@heiseonline@social.heise.deAmazon: Kindle-App für PC wandert in den Microsoft Store
Amazon will die bisherige Kindle-App für PC ab dem 30. Juni nicht mehr anbieten. Sie soll durch eine neue Version aus dem Microsoft Store ersetzt werden.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialAudible launches an "immersion reading" feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/audi
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAudible launches an "immersion reading" feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/audi
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@david@boles.xyzThe Claim I Filed in 2006
This week I published The Claimed Body: How American Institutions Divided the Human Organism Among Themselves. Fifteen chapters, 559 pages in paperback, 349 in the web edition, a Kindle ebook, and a wraparound cover that took the shape of a parcel map of the body. The book is out on Amazon and through BolesBooks.com. Readers who have followed the constellation for any length of time will recognize the argument before they finish the first…
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/908302/amazon-…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialI have been recommending this book to basically everyone and the Kindle version is currently on a massive discount at £2.49
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unaccountability-Machine-Systems-Terrible-Decisio…
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialI just can't wait for this to become a mini-series on HBO...
Laura Benanti - who does the Melanoma skits on the Colbert Show - could be cast in the lead.
"Melania: Devourer of Men"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HN9XC1H
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Turning an old Amazon Kindle into a eink development platform.
https://blog.lidskialf.net/2021/02/08/turning-an-old-kindle-into-a-eink-development-platform/
saved 2021-02-09
@joe@toot.worksSomeday I'll have the time and energy to try shit like this myself.
"This is how I turned an old Kindle (Kindle Touch 4th Generation/K5/KT) into a live bus feed that refreshes every minute with the option to exit out of dashboard mode by pressing the menu button. It’s basically TRMNL without the $140 price tag."
#TRMNL #Kindle #Hacking
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI would also like the crowd to consider that in 2007 when the Kindle was released there was no Calibre and there was no Kobo (you could get a Sony e-reader but these got discontinued over a decade ago); plus Kobo is just another commercial brand and Calibre is now pushing LLMs, which are sort of the opposite of reading.
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEuer treuer Kindle hat euch jahrelang begleitet? Amazon findet: 14 Jahre sind genug. Ab dem 20. Mai dürfen ältere Kindles keine E-Books mehr herunterladen.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11247180?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon…
@mlawton@mstdn.socialI can understand not supporting old devices in perpetuity, but on top of having discontinued the ability to side-loading content via USB? Amazon's messaging is pretty clear, in a hostile capitalism kind of way.
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/yo
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@matematico314@social.linux.pizzaOntem eu fui para a cama, vi um episódio de Fringe, peguei meu Kindle e dormi quase instantaneamente antes de conseguir ler uma pšgina qualquer, mesmo ainda sendo bastante cedo para os meus parâmetros (não eram nem duas horas ainda). Aí hoje acordei espontaneamente Šs oito horas. œbvio que não dormi o suficiente e sentirei sono mais tarde. Mas queria saber o que estš acontecendo comigo. Serš a idade chegando e deixando meu sono fragmentado?!
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io"Just buy printed books"
Just build an annex to my house to hold the 4,000 books my wife has on her Kindle
(By the by we have plenty of printed books, probably 500–1,000 or so, and yes we regularly donate books too.)
@david@boles.xyzThe Rental Life: What Happens When You Own Nothing and They Own You
In July 2009, Amazon reached into the Kindle devices of thousands of customers and deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm. The company had discovered that the third-party publisher selling those editions lacked the rights to distribute them in the United States. Amazon issued refunds. Then it erased the books. A high school student in Michigan lost his annotated copy mid-assignment.
@Tuxramus@social.linux.pizzaThis is my friend's new book, he's in Ireland. I can't put it down, I absolutely love it! #author #books #writingcommunity
Astral Hours (English Edition)
@june_thalia_michael@literatur.socialTolinos Qualitätssicherung ist nicht aufgefallen, dass ich ein Cover ohne Autor*innenname hochgeladen habe.
Dafür ist ihnen aufgefallen, dass die Szenen zu explizit sind und ich daher gefälligst ein anderes Hauptgenre auswählen soll.
Ich habe jetzt statt "Zur Vorbestellung freigeben" auf "direkt veröffentlichen" geklickt, die Wahrscheinlichkeit ist groß, dass es trotzdem am selben Tag wie die Kindle-Ausgabe erscheint. (Oder später.)
@heiseonline@social.heise.deDonnerstag: Milliardenverluste durch Cybercrime, Metas brandneues KI-Modell
Online-Betrug & -Abzocke in den USA Muse Spark zuerst für Meta-KI EU-Domain mit 20. Jubiläum Kindle-Oldtimer auf Amazons Abstellgleis #heiseshow
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialautor:innen lassen 200 bücher im jahr von der KI schreiben
dh ich muss mir pro autor:in 200 playmobil zusammenfassungen auf youtube angucken damit ich mitreden kann
tolle wurst
https://t3n.de/news/ki-erstellt-autorin-200-buecher-einkommen-1729226/
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@_tillwe_@mastodon.socialKennt ihr das? Ein Buch lange rum liegen zu lassen, weil ihr es falsch einschätzt, es dann zu lesen (bin jetzt bei 80%) und das Gefühl zu haben, dass das so groß ist, dass eine kurze Notiz dazu dem Buch nicht gerecht wird?
(Oder: Selbstverpflichtung, hier noch eine ausführliche Rezension zu schreiben)
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizzaLots of people ask about e-readers here so I am going to do the same. I have a TON of readings to do lately for classes. Mostly PDFs of research documents. Think published scholar journal documents, so two column (mostly), tiny font. Lately I've been printing them and reading them on the couch as its easier than reading with a laptop. Plus I can highlight passages with is helpful. While I love using a kindle to read books, its never done well with PDF documents, not to mention moving th…
@joe@toot.worksI remember a time where you had to pick a competitor in an industry based on who you think will still be around in twelve months and who has a product that works on the devices that you own. (Example: Nook vs Kobo vs Kindle for ebooks or iTunes vs Amazon VOD vs Microsoft Movies and TV for streaming movies) I miss the days when it was still that simple.
@bencurthoys@mastodon.socialI have just seen that they are rereleasing Chronicles of an Age of Darkness on Kindle!!!
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🎵 Romance no 3: Ne zazhigay ognya ('Do not kindle the fires')
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