TKC 237 Darlene

FromThe Kindle Chronicles

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TKC 237 Darlene

FromThe Kindle Chronicles

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Feb 15, 2013

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My Wife, Darlene, and the Yorkie Claire at Ocean Park, Maine It depends on how you read. I think the basic Kindle is perfect if you don't need that light. I'm not sure that I would make the change if it wasn't for the light. Show Notes and Links: News Amazon takes top spot in [...]

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Feb 15, 2013

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A weekly podcast about the Kindle and eBooks with in-depth conversations with guests--authors, technology experts, book industry analysts, Amazon execs, educators, agents, readers, and more.

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2 C.C. Chapman mp3: mp3 version of Episode 2 featuring "What's On Your Kindle" interview with C.C. Chapman. by The Kindle Chronicles
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3 Stephen Windwalker: Kindle News: Electronic newspaper readers in Germany and France, as well Dave Lester's Treeless Systems project in Denver that I profiled in a podcast two years ago.A rosy view of the Kindle's future sales and one not so rosy.One thing NOT to do with... by The Kindle Chronicles
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1 Baratunde Thurston - mp3 version: On this debut episode of The Kindle Chronicles, the "What's on Your Kindle?" interview is with The Onion's web-and-election wizard Baratunde Thurston, a comedian and blogger who offers great suggestions for a wished-for social network... by The Kindle Chronicles
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2 C.C. Chapman: The "What's on Your Kindle?" Interview: A telephone conversation with C.C. Chapman, who runs a digital marketing company called The Advance Guard and is host of the Accident Hash, Managing the Gray and U-Turn Cafe podcasts. His... by The Kindle Chronicles
37 min listen
11 Darlene: Kindle News: Forbes gets it wrong on the iPhone v. the Kindle.Tech Tip: How to find out there's no Whispernet in Missoula, Montana. Click here for Sprint coverage map.Interview: My wife, Darlene, opens her Kindle and starts using it.Quote: The Faith... by The Kindle Chronicles
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6 Randal Schwartz: Kindle News: We have fresh rumors of new student-oriented Kindle models coming as soon as September from Andrea James of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Peter Burrows of Business Week's The Tech Beat. This led John C. Dvorak to increase the... by The Kindle Chronicles
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24 Mike Elgan: News - My own exclusive scuttlebutt which leads me to believe Amazon will start shipping the new version this month, ahead of the official announcement in February. Tech Tip - Ever wonder how much further you have to read before reaching the end of a... by The Kindle Chronicles
33 min listen
14 Evan Schnittman: Kindle News: Oprah gets behind the Kindle in a big way, including a $50-off coupon good till November 1st. Also, Amazon reports that 10 percent of its total book titles sold are in Kindle format. Tech Tip: From The Kindle Cookbook by David Emberson,... by The Kindle Chronicles
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8 Heather Hollick: Kindle News: Kindle snags exclusive for new biographies of Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain. Jim Cheshire's Decoding the Kindle is released.Tech Tip: How to highlight a section of text which begins on one screen and ends on the next. Also, Jan... by The Kindle Chronicles
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4 Bill Bulger: This week's "What's on Your Kindle?" Interview is with Bill Bulger, 74, a legendary Massachusetts politician from South Boston who served 17 years as president of the state Senate and 7 years as president of the University of... by The Kindle Chronicles
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18 Sriram K. Peruvemba: News - In a TechFlash Q&A, Ian Freed says no to video on the Kindle. Tech Tip -Igor Skochinsky's motherload of Kindle tech stuff.Interview - Sriram K. Peruvemba, Vice President of Marketing at E Ink Corporation, interviewed at the company's... by The Kindle Chronicles
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5 Joe Wikert - mp3: This is the .mp3 version of episode 5 featuring an interview with Joe Wikert. by The Kindle Chronicles
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9 Andy Ihnatko: Kindle News: Forbes reports on two more would-be Kindle Killers from Plastic Logic and iRex Technologies.Tech Tip: My 79-year-old mother's clever idea for printing a Kindle page didn't pan out, but I did learn about the expanded location tool from Jim... by The Kindle Chronicles
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7 Jan Zlendich: Kindle News: Andy Ihnatko's possibly prophetic piece in Macworld titled, "How Apple Could Make e-books work and why Steve Jobs could do what Jeff Bezos hasn't."Tech Tip: How to put your Kindle on cruise control. (Hat tip to chelsea... by The Kindle Chronicles
