The KindleBoards Outlander book club is going gangbusters!
Book club discussions on this lively tome started in early January, and are now into Chapters 23-34. Wonderfully led by KindleBoards member gertiekindle, the Outlander book club discussions have surpassed a thousand posts!
There’s obviously a lot to discuss in this book. Written by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander is a [...]

It’s official. The most recent software update for the Kindle is version 1.2. If you go to the settings page on your Kindle, look in the bottom left hand corner to see what version you have. Twenty minutes ago I had 1.0.8. I still have that version, despite following Amazon’s instructions to force a manual [...]

Amazon has not released sales figures for Kindle, leaving it to the conjecture of industry analysts as to how many units have been sold since Kindle was launched in November 2007.
The most-cited figures for 2008 sales have been in the 350,000 to 380,000 range. This week, however, Citi investment analyst Mark Mahaney revised his estimate [...]

A frequent question that comes from students is, can I use my Kindle in school? While the selection of textbooks is limited, that doesn’t mean academic applications are. My son Lance is a good example.
Lance is a junior at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. He spent the month of January in Jamaica taking a course [...]