The Amazon Kindle Thread

[LeAnn]

Yay! You are going to love your kindle!!!!

[Slec]

Hey guys, there's a company that makes covers called m-edge and I was chosen to receive a free one through a twitter giveaway. The person I had to follow posted another giveaway they are doing. Thought I'd post it here in case any of you wanted to try and get in on it.

It looks to be part of their online campaign to raise awareness but hey, free is free right? I'm just trying help out some fellow readers, Now that I won, I thought i'd share

[rkolinski]

Originally Posted by LeAnn

Yay! You are going to love your kindle!!!!

I do! I do! I just added all of Jules Verne and Orson Wells and Herman Melville's Moby Dick and it was 2 cents short of $5. This is my first wireless device (only using 3G right now) and so I'm so hooked that I plan to drop AT&T high speed internet service this summer and will go with the ultimate Comcast offering w/WiFi.

[LeAnn]

You know, I think the thing that really clinched the love for me of the kindle was when I was searching around for my fav series and I found out I could pre-order books to be delivered as soon as they released. THAT was the moment I was like WOW! THIS is PERRRFECT.

[rkolinski]

Here are 2 images of my Kindle with the H.R. Giger skin (front and back views).

FRONT


BACK


How does it look? Some of you probably already know that I am a big fan of Giger!

[MaCruz]

That looks pretty good rkolinski!

[rkolinski]

"Kindle users who dislike the popular e-reader's lack of page numbers are getting some relief.

Amazon has added a virtual page number feature on new Kindles that let users pull up numbers that match up with print editions of the book they're reading.

The feature was part of a recent software update and is currently available for the latest generation of Kindles rolled out in August and on Kindle apps for the iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac.

This week, Amazon announced that it's added the feature on more than 10,000 books, including the top 100 sellers in theKindle store.

Because the amount of text on a Kindle page is different than that on a printed book, and can vary more depending on the font size the reader is using, tracking page numbers was difficult.

Users had complained that the lack of numbers made it hard to refer back to something they'd read earlier or to talk about a book with others.

"We wanted to be able to display real page numbers that have value and are useful for those who need to cite a specific passage in a book for class, follow along with their friend in a book club, or simply point a friend to a favorite part of the book," Amazon said in a blog post.

An algorithm was used to create the page numbers, and the data is stored on Amazon's computer storage network. They numbers only appear when the reader presses the "menu" button on the device.

"We want you to lose yourself in the reading," Amazon said on why the page numbers aren't always visible.

An Amazon spokesman said that, "at this time," there's no way to get the feature on older Kindles.

Amazon sold an estimated 8 million Kindles last year, making it the leader in the e-reader market. Last year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the online bookseller sold more e-books than hardbacks." [SOURCE: CNN]

[PhiLeingFunkie]

I would have been ecstatic months ago, but I've grown accustomed to the position numbers and progress bar. I used to hate it so much that id put the cursor over any word just to cover it up lol.

My favorite feature is by far the dictionary integration. Its a dream come true to have seamless access to it as you're reading.

I so smart now