News (2:03) – Joshua Tallent‘s new book, The Complete Guide to Formatting Books for the Amazon Kindle, is available for purchase in print here and here, and in Kindle format. Staton Rabin‘s Betsy and the Emperor is available for Kindle pre-order. Abhi brought my attention to Amazon’s new “Big Deals on Kindle” section. A grumpy (but no Luddite) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter pans the Kindle 2, citing the never-before-mentioned “disgust factor.”
Tech Tip (6:45) – Calibre can now transfer content to your Kindle without a USB cable!
Interview (10:02) – Kovid Goyal, creator and principal developer for Calibre.
Quote (25:52) – Introduction to Joshua Tallent’s The Complete Guide to Formatting Books for the Amazon Kindle
Comments (27:55) – Amazon Kindle Support (concerning the more-than-$9.99 price for new release Power Rules by Leslie Gelb, Ken and Kim Dell in Arizona, Linda Hopkins (mentioning a screensaver hack for the Kindle 2), Marcy McKenzie (on kindlefeeder) , Mary Hundle, and an audio comment from Esmeralda deTrafford.
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Another great episode.
Kovid – you’re doing great work, increasing the value of the Kindle greatly by providing much more content in a simple and powerful way.
And Len, keep up the great work. Spreading the word about ways to increase the power of the Kindle is a fantastic service for us all.
Posted 04 Apr 2009 at 12:30 pm ¶After comparing my digital subscription edition of the New Yorker with that available through Calibre, I’m pretty sure that they are not the same. The New Yorker makes some articles available online without a subscription, but not all. While the paid digital subscription edition is a virtual replica of the magazine, with every page appearing exactly as it does on paper, the Calibre edition appears to be only those portions available free online. Not a surprise, really, but folks who are expecting to get the real thing may be disappointed in this case, and perhaps many other publications.
That said, I will still enjoy even partial versions of my New Yorker on my K1 via Calibre on occasions when the laptop is inconvenient, such as while traveling. So thanks so much for the Calibre tip — I expect it will be useful in other situations as well.
One topic I continue to find confusing is how one should treat the K1 battery — recharge early and often, let it run down, leave the K1 in sleep mode for hours or turn it on and off. Any advice you may have will be appreciated.
I enjoy the podcast very much, and learn a surprising amount. Thanks for the effort that I know it must take to put it together each week. Or as we say in Maui, mahalo nui loa!
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