Category Archives: kindle

Kindle for Mac app gets even better

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Recently,  I blogged that the Kindle for Mac application (app) is the best way to read a book in the context of research (for example, if  you’re a student or author doing research). Today, Amazon updated the software with more features … Continue reading →

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These Kindle Fire children’s books are not just ebooks, they’re apps

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Rex Hammock

When the Hammock children, both now over two-decades old, were brand new, they were never more than a few inches away from an Eric Carle book. (The Very Hungry Caterpillar* is likely the book I have read out-loud more times … Continue reading →

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The best Kindle Reader for students and researchers is, what, a Mac?

Posted on Monday, October 3, 2011 by Rex Hammock

If, like me, you do lots of highlighting and note-taking while reading a book, or if book-reading and note-taking are a part of your professional work-flow (students and researchers of any kind, for example), the frustration of not being able … Continue reading →

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Competition is good: Bring back the iRex

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 by Rex Hammock

This post is for those among the 12 people who read this blog who heard about the new Kindle Fire* by reading it in your local daily newspaper and who are likely seeing this about a week after it was written, … Continue reading →

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Apple kills Kindle App’s link to Amazon.com, here’s what you can do to create your own

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Rex Hammock

If you’re just now joining this on-going story (a tale from the farce genre), you may be wondering why such the big deal over Apple making Amazon remove from its Kindle App (iOS version) a link to the web-based Amazon.com … Continue reading →

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