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Kindle DX Impressions
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| Kindle today is actually from OâReilly who provide DRM-free content. The
| Kindle DX supports PDFs really well, but I put my OâReilly books on there
| using the .mobi format which works better and is searchable, zoomable etc.
|
| [...]
|
| So all in all, a pretty rocking device and I am tickled pink to have one on
| our coffee table.
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http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/09/02/kindle-dx-impressions/
A Question of Community Values
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| One of the core differences between open source and traditional software
| development is the role of the community. For companies employing the latter,
| it's essentially a resource to be strip-mined; for those using the former,
| it's a resource to be tended like a garden of rare orchids.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2481&blogid=14
Recent:
SONY goes "Open Kimono" with sexy new e-Readers
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| But unlike Apple, and unlike Amazon, SONYâs readers are both premium in build
| quality and embrace open standards. Rather than choosing to continue on with
| their own proprietary BBeB file format that they have used in the past with
| their PRS-505 and PRS-700BC, of which these new readers are the evolutionary
| successors and use nearly identical software to the previous generation, the
| company has decided to move its e-bookstore to the EPUB standard.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11016
Amazon Kindle 2 Review
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| Works on Linux: The Kindle 2 is detected as a hard drive by Linux, making it
| easy to use with it. Calibre software is installable for most Linux distros,
| and auto detects the Kindle allowing quick syncing of non-Amazon download
| books.
|
| [...]
|
| The Bad
|
| DRM: Books in the Amazon Kindle store are in the AZW DRM-encumbered format.
| What can I say about this that has not been said a thousands times before?
| How can I support DRM and look my look my OSS friends in the eye? Easy, I
| (mostly) donât. 90% of the books on my Kindle are free public domain titles
| or DRM-free titles I purchased from a third party e-bookstore (see above).
|
| [...]
|
| The Ugly
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| Remote Deletion: In July, Amazon remote deleted thousands copies of 1984
| (Irony, thy name is Amazon) from Kindles, since they did not really have the
| e-books rights for that title.
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http://www.mikesplanet.net/2009/08/amazon-kindle-2-review/
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