The Kindle Chronicles

The Kindle Chronicles


Latest Episodes

TKC 70 Brian Kellett
November 21, 2009

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
November 13, 2009

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
November 11, 2009

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
November 06, 2009

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
October 30, 2009

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
October 25, 2009

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
October 23, 2009

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
October 16, 2009

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
October 09, 2009

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
October 02, 2009

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