My Wife, Darlene, and the Yorkie Claire at Ocean Park, Maine
It depends on how you read. I think the basic Kindle is perfect if you don’t need that light. I’m not sure that I would make the change if it wasn’t for the light.
Show Notes and Links:
News
Amazon takes top spot in corporate reputation survey by Harris International - Mashable story.
PDF of highlights from Harris survey
Amazon’s stock price jumps on an analyst’s upward estimate of eBook sales - Reuters story.
Barnes and Noble death spiral? BGR story.
Kindle Coins announcement by Amazon.
Kindle Coins Frequently Asked Questions
Slate comment on Kindle Coins
Kindle for iPad version 3.6 features four different colors for highlights
Nate Hoffelder’s comments on Kindle for iPad update
Tech Tips
groovypost steps to install Adobe Flash on your Kindle Fire HD
Note: Use this link to get the Adobe Flash Player apk file onto your Fire instead of the link included in the groovyPost steps: Flash apk file
Click here to download Dolphin browser to your Fire HD
Click here for free ES File Explorer app at Amazon’s Apps for Android Store
An even better overview of how to install Flash on your Fire HD, from Andrys Basten
To test your Flash Player, try this Flash video titled “Dude Got Swagger.” (Be sure to open it with the Dolphin browser, not Silk.)
Library Extension for Chrome Browser
LibraryExtension.com web site
Imperial Bedrooms (Less Than Zero) by Bret Easton Ellis – $11.99 on Kindle
Darlene Interview
Kindle Paperwhite
Basic $69 Kindle
Donovan Creed novels by John Locke on Kindle
Content
Here’s the Deal, a new Kindle Single by David Leonhardt – $1.99.
Complete Works of L.M. Montgomery with the Complete Anne of Green Gables Books (Illustrated) - available in the U.K. only
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named “Well, You Needn’t.” This version is “Ra-Monk” by Eval Manigat on the “Variations in Time: A Jazz Persepctive” CD by Public Transit Recording” CD, courtesy of IODA Promonet.
Next Week’s Guest
Jeremy Greenfield, editorial director of Digital Book World, on DBW’s QED certification project for quality eBook formatting.
Missing Interview
I’m sorry that you won’t hear from Mike and Julie Brown of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, during this episode. The interview that I recorded with them on St. John was lost when I left my Olympus LS-10 recorder in our hotel room on the last night, on St. Thomas. So far it hasn’t turned up. You can hear what they had to say about their experience as a Nook-and-Kindle couple in my chat with them a year ago on St. John. And below is a photo of them at Little Maho Bay still reading on their rival devices. The good news is they are still married!
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Hi Len,
I’m listening to your podcast and the comments from Darlene about not using her paperwhite in a plastic bag the way you can with the basic kindle. I wish she had tried it, because it works very well for me (to my great surprise.) I do still wish it had the physical page turn buttons, however.
Posted 16 Feb 2013 at 10:46 am ¶Although the up/down swipe doesn’t go to next/last chapter in a book it does go to to next/previous article in Calibre delivered newspapers and magazines on the Kindle Paperwhite.
Now a bit of old news. You may have exercised your sound editorial judgment in not reporting on this but in case you missed it the Sunday NYT (Calibre), 1-6-13, announced the obituary of Michael Patrick Cronan a San Francisco-based graphic designer and marketing executive who was engaged by Amazon to name its e-reader. “Ms. Hibma said in an interview on Friday that in pondering a brand name, Mr. Cronan ‘wanted to create something small, humble, with no braggadocio,’ while choosing an image that ‘was about starting something, giving birth to something.’ He found the name, she said, by likening use of the new e-reader to ‘starting a fire.’ ”
Mr. Cronan also named the TiVo personal video recorder in 2005.