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EXTRA - Mike Elgan Interview - Part 2: The second half of my interview on Dec. 31, 2008 with tech blogger and columnist Mike Elgan.Part 1 is contained in episode 24 of the Kindle Chronicles. by The Kindle Chronicles
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1 Baratunde Thurston: On this debut episode of The Kindle Chronicles, the "What's on Your Kindle?" interview is with The Onion's web-and-election wizard Baratunde Thurston, a comedian and blogger who offers great suggestions for a wished-for social network... by The Kindle Chronicles
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20 Will DeLamater: News - Via Mike Elgan and HotelChatter.com , we learn that the famed Algonquin Hotel in New York City is loaning Kindles to guests. Jan Zlendich of The Kindle Reader blog notes that 46 of the 50 titles on Bookmarks Magazine's list of the 50 best... by The Kindle Chronicles
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5 Joe Wikert: The "What's on Your Kindle?" interview this week is with Joe Wikert, creator of the Kindleville blog and vice president & executive publisher within the Professional Trade Division of John Wiley & Sons. Here is some of what's... by The Kindle Chronicles
33 min listen
16 Darlene - II: News: Case of the disappearing Kindle Store sample, from Joe Wikert's Kindleville blog. Tech Tip: From David Emberson's Kindle Cookbook, a clever keyboard shortcut that zooms you through books 1/20th at a time.Interview: My wife's opinion of her... by The Kindle Chronicles
28 min listen
3 Stephen Windwalker mp3: This is the .mp3 version of this week's episode featuring a "What's on Your Kindle?" interview with author Stephen Windwalker. by The Kindle Chronicles
47 min listen
12 Laurel Hicks: Kindle News: Faked Photos or a real look at the Kindle 2?Tech Tip: A recent newbie (me) walks you around the Kindle Korner Yahoo group.Interview: Laurel Hicks, a moderator of Kindle Korner. On her Kindle: War and Peace by Tolstoy, Works of Anton... by The Kindle Chronicles
33 min listen
13 Abhishek Singh: Interview: Abhi, creator of the Amazon Kindle, Books and Amazon News Blog and the Kindle Social Network for Book Lovers, talks to me from London and details how you can win a free Kindle if you join and participate in his social network before the end... by The Kindle Chronicles
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23 Starbuck in Iraq: News - New subscriptions available for the Kindle: USA Today and Narrative Magazine. Also, new Kindle market intelligence from The New York Times. A million Kindles sold? Not according to Mark Mahaney in August.Tech Tip - How to put... by The Kindle Chronicles
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10 Jim Cheshire: Kindle News: Amazon passes a milestone with 180,000 titles available in the Kindle Store.Tech Tip: A light for reading your Kindle in bed when your spouse is trying to sleep.Interview: Jim Cheshire, author of Decoding the Kindle.Kindle Quote: from... by The Kindle Chronicles
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15 Dave Emberson: News: The Motley Fool asserts that Oprah has saved Amazon.Tech Tip: What are those white boxes to the right of some items on the home screen?Interview: Dave Emberson, author of The Kindle Cookbook: How to Do Everything the Manual Doesn't Tell... by The Kindle Chronicles
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4 Bill Bulger .mp3: This is the .mp3 version of Episode 4, which features a "What's on Your Kindle?" interview with Bill Bulger, 74, in active retirement after serving for 17 years as president of the Massachusetts State Senate and seven years as president of... by The Kindle Chronicles
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21 Steve Shaw: News - Publisher's Weekly puts Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on its cover as "Person of the Year."Tech Tip - No worries, yet, about ever being charged 10 cents when you convert a .pdf or other document to Kindle format for your Kindle... by The Kindle Chronicles
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22 Joshua Tallent: News - Rand McNally introduces a Road Atlas specifically designed for the Kindle. Featuring a brief telephone interview with Joel Minster, Rand McNally's senior vice president and chief cartographer. Tech Tip - Will DeLamater of EduKindle creates a... by The Kindle Chronicles
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17 Jason Pontin: News: Thanks to listener Linda Hopkins, we learn from Amazon that Kindle samples are NOT designed to timeout.Tech Tip: How to put [20,000] 2,000 classics on your Kindle using MobileReference (thanks to Nick for suggesting this one) -... by The Kindle Chronicles
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19 Linda Hopkins: News: The Kindle is sold out just in time for Christmas. Will the one I ordered today turn out to be a Kindle 2.0? Should Amazon say so? Also, a secret New York Times memo reports more than 10,000 Kindle NYT subscriptions (thanks to Abhi for the... by The Kindle Chronicles
36 min listen

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TKC 237 Darlene

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