The Kindle Chronicles
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TKC 70 Brian Kellett
News – The Kindle comes to Canada, which means National Post and The Globe and Mail come to the Kindle. Folders may be coming to the Kindle, too. For real? Andrys Basten declares “it’s official, folks.” And, the Kindle may have the
TKC 69 James Fallows
News – What Kindle for PC can and can’t do, with help from TeleRead, Kindlerama, and Stephen Windwalker . Note: the audio incorrectly states Steve’s URL. I should have identified it as TheKindleNationBlog. blogspot.com. My apologies fo
TKC Extra Cambridge, Mass. Meetup 11-11-09
This is an unedited recording of today’s Kindle Chronicles meetup in Cambridge, Mass. Darlene took the photo at right of, from left, me, Rick Askenase, Stephen Windwalker, Michael Bilotta and Karen Hagglund. Our conversation roamed far and wide, f
TKC 68 Karen Oland
News - More information, via FierceWireless, on Amazon’s parting from Sprint for Kindle wireless coverage (except for the DX), and Andrei Pushkin’s reasoning on why we probably won’t be seeing new wirelessly transmitted Kindle firmware u
TKC 67 Michael Koenig
News – Second looks at the Nook: Staci D. Kramer at PaidContent asks “what else do we need to know about the Nook?” Will publishers cripple the LendMe feature? Joe Wilcox cancels his Nook preorder after comparing eBook prices between B
TKC Extra Boston Book Festival 09
This recording is from a panel discussion titled “The Future of Reading” at the Boston Book Festival 2009 on October 25, 2009.  David Pogue, tech columnist for The New York Times, moderated the session and gave his engaging overview of eBoo
TKC 66 Jim Jones
News - Barnes & Noble announces the Nook. Brent Evans of GeekTonic details its features. Abhi predicts a Kindle 3 within the next week or two and argues that B&N have played into the wily hands of Bezos and company. Stephen Windwalker notes that
TKC 65 Stefaan van Gerven
News – Google Editions is coming to a cloud near you, by June 2010. Click here for Abhi’s analysis. A Kindle DX – International is also coming, sometime next year. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney revises his Kindle sales estimates upward.
TKC 64 Becca Smith
News – A brief interview with Ian Freed, Amazon’s Kindle VP, on G-Day, October 7, when news broke of the Kindle’s global availability–in more than 100 countries, and an immediate $40 price cut on the Kindle 2, to $259. I heard ab
TKC 63 Darlene – III
News – TechFlash brings word that Amazon has settled the “1984″ lawsuit. Thoughts on settlement by Andrys Basten and Abhi. Kindle sales appear to be coming soon to the UK. The Daily Princetonian claims “many” of the 50 st