Pages Tagged “Kindle”

Tech Tips

Using BOOX Devices’ Page Flip Buttons With Third Party eBook Apps A few eBook apps work with the buttons out of the box, but most need you to enable page-flipping with volume buttons, one app at a time.

Les Misérables - Reading Digitally and Matching Translations The Kindle movie tie-in edition of Les Misérables happens to match the version I'm reading. Also, some thoughts on various translations of the book.
Paper vs. Pixels I started reading an old paperback, then switched to a Kindle copy 700 pages in. Here's how it's changed my reading (and my commentary workflow).
Finding a Specific eBook Translation It's hard to tell which translation of Les Mis you're getting, especially in an eBook store. Here are direct links to the major ones.

Dealing With Multiple E-Book Stores
I’ve bought books on Kindle, Google Play and Kobo, and read on all three apps. Here’s why I’ve sampled different stores, despite the problems it introduces.
(Apr 2013)
Links: Identity, Kindle, Language, and the Moon
Linkblogging: Privacy in terms of identity. The new Kindle. The future of old-timey language. Geek Merit Badges. The Moon Hoax debunked as a comic.
(Jul 2010)
Kindle DX: A Digital Comics Platform?
The Kindle DX screen is comparable in size to a manga page. It’s black and white, but it could easily handle print comics without formatting or zoom.
(May 2009)
Kindle(ing)
Amazon’s entire home page is currently taken up by the announcement of their new eBook reader, Kindle. At $400 I’m not going to rush out and buy one, but it looks like they’ve solved some of the main e-book problems: it’s small, light and wireless, and they even bring up the reading-in-bed issue in the […]
(Nov 2007)