Surprisingly, while users in Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand,and New Zealand will not be able to order the new International
Kindle, Philippine users will be able to do so. And buy e-books as well.
Smaller and Lighter – whether you get the Kindle 2 or Kindle DX either one will be smaller and lighter than a netbook. Even the 10 inch models.
Better Battery Life – because the Amazon Kindle uses e-ink technology less power is used, and on average a Kindle will last you about four days on a single charge. Pretty sweet!
Easier On The Eyes Screen – it’s been said that the e-ink screen is much easier on the eyes, than the constant “flickering” of a pc screen.
Price – with the recent price slash of the Wireless Kindle, they just got cheaper than a cheap netbook. Most 10 inch netbooks still hover around $299.
Read this original blog posting at http://www.ebookreaderguide.com/2009/10/11/6-reasons-a-new-model-kindle-is-better-than-a-cheap-netbook/
Over 17,000 Free Kindle Ebooks Now Available
To smartly compete against the plethora of FREE public titles available from Google on the Sony Reader, Amazon now has close to 18,000 free public domain downloads in the Kindle ebook store. This is an increase of close to 10,000 from just last Wednesday. Wow!
The ebook reader wars are at full throttle with no let up in sight, especially with the holiday season around the bend. This is very good news for all consumers interested in finally purchasing an ebook reader.
If you own a Kindle go to the Amazon Kindle ebook store and see what free titles grab your fancy. Maybe War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is your cup of tea, if so – it’s available. http://www.ebookreaderguide.com/2009/10/12/18000-free-kindle-ebook-downloads-are-now-available-in-amazon/
Google’s e-books will be accessible through any Web-enabled computer, e-reader, or mobile phone instead of a dedicated device. This will allow content to be unchained from expensive devices such as Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader. However, as democratizing as this sounds, it’s still unclear how many people are ready to curl up with a Google Editions title on their laptop or smartphone, instead of the traditional paper format. Read the complete original article here http://www.pcworld.com/article/173789/google_editions_embraces_universal_ebook_format.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl
Google revealed its intention to launch an online bookstore dubbed Google Editions sometime in early 2010. Google plans to open for business with about 500,000 available titles from a variety of publishers. The new service will provide ebooks in a browser-centric, eReader-agnostic manner that will muddy the eReader water even more than it is today.
Google Editions is entirely separate from Google Book Search, Google’s project to scan all of the books of the world and make them available online. A proposed settlement in the ongoing legal wrangling over Google Book Search was scuttled amid mounting opposition and both sides have gone back to the drawing board to come up with a workable solution.
This is a whole new offering from Google that will create an online bookstore to go head-to-head with Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble’s online presence. Preliminary details on Google Editions suggest that Google plans to share the revenue from online book sales with the publishers. Books sold directly through Google Editions would pay out 63 percent to the publisher, with Google keeping the other 37 percent. Read the complete article here http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173749/google_online_bookstore_fuels_ereader_war.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl
As I were browing sulit.com, I saw sellers who offer ebooks files in cheap prices and and I’m wondering if these files are readable by Kindle. Is it possible to read them using kindle?
Is is like itunes wherein you can buy songs online at the same time you can rip your own music?
Yes, Kindle can read these formats:
* Documents: Kindle (.AZW, .AZW1). Text (.TXT), Unprotected Mobipocket (.MOBI, .PRC)
* Audible: Audible (.AA, .AAX)
* Music: MP3 (.MP3)
Remember that the mobipocket book must not have DRM protection.
You can also send personal documents (.doc, .txt, .pdf) to be converted to AZW format. I had my resume, scripts, librettos and music pieces converted and it looks really nice in my new Kindle 2. But looks ugly in my Kindle 1 These comments from the blog http://goiloilo.com/kindle-philippines/
Also read my posting today
I go to a branch of Bruno’s Barbers that mooches wi-fi from the neighboring
dental clinic (this is the branch in Shangri-La Mall). Everytime I go there
for a haircut, I bring my iPhone and read my news feeds on Google reader. No
magazines needed…
naaah … the multi-format (no lock-in) Sonys are far better –
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22180
thinking early about stocking-stuffers?
Been snooping around the forums at MobileRead for feedback on the international Kindle since the announcement.
Downsides to the international version: books are generally $2 more expensive than the US store ($11.99 versus $9.99) and, due to publisher restrictions, there are over 100,000 books that won’t be available outside the US store (including, supposedly, Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”)
However, tons of people have been using US Kindles outside America for quite some time now – it’s all in the judicious use of Amazon electronic GCs and a VPN to “magically relocate” you for a few minutes, plus a USB connection to do all your transfers.
And hey, bang for the back tip – if you aren’t going to need the international Whispernet anyway, refurbished 1st gen Kindle readers are only $150 on Amazon right now.
In fact for me, the best part about the Amazon Kindle store is the content, not necessarily the device.
If you’re an iPhone user that can snag a copy of the Kindle app off the US iTunes store, you don’t even need an actual Kindle – and now you can seamlessly use Whispernet not only over 3G, but WiFi as well. Not to mention the ability to read non-DRM ebooks (using Stanza), get many more blogs, news and feature articles synced to your device (using Instapaper) and view full resolution, full color PDFs (using GoodReader).
Yup International books costs $2 more but its still cheaper compared to a print book you get locally (I recently bought one for $8 when it sells for $15 for print locally), although there are some from the best-sellers list not included (yet).
The e-book reader allows you to store up to 200 books and has a little more room for periodicals, magazines and even 300 blogs. All this you can get or download anywhere using a free high-speed cellular wireless network from Sprint (EVDO, Amazon Whispernet). Looking to be a better competitor to the Sony Reader Digital Book (PRS-505).
The catch? While access to the network is free, you’ll have to pay monthly subscriptions rates even for the freely available periodicals (New York Times, Washington Post, etc) and blogs (TechCrunch, Boingboing, etc). The screen is also in black & white though that actually helps for a longer battery life.
The unit ain’t that cheap too — $400 a pop. Feature-wise it’s packed but will people buy yet another dedicated device to tag along with them? Maybe for the book freaks gobbling 3 books a week. http://www.yugatech.com/blog/toys-gadgets/kindle-amazons-new-ebook-reader/
These days, you can buy a laptop for $400, and it will do everything that the Kindle will do, plus much more.
Important Product Information for Your Country
- http://www.migsmobile.net/2009/10/09/amazon-kindle-soon-in-the-philippines/
Comments from other blogs on Kindle vs Google
eBooks may be mobile, space-saving, and convenient, but I never did get the hang of reading long text on my PC or eBook reader. Real books still offer a rich, sensual experience an eBook reader can’t provide. And it’s not like eBooks are any cheaper than real books. It’s clear that not everyone else shares my preferences for books over gadgets, because Google is going to be launching an eBook store early next year. There’s no opening date yet, but Google intends to provide half a million eBook titles when the online book store gets launched. All your book purchases will be stored with your Gmail account, and users can read the eBooks using any electronic device that can access the Internet. Yup, you don’t have to buy an expensive eBook reader just to read your eBooks. You can use your iPhone, your desktop, your netbook, as long as they have Internet connection. So far, it sounds like a far better deal than what the Amazon Kindle is offering.
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