard way. Go down the list of features and decide which matter most to you.
Also see Why the Nook Color has a shot at being a better ‘eReader’ than the Kindle
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Wondering about the financial health of B&N
Much more positive than what I reported here. I am quite happy to see this. While I do not have a strong attachment to B&N itself, competition in the book and ebook marketplaces is good for the consumer. I own an Amazon Kindle, but the way to be sure Amazon keeps focused on the consumer is to have it constantly worried about competitors.
AppleInsider: Apple slows iPad production, Kindle matches shipments.
Both devices are doing very, very well.
From iReaderReview.
At Made by Kindle.
Made by Hand: Furniture Projects from the Unplugged Woodshop (an excellent book, BTW) is now available in a Kindle Edition. You can read about non-electric woodworking on an electronic device!
BTW, I already have a copy of the hardcover edition, so I am not going to buy it for my Kindle.
At Israel21c
Getting Amazon Kindle for PC running in Ubuntu under Wine
There are several versions of these instructions out on the web. I chose this version because it
The instructions worked and I have Kindle for PC up and running on Ubuntu 10.04. It felt somewhat unnatural to specify Windows 98 as the OS version, but I will get over that :-)>
This was my first taste of wine. It went down easily and I think I want more :-)>
Follow-up on e-books, iPad, and Kindle (with a few choice words about the iPhone4)
This seems to support my general impression: The iPad is a vastly more powerful device, and priced accordingly. The Kindle, though the latest version has some extra capabilities, is specifically an e-Book reader. As my bureaucratic masters like to say, it is a “point solution.” The iPad can do many other things, is much more powerful, and priced accordingly.
From Cory Doctorow, at Which ebook sellers will allow publishers and writers to opt out of DRM?
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo were all happy to carry my books without DRM, and on terms that gave you the same rights you got when buying paper editions. Sony and Apple refused to carry my books without DRM — even though my publisher and I both asked them to.
The Economist looks at the troubles of the bookstore chain.
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From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 