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When Amazon announced the availability of the Kindle 2 for international customers, including the Netherlands where I live, I was excited. Finally we too would get full access to the Kindle store via Whispernet. Like I wrote in this blog, I sold m...
Not too good news today: Amazon has started updating the Kindle shop so now you can see which books are also available for Europe. No free books for Europeans at the moment! Cheapest book is $2.30 and a number of books from the topseller list is n...
I'm sure people will complain about the K2 and Amazon (just like they did/do in the US), but we'll see how the other contesters in this new market will respond. Just curious if it will force me to limit my DX downloads / buys to the ones available...
Great post, Pierre--thanks for the perspective from the Netherlands. It will be fun to hear your thoughts and impressions as you join the world of the Kindle. I wonder if this product will be welcomed abroad with the same enthusiasm as it has been...
When I bought my BeBook last March, it was my first eBook reader. Amazon didn't sell the DX yet and Kindles were available only in the US. I was happy with the BeBook even though it didn't have whispernet, notes, search. I did have folder though.
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Very informative! I was interested to learn that the BeBook has folders. Sigh. I'm sure this will be coming soon to the Kindle, but it sure has been a long wait!
Pierre, thanks so much for taking the time to create this terrific screencast, and for adding the bookmarklet script for the Kindlepedia. This will make it very easy for everyone to learn how to use the Kindlepedia. If you have thoughts on how the...
That is really great. Thanks!. I wrote a post (in Dutch) pointing readers to the new option.
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I just canceled my Kindle 2 order
When Amazon announced the availability of the Kindle 2 for international customers, including the Netherlands where I live, I was excited. Finally we too would get full access to the Kindle store via Whispernet. Like I wrote in this blog, I sold my BeBook and pre-ordered a Kindle 2.
But, the information that arrived afterwards cooled down my excitement and enthusiasm very rapidly. I had heard th… Continue
But, the information that arrived afterwards cooled down my excitement and enthusiasm very rapidly. I had heard th… Continue
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 1:10am —
I sold my Bebook 1 pre-ordered a Kindle 2 international
When I bought my BeBook last March, it was my first eBook reader. Amazon didn't sell the DX yet and Kindles were available only in the US. I was happy with the BeBook even though it didn't have whispernet, notes, search. I did have folder though.
After the DX arrived I went through the trouble of ordering one through a company that offers a service where you can have Amazon ship it to their address in the US and they then ship it to you in the Netherlands (for a fee of course).
I am still happy… Continue
After the DX arrived I went through the trouble of ordering one through a company that offers a service where you can have Amazon ship it to their address in the US and they then ship it to you in the Netherlands (for a fee of course).
I am still happy… Continue
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 9:13am — 3 Comments
Will DeLamater in this weeks The Kindle Chronicles podcast #48
Will DeLamater is being interviewed in this weeks The Kindle Chronicles podcast (TKC 48 ). He talks about the DX and its use in the educational sector. He explains how the Kindle could save a lot of paper at universities even though the DX in practice isn't always as good as the Amazon ads would make you to expect.
The interview starts at about 11 minutes into the episode.
The interview starts at about 11 minutes into the episode.
Posted on June 20, 2009 at 3:10am —
Screencast on using KindlePedia
View the video on YouTube (if you like it please leave a rating at YouTube)
I created a screencast about how you can use Kindlepedia to create Mobipocket files.
In the screencast I also explain how I created a scriptlet that you can put on the bookmark bar of your browser.
With that you are always only one click away from creating Kindlepedia eBook.
The part of the video with the BeBook is… Continue
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
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- At 9:53am on June 18, 2009,
WillD said…
- Pierre, Good news! The Kindlepedia will now support the Dutch Wikipedia. Just insert a URL of a Wikipedia article that begins with "nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/[your topc here] (example: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabriek) and the Kindlepedia will return your article. You need to use the full URL so the Kindlepedia knows to go to the Dutch version. Let me know what you think! I posted this on your blog as well--please get the word out!
- At 7:47pm on June 16, 2009,
WillD said…
- You are right that I am not a Kindle skeptic, but I do believe that the Kindle has been the needed catalyst to get people (in the US at least) to understand the ebook equation, both financial and personal. I think that schools will recognize this equation more rapidly than might otherwise be expected due to the budget shortfalls that schools now face. This will be good for kids and for those budgets, and these two things don't often go together!
- At 6:14am on June 16, 2009,
WillD said…
- Pierre, welcome aboard! I notice that you have an interest in education and from what I can get Google to translate from your web page into English ;-) I see that you are also into technology. I know that the Bebook ereader originates in the Netherlands. How do you see ereaders affecting education in your country?
In the US, we have a huge reading gap, especially in the older grades. I suspect that your kids do better. Any thoughts about reading and ebooks would be much appreciated!
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