Adam Weiss and I are working on the back end of the podcast, to fix some glitches that crept in with WordPress 3.0 and the Podcasting plug-in. Click here to download this episode. [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/thekindlechronicles/Test_Audio_7-2-10.

News - 1: As reported by TechFlash and elsewhere, Amazon flirts with the $100 price point by offering, as available, refurbished Kindle six-inch US-only models for $109.99. Try here or here to see if they're back in stock.  2: FastCompany and The Guardia

In this video I review three covers designed to protect Kindles at the beach and elsewhere this summer. You'll see the Guardian ($79.99) by M-Edge Accessories,  the KlearKase for Kindle 2 (intro price of $39.99) by KlearKase and the Waterguard case for

News - 1. A study by Jakob Nielsen finds that participants read more slowly on a Kindle or an iPad than on a traditional book. Abhi raises some reasonable questions about the findings. 2. A 2006 Amazon patent comes to light and may cause problems for the

The FedEx guy was headed past the cottage when I flagged him down for delivery of a new Kindle DX Graphite this morning. This unboxing video provides a peek at the new E Ink Pearl screen, which truly does have noticeably better contrast than existing E

I have three new Kindle covers with me in Ocean Park, Maine, all of them helpful to protect a Kindle at the beach or other summer destinations. In this video, I loaded my Kindle 6-inch US-only wireless into a waterproof Guardian (http://www.medgestore.c

News – 1. Amazon announces a new Kindle DX. 2. The new Digital Text Platform (DTP) 70-percent royalty option goes into effect.  Stephen Windwalker’s comments here. 3. Kindle for Android launches, and Len Charnoff provides a minireview. 4. Ama

News – On the longest day of the year, this week saw one of the shortest price wars in memory, the Seven-Hour E-Reader War between Barnes & Noble and Amazon.  Who won? I’d say Amazon did, by undercutting the nook’s new price by $10,

We had a fun time on Wednesday, June 16th at the Kindle Chronicles 100 Call-in Show at BlogTalkRadio. Joining me during the hour were Brett McNeill from Olympia, Washington; Alan Rose from Gunnison, Colorado, Jim Jones from Omaha, Nebraska, and Karen Hagg

Pastor Mark Pierce of Church Requel gets us off to a centennial-style start with a creative audio tribute.  Thanks, Mark! News – Amazon updates its Kindle for iPad application to version 2.1 and posts a manual download for the new Kindle software,