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We love books. We just don’t love carrying more than one of them around. It’s great to hear, then, that Amazon has figured out a new Kindle Library Lending feature, which will allow US customers to check the ethereal form of books into their Kindle (all generations are supported) or Kindle app-equipped smartphone or computer. Annotations will be retained, in case you decide to take the book out a second time or purchase it through Amazon, in which case they’ll come flooding back in like fond memories of a good read. The service matches Sony’s similar ebook library checkout offering, which is no coincidence as it’s powered by the same company, OverDrive. It’s set to launch later this year and you can read more about it in the press release after the break.

Continue reading Kindle Library Lending will let you take books out on your e-reader or Kindle app, launching in US this year

Kindle Library Lending will let you take books out on your e-reader or Kindle app, launching in US this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Heads-up, Kindle owners — digging into your next audiobook just got a lot less troublesome. Audible has just announced that over 50,000 of its audiobooks are now available to download directly onto Kindles everywhere through WiFi. Granted, that’s still one step away (3G) from being as good as it could possibly get, but it’s still a tremendous improvement over the tried-and-true USB sideloading method. For those looking to get started for the first time, the outfit’s offering a 30-day free trial of AudibleListener Gold, detailed in the source link below. Happy listening, bookworms.

Audible audiobooks now flying onto Kindles via WiFi originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kindle gets software update 3.1 with real page numbers, public notes originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Supreme Court judges are supposed to be some of the sagest dudes and ladies around, but even they can’t agree on which e-reading device is best. Amazon’s multimillion-selling Kindle is the weapon of choice for newly appointed Justice Elena Kagan, however old pro Justice Antonin Scalia prefers to battle the bulge of briefs using his iPad. Who will prevail in this titanic struggle? Probably good old paper, actually, as both are said to use their electronic devices as supplements to, rather than replacements for, the old fashioned reading method. See the video revealing these shocking facts after the break.

Continue reading iPad versus Kindle: even the Supreme Court can’t decide (video)

iPad versus Kindle: even the Supreme Court can’t decide (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As sure as the sun, Amazon’s just announced it’ll be bringing Kindle to the Windows Phone 7 platform sometime “in the coming months.” The app was shown briefly today at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC 2010) and, based both on that and the official screenshot from Amazon’s teaser page (above), it’s definitely wearing that stylish WP7 aesthetic quite well. Press release after the break, and check out More Coverage for a couple screenshots from its PDC presentation (care of istartedsomething’s Long Zheng and his Flickr account). And while you wait for its inevitable release, we have full confidence you’ll be able to find another platform to enjoy your Kindle books. Trust us.

Continue reading Kindle for Windows Phone 7 revealed, due ‘in the coming months’

Kindle for Windows Phone 7 revealed, due ‘in the coming months’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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