The Amazon Kindle ebook reader family has made a huge impact on the book scene in a very short space of time. The first Kindle began shipping in November 2007. The Kindle 2 was launched in February of 2009 and the larger format Kindle DX, aimed at readers of newspapers, magazines and textbooks followed rapidly [...]
Mail this post The new Amazon Kindle e-book reader is, in my opinion at least, a dream come true. I freely confess that, as someone who counts reading among my main hobbies, I must be pretty much Amazon’s target market. Typically, I would expect to read, as an absolute minimum, one book each week – and it’s not [...]
Mail this post Although Amazon are being unashamedly coy with regard to sales figures, there can be little doubt that they are happy with the performance of their Kindle ebook reader family to date. The original Kindle was launched in November 2007 and demand was so high that Amazon’s shelves were empty less than 6 hours later. It [...]
Mail this post In the past decade or so, there had been many failed attempts at making our reading become smoother and faster. That’s until online book retailer Amazon came along and again made the difference in enhancing the reading experience, with a reading device called the Kindle electronic book reader. Its extraordinary features for reading are complemented [...]
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