amazon kindle fact bits
If you read some of the Kindle discussion groups, you'll see people complaining about "no backlighting", and then a few days/weeks later they will be lauding the fact that it has no backlighting.
We've known for some time already that Amazon's AZW files are actually Mobi files, but Amazon didn't share Kindle's Mobi PID which would allow one to buy encrypted Mobi books for Kindle.
The hack allow ENCRYPTED Mobi files to be read on the Kindle. So you can buy a DRM-protected mobi book and read it on Kindle.
Typically ebook readers are larger than PMP's with larger screens. If you're going to read for a few hours, then the screen of a typical PMP becomes pretty eye-straining (due to size, contrast, and brightness).
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In the spotlight: free kindle ebooks
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Library ebooks kindle interest
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Free recipe eBook Downloads!
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Ebooks encourage authors to stare at their shoes instead of shoot for the stars
?We are all junkies now,? says Libby Fischer Hellmann of Amazon?s KDP Select program which allows Amazon Prime subscribers to borrow ebooks, paying their authors a share of a set pot of money each month. Her point is that, with this huge growth in free ebooks from Amazon, prices are being eroded as users come to expect everything for free. ...

Focus on 4: Nashville Library provides many free eBooks
Lots of kids are now toting around a Kindle, Nook or iPad, and the first thing many parents wanted to do after their child opened those expensive gifts was figure out how to access free books from the library. ...

eBooks Can Now Be Read on Any Computer or Tablet
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. , Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been quietly expanding the number of free apps available to read Kindle and Nook eBooks on any tablet, smart phone or computer. ... ...
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