Aloha,
Steve
PS Condolences on the loss of your recorder in St. Thomas. The day before Christmas we left a Paperwhite and a camera battery charger in a motel in St. Petersburg, FL. The young couple who run the motel contacted me about an hour after we left, mailed it out that day to my sister’s address farther south and refused to let me pay the shipping charge. That earned a very nice Trip Advisor review from me. Kind and also savvy marketing belying my favorite expression that “no good deed goes unpunished.”
Posted 16 Feb 2013 at 3:18 pm ¶I really enjoyed the interview with Darlene, who has expressed some of the same misgivings that I have regarding the Kindle Touch e-reader. It appears that Darlene really likes the Paperwhite, and based on her enodrsement, I’m now ready to take the plunge. Thanks, Len & Darlene!
Posted 16 Feb 2013 at 9:49 pm ¶Len, I enjoyed your interview of Darlene with the focus on her Kindle needs versus your own. I have a Kindle Keyboard with 3G. I appreciate the more focused reading experience of an e-ink reader for a majority of my book reading. I also appreciate the 3G access for keeping my blog subscriptions up to date or ordering books on the run. I do wish Kindle Fire was not blocked from having similar access to blogs. Apps like Pulse help with blog access but they are not a total solution. I appreciate my Kindle Fire as tablet version of a Swiss Army Knife, with access to Stitcher for your podcast, Pulse for access to blogs, Tune In Pro for access to radio across the globe, etc.. My wife does most of her ebook reading on the Kindle Fire with her other primary tablet activity focused on games like Bejeweled 2, Sudoku and other puzzle themed games.
Posted 17 Feb 2013 at 10:12 am ¶Steve, thanks for passing along the news item about Mr. Cronan. I had approached him once for an interview but received a reply that he and his agency desired to keep a very low profile about their role in naming the Kindle. It was a brilliant choice, IMO!
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 1:22 pm ¶I’m glad to hear this, Paul, and I will pass along the information to Darlene. Based on her experience (and mine), I am sure you will be delighted with the Paperwhite. If you haven’t already done so, please feel free to begin your purchase by clicking on the Amazon ad on my website – you’ll pay the same amount and we’ll get a modest benefit in Amazon Associates commissions.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 1:24 pm ¶John, I always enjoy hearing how couples are using these devices. We are so different, and there are an infinite number of use patterns, all good. Stitcher is a good podcast tool, and I’ve met some of the staff at conferences. I’m glad it’s working for TKC. One of these days I need to try again at putting an iPhone app together for the show, which Libsyn makes possible but I haven’t gotten it to work yet.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 1:26 pm ¶Denise, I was surprised too, when I put Darlene’s Paperwhite in a bag after the interview and found that it worked. She is going to be very happy about this!
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 1:27 pm ¶Re swiping up/down on the Kindle Touch. I have firmware ver. 5.3.2 and it still works the same as always: swipe down to go to the next chapter; swipe up and go to the previous chapter.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 1:58 pm ¶Interesting. I guess Darlene’s issues with that feature were not as widespread as I thought.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 2:00 pm ¶“I just want to read”
Ah… a kindred spirit!
I finally got a Kindle Fire 2 just before Christmas, and I haven’t used it that much. As your wife said, I just want to read.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 7:43 pm ¶I have to admit I understand Darlene’s opinion on the Kindle Touch. Going from the KT to the Paperwhite is like going from a milk truck to a Mercedes. Everything the KT did was made infinitely better by the Paperwhite, top to bottom. I never thought I’d buy a new kindle immediately after buying the KT, but it was so good I couldn’t resist.
Out of curiosity would there be interest in an interview regarding Audible and the Whispersync. I’ve been using it on my hour long commute and I find it to be very effective in making the trip more tolerable. Plus it means I can keep up to date in my reading. I have discovered it doesn’t work quite as well in terms of syncing with my reading. I’ve had to catch it up manually when I was reading Steve Jobs’ biography.
Posted 18 Feb 2013 at 8:37 pm ¶Len, have you read this http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/amazons_german_labor_fiasco.php
It seems Amazon continues to have labor problems…don’t make me hate you Amazon!
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