Here’s an excerpt from UK publication The Bookseller. Amazon’s Genevieve Kunst has urged “all publishersâ€� to get digitising if the UK is “everâ€� to see the launch of the Kindle device. … But Kunst explained: “We launched in the US with 90,000 e-books available - we waited unti...

When launching the new version of Amazon's book device the Kindle, Jeff Bezos offered up the vision that the company has for the device: "Our vision is every book, ever printed, in any language, all available in less than 60 seconds." It's a message that Amazon has been consistently advocating since...

I have my moments of being a gadget geek … oh hell, I’m always a gadget geek, though the current economy hits this brand of geek pretty hard. Recently Amazon put out its upgraded Kindle product, Kindle 2, which I’d been eying since it was hinted at a while back. The Kindle 2 is an ...

I hope TeleReaders will forgive the preponderance of Kindle stories this morning, but it is a pretty newsworthy event in the e-book world. (And besides, David has made two Kindle posts to my one, and I need to catch up!) Did you know that the expressions “the writing on the wall� and “days are...

Well, it looks like you might have to think long and hard before you spend $359 on a Kindle II, as Amazon has just released a new iPhone e-reader app that will have you happy all over. The new Apple iPhone application will sync in perfectly with any and all reading material you purchase through ...

Barry Eisler’s excellent article in Buzz, Balls & Hype was reported on by TeleRead here. Now he has come in with a second installment which is just as thoughtful and interesting as the first. Take a look: Why would Amazon want paper books to be replaced? Simple: eBooks eliminate Amazon...

If any book is intended to be shared, it is the Bible. Tell that to Amazon, however. Right now you can download the Holy Bible to your Kindle for free. Made available by Crossway Books and Bibles, this authoritative Holy Scripture comes complete with DRM. Meaning it remains locked up on your Kindle....

I just got my Kindle 2 this morning. (It was so awesome, my boyfriend ordered it for me for Christmas, and lo and behold a couple months later I find out it's going to be upgraded to Kindle 2. This morning, he woke me up with Starbucks in bed, and had breakfast waiting in the kitchen. My long-awaite...

If you're a new Kindle owner, you should know that if you want to save a screen grab (print screen) on Kindle 1 or Kindle 2, use the key combination of alt+shit+g. On Kindle 1, you must have an SD card installed to use this trick as the images will be saved as .gif files on the SD card. On Kindle 2,...

"Laura Bush says her husband is meeting the neighbors, making trips to the hardware store, and catching up on some reading via a Kindle. His latest read is a novel given to him for Christmas by former Vice President Dick Cheney." - CNN. The TeleRead take: So when is President Obama, the hi...