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Don't like any of the e-readers currently available? Here are some ideas on building your own.News Roundup: Publishers Push to Meet Russert Book Demand, Seth Godin's Kindle Analysis, BN.com Redesign Nets Big Traffic
Publishers Pushing to Meet Russert Book Demand Random House and Hyperion Books are rushing to meet demand for Tim Russert's two books, Wisdom of Our Fathers and Big Russ & Me. From Newsday: Carol Schneider, executive director of publicity at...Seth Godin: Community and Interactivity Would Benefit Kindle
Seth Godin weighs in with random thoughts on the Kindle, including: The Kindle does a fine job of being a book reader, and a horrible job of actually improving the act of reading a book. Godin says the Kindle...Select O'Reilly Books Soon on Kindle, and as DRM-free Digital Bundles (Including EPUB)
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The Kindle's 1.0 look and feel work fine for Eleanor Randolph. From her New York Times column: Some computer snobs tend to dismiss the Kindle, or its chief competitor, the Sony Reader, as not being quite there yet. That's...News Roundup: Borders Cuts 274 Positions, Kindle Hacks, Google Taking Long View on Book Search
Borders Cuts 274 Positions Borders is cutting 274 jobs, with most of the hit being absorbed by corporate groups within the company's Ann Arbor, Mich. headquarters. From Publishers Weekly: Borders stressed that with a few exceptions none of the cuts...Hacking the Kindle
Reversing Everything popped the hood on the Kindle and poked around the underlying software. If you like to tinker (and don't mind putting devices in peril), this three-part Kindle series is worth a look: Hacking the Kindle part 1:...The Pitfalls of Publishing's E-Reader Guessing Game
Hunting for e-reader sales figures is a fun diversion, but the underlying ambiguity threatens to distract businesses from bigger digital issues.News Roundup: Kindle Price Drop and Rough Title Figures, Borders Goes Solo on New Web Site, Long-Term Google Questions
Kindle Bits: Price Drop and Rough Title Sales Figures Speaking at the D6 Conference, Jeff Bezos offered a glimpse into the Kindle's sales impact. From D6 Highlights: On a title-by-title basis, [Bezos] says, Kindle unit sales now account for...Kindle Bits: Price Drop and Rough Title Sales Figures
Speaking at the in-progress D6 Conference, Jeff Bezos offers a glimpse into the Kindle's sales impact. From D6 Highlights: On a title-by-title basis, [Bezos] says, Kindle unit sales now account for more than 6% of Amazon book sales for...- Stay Connected
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