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#190571 - 11/20/07 06:57 AM
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The IDEA Man
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Amazon just released a new wifi book reader called kindle  The form factor is pretty big but I bet some folks will buy it as it is like 399 Also they have tons of videos of it at Amazon
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#190578 - 11/20/07 07:10 AM
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The IDEA Man
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The link to the device is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/in case you want to check out the videos
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#210144 - 05/16/08 12:53 PM
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My Kindle arrived. They seem to have taken packaging lessons from Apple
Not the prettiest thing, probably at the stage of a 2nd gen iPod
It works well, easy to read. Easy to enlarge print, very good for the decrepit aged like me
Fortunately for people like me that live in a black hole that eats cellular signals, I can turn off the built-in cellular download and download to my Mac, plugin the Kindle and drag and drop. No software needed
Books seem to be $6-10. PB prices
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#210146 - 05/16/08 01:42 PM
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The IDEA Man
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Does it need converter software to convert home brew books to kindle format Gweep?
Is such software available?
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#210149 - 05/16/08 03:49 PM
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They will convert .doc and pdf if mailed to your kindle account It reads .txt now plus the kindle format. I haven't tried others yet As for why. I can't deal with normal sized book type anymore. This lets me read the new stuff I would have bought anyway without being limited to sitting at my computer  It was a want it but could survive without it purchase
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#210197 - 05/17/08 06:25 AM
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The IDEA Man
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Hey Gweep, In case you did not know - http://www.blackmask.com/ has books for the kindle that are free
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#210211 - 05/17/08 09:55 AM
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Indeed
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#210349 - 05/18/08 08:27 PM
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A Kindle Jim Butcher's Small Favor
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#210358 - 05/18/08 09:30 PM
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It's the 10th book
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#210776 - 05/24/08 10:48 PM
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The IDEA Man
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Found this spot for books Gweep http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/list/books?type=Science+Fiction
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#212149 - 06/14/08 02:10 PM
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Drag and drop of .txt and.prc files goes without any problrms
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#212172 - 06/14/08 09:20 PM
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The IDEA Man
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Drag and drop of .txt and.prc files goes without any problrms Is that with the USB cord connected to it Gweep as I want to get a kindle and add my own books to it without having to send them through Amazon  Can you add your own fonts as well?
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#212181 - 06/14/08 09:48 PM
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Yes. Kindle is Fat 32 so my iMac can see it. .doc and some others must go through email
I currently have 35 books on it and could probably put on at least 150 more
Fonts, I don't know. But resizing is simple
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#212185 - 06/14/08 10:48 PM
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The IDEA Man
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I bought "To Serve Man" and "Time Shards" for the ebookwise 1150 as well as alot of other books Both were adapted to shows I watched.
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