Last week, I attended a 5 day Guitar and Ensemble Institute sponsored by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (www.npm.org).  The week is designed to be a time of learning , retreat, and renewal, with a specific focus on lessons and techniques on various instruments including Guitar, Piano, Voice, and Percussion.  I am generally the [...]

A wise and loving mother recently joined KindleBoards to plan a very special care package for her son in Iraq.
“I joined the KindleBoards community several weeks ago to get advice about the feasibility of sending a Kindle to my son in Iraq,” writes KindleBoards member Guernsey. “I’ve whiled away the early weeks of his deployment [...]

Continuing with yesterday’s road warrior theme, here’s another reason I like my Kindle DX for traveling.
For a frequent traveler, I have the world’s worst sense of direction. I rely heavily on maps and my GPS. And over the years I’ve collected a folder of PDF files, with maps and directions to get to the various [...]

I have both a Kindle 2 and a Kindle DX. Initially, I intended to use my DX at home, and to take my K2 with me when I travel. I make about thirty business trips per year.
For my past few trips, I’ve opted to bring along the DX with me. The DX has an appeal [...]

Author Boyd Morrison – writer of three novels self-published through the Kindle Store – has just struck a book deal with Simon and Schuster. Boyd’s novel The Ark will be published in hardcover in summer 2010, and will be followed by a 2nd book featuring adventurous engineer Tyler Locke. Foreign rights to the books have [...]

Here’s a chance to meet some fellow Kindle-owners, if you’re in the Reston, Virginia area. There will be a gathering on July 14th. Check out this thread for details!

Amazon has dropped the price of Kindle 2 to $299. This is a drop of $60 from the $359 price that it has had since its February debut.
Judging from the response in our forums, this brings the price down to an level of attractiveness for a lot of new Kindle buyers – not to mention [...]