14 June, 2009 (10:21) | Kindle tips | By: Harvey Chute
Our members continue to post insightful reviews of their new Kindle DX readers – you can see dozens of posts and reviews here and in our Reviews board.
Several people have commented on how useful the DX would be for displaying sheet music. KindleBoards member Forster has posted pictures showing the DX displaying sheet music in [...]
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12 June, 2009 (05:42) | Kindle news, Reviews, Site news | By: Leslie
KindleBoards members started receiving their new Kindle DXs yesterday. The earliest arrival was member andyadler who received his DX at 10 am. He did note he lives in Louisville, KY, which is the central shipping point for many Amazon deliveries. I am in Maine and mine arrived at 10:38 am and was out of its [...]
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7 June, 2009 (04:14) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute
Shipping emails for the Kindle DX were sent from Amazon this week, to the intense interest of all who ordered the latest Kindle reader – including me.
I chose SuperSaver shipping, and my projected arrival date is June 22 to June 26. Others who arranged for overnight shipping are seeing arrival dates as early as June [...]
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6 June, 2009 (20:48) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute
This has not yet been announced by Amazon, but a KindleBoards member who happens to be a college professor learned that Amazon plans to open a Kindle DX textbook store, on or about July 1st.
She wrote to the publishers listed in Amazon’s May 6th press release, and one of those publishers leaked the news to [...]
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6 June, 2009 (15:06) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute
Today was national Kindle & Koffee meet-up day, with Kindle owners appearing in Starbucks or other coffee houses around the country at 10:00am local time.
KindleWidow and I showed up at the Bellingham Starbucks at Holly & Railroad, along with our daughters. We enjoyed some coffee (cocoa for the girls – it was a cool spring [...]
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1 June, 2009 (12:01) | Kindle news | By: Harvey Chute
It looks like summer is coming early, with Amazon’s DX product page indicating that the Kindle DX will start shipping next Wednesday, June 10th.
The Kindle DX is a larger brother to the Kindle 2, with a 9.7-inch e-ink screen, and with superior ability to read and display PDF documents.
Amazon had previously indicated that the newer, [...]
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