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New Kindle Models Bad News For Woolworths

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The newly-announced Kindle Fire and Kindle price reductions mean Amazon is offering more choice in its e-book reader range than ever. The Fire tablet and the other new models can only be pre-ordered by US customers at this stage, but even so, that could be bad news for Woolworths, which has recently begun selling the device through its Big W and Dick Smith brands.

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Amazon Introduces Kindle Fire Touch Tablet, Cheap Kindles

Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire today, a 7-inch Android tablet for $US199 — a good 300 bucks cheaper than the iPad. Amazon also will be offering regular and touch Kindles at seriously attractive prices, starting at $US79. Further sweetening the pot, free 3G will be offered in the Kindle touch 3G.

September 1, 2011
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Ask Authors Questions From Within Kindle Or Amazon’s Author Page

Every wonder while you were reading a book what the author meant by a certain passage and wished you could ask the writer directly? Amazon’s new @author feature will connect you with some famous authors directly from Kindle or Amazon.com.

August 11, 2011
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Kindle Cloud Reader Brings Ebooks To Your Browser

Amazon’s new Kindle Cloud Reader web app allows you to read ebooks you’ve purchased via the Kindle store on any device without installing an app to do it, regardless of whether you have an active internet connection.

August 9, 2011
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SENDtoREADER Instantly Sends Web Pages To Your Kindle

SENDtoREADER is a new web app that instantly sends any web pages you’re viewing to your Amazon Kindle ereader for future reference. The service works much like previously mentioned Chrome to Phone, and once you’re registered you get a bookmarklet that you can click at any time to send the currently loaded page to your Kindle.

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Kindletodo Creates Kindle-Formatted To-Do Lists

Kindle: One thing missing from the Kindle is a free, native to-do list. Kindletodo solves this as a web app designed specifically for Kindle that features a simple to-do list as well as a single page notepad and calendar, but only one list and note can be saved at a time.

August 5, 2011
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Big W Taking Pre-Orders Online For Kindle

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You’ve been able to get the Kindle shipped to Australia direct from Amazon since late 2009, but the ebook reader is set to hit local retailers as well. Big W is now taking online pre-orders for the Kindle, at prices which are roughly comparable to Amazon’s.

June 1, 2011
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Delivereads Sends Curated Articles To Your Kindle

If you’d like some great reading material delivered to you automatically, check out this free service from “Internet Superhero” Dave Pell. Delivereads automagically pushes a handful of articles selected by Pell to your Kindle.

May 26, 2011
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Get Amazon Gift Cards By Lending Your Kindle Books On Lendle

Kindle book-lending site Lendle now pays users for lending their ebooks to others. With $US0.50 credits for every lend ($US1 for patrons), the new “pay to lend” program won’t make you rich, but it’s a nice incentive anyway.

April 22, 2011
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Amazon Kindle App For Android Updated For Honeycomb Tablets

Android: Amazon’s Kindle app for Android devices has been updated to make full use of Honeycomb tablets, with specific layouts added for newspaper and magazine subscriptions.

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