Archive for December, 2009

Editor’s Update Oct. 2009: This Amazon Kindle review was done when the device first hit the market. Since its release, it has been replaced with the “Amazon Kindle 2.” As of October 2009, the Kindle 2 was reduced in price to $259. In addition, there is now an international Kindle version for users outside...
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Jeff Bezos changed the way people choose and buy books when he started Amazon. For many authors, Amazon has been a lifeline, breathing new life into books that had long since stopped being stocked by most bookshops. Amazon’s clever reader reviews, recommendations and “people who bought this also bought” feature have pulled dusty, forgotten...
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Before I ordered my Amazon Kindle 2 from Amazon, I read several reviews on the web. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of people out there that have written their own personal Amazon Kindle reviews. But, there are some people that truly do not understand the magnitude of this new innovative device (it’s...
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Fans of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader have plenty of content from which to choose. Amazon offers over 260,000 (as of this writing) e-books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications that can be transmitted by wireless to the Kindle. With all of this content you may wonder if you’ll ever need another source for your reading...
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The Amazon Kindle 2 and the Sony Reader PRS-700 are two of the hottest ebook readers to hit the market in the past 12 months, bringing reading pleasure to an entirely new level. For those who are new to ebook reading devices and are interested in getting one, here’s a comparison of the Amazon...
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The Amazon Kindle eBook Reader is coolest gift this Christmas! It uses the latest in electronic paper technology that it looks like the real thing! Smaller than your average magazine and capable of holding over 1500 books, it easy to why it is the top favorite this Christmas. Buy Kindle eBook Reader and discover...
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Buy Amazon Kindle wireless and discover that turning the page is effortless in either hand. Kindle displays text in 6 different font sizes. Simply press the text key and choose the size that works for you. You can even take a break and let Kindle do the reading for you. With Kindles new text...
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Buy Kindle Wireless, it is the number one e-reader and must have Christmas gift! It uses the latest in electronic paper technology to eliminate the eye strain that you get from reading on a PC or smart phone. Ask the man on the street to name an eBook reader and he will say Kindle. ...
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Very little is known about Ratan Tata, the man. Of course, his corporate achievements have been chronicled widely, especially after the Corus, Jaguar – Land Rover acquisitions and of course, the nano project, the people’s car, that made Ratan Tata a household name, mostly because he promised a car that even a middle-class Indian...
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All the news that’s fit to be Kindled? N. Carlson from Silicon Alley Insider, has come up with some mathematical guesstimates and figured that The New York Times might survive the decade by actually ‘stopping the presses’.. If the Times simply issued free Kindles to every subscriber rather than print the newspaper, it could...
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Barnes and Noble has released their Nook eBook reader to compete with the popular Kindle 2. Here’s an in-depth comparison of the two and a look at how they stack up against each other. Wireless and 3G- Both the Kindle 2 and the Nook have wireless and 3G services on their devices. So if...
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The Kindle 2 holds a lot of books, yes. But it brings content into your life in many more ways than letting you bring a lot of books around with you. When you are reading a book, for example, you can look up an unfamiliar word and get a definition. In addition, if you...
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Part of our old days memories are those times when we spend time going to a leading bookstore to choose the best book for us and that book is usually printed and hardbound. We turn over the pages of those books to be able to know what we want to know. Nowadays with the...
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Kindle will change how we receive and read our books, magazines and newspapers in the very near future Eco-friendly: Folks who are sensitive to conservation issues will certainly be attracted to switching to reading books, magazines and newspapers electronically. Just imagine how many trees will be saved Portable: While most users hold the device...
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Every once a while comes a story that transports you back in time, creates an imagery so vivid that the reader feels a part of the turbulence in the lives of characters thrown together by circumstances. Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies is all that and more. There is a widow from a remote village...
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Glove getting absorbed in the world of books. Earlier, I was fonder of collecting books than reading them. Gradually my reading increased. When I realised how much we gain by reading, my enjoyment increased even more. My preference for books on management organisation, autobiographies, personal development and inspirational thoughts, like ‘Daily dose’ grew. often...
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Kavita Daswani’s A Girl Named Indie is a work of fiction that narrates the story of Indira Gandhi, a bubbly 15-year-old girl, who eats, drinks, sleeps and even dreams of fashion, since the time she understands its meaning! Indira, (fondly called Indie) is a fashion freak and is addicted to the best selling fashion...
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Jackie Collins, who has penned many fictional stories dealing in crime, deceit, adultery, etc; is back with Married Lovers – a book on the same lines. Set in the chic locales of Hollywood, Married Lovers talks of the inside lives of 3 celebrity couples, entangled in their own problems, until an incident changes their...
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We need work to farm our living. For some it is fulfilling dream, passion, worship, life etc. Very few are blessed with the work of their interests. Getting a good job is the first stage while the workplace second. Here, the struggle is to get adjusted in the new environment begins. The fight is...
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The birth of Jesus is probably the most enjoyable season of the year. During this occasion, everyone gets to be very busy buying something to make loved ones feel special. You must have given a lot of gifts already in the past and you don’t know anymore what to offer next time around. Well,...
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