But Amazon aren’t the one giving it away. For the longest time I’ve said that Amazon wouldn’t give away the Kindle and so far I’ve been right.TBF, every time I’ve argued against it, one or more commenters have suggested that it would be “given away” under a cell phone style monthly contract. That is what’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'free'
8 Free blogs for your Kindle
March 11th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
A couple days ago Amazon decided to split up their several book, music, and gadget blogs, and offer each one free on the Kindle by itself. Before, you could only get them as a single conglomeration. You can find the complete list here. Don’t forget that they’re all free. I don’t think I’ll follow any [...]
Freegans: Why the Kindle won’t be free
March 9th, 2011 · 18 Comments · opinion
The current rumors about a free Kindle are still going around (I was hoping they would have died faster than this), with CNet getting into the fray yesterday. But the good thing about the rumors still being around is that I came up with another argument about why it won’t happen: Freegans
Kindle 3 has free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
by Chris Walters Hmm, this feature may have been around for a while and I’m just now noticing it, in which case I feel like an idiot. At any rate, did you know that your Kindle can connect for free to AT&T wireless hotspots without requiring any logins, checkboxes or agreement buttons? You have to [...]
Free is still profitable
February 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
Later today Rupert Murdoch is expected to unveil the first edition of The Daily, his new tablet only digital newspaper. I was planning to wait and see what it looked like and what was said about it before posting, but early this morning I came across an article in the Guardian about Metro, a free [...]
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Apple to nix free iPad editions for print subscribers?
January 14th, 2011 · 4 Comments · ebookstore news
Do you know how some newspapers and magazines offer a free iPad app to their print subscribers? According to NRC.nl, Apple have decided to put a stop to that. Apple is going to publish the rules for stricter compliance iPad tablet computer. Publishers, including NRC Media, may no longer offer a subscription model in which [...]
Buy this netbook and they’ll throw in free 3G
January 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
I was walking through South Hall and I happened by this one company’s booth. They’re not offering an e-reader but I like this idea and I thought it was worth a mention. Datawind are a UK based that currently offers a 7″ and 9″ netbook under the Ubisurfer brand. They’re about to expand into the [...]
Free demo video: How to make an iPad magazine with inDesign
December 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebook tools
A few weeks ago Adobe hosted a webinar on some of the advanced features of Adobe inDesign. They show you how to make some pretty impressive iPad magazines. They recorded the webinar and you can watch it here. This is way outside my experience so i asked a number of app developers what they thought [...]
Free comic strip collection from Geek and Poke (PDF)
December 12th, 2010 · No Comments · free ebooks
A couple minutes ago I posted a strip from the geek and poke comic. While I was on their site, I noticed that they are giving away their first comic strip collection on scribd. If you appreciate my sense of humor, then you might like this strip. You can also buy it in paper. scribd [...]
Amazon now offer Neilsen BookScan data free to member authors
December 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · press release
From the press release: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that authors who use Amazon’s Author Central service (http://authorcentral.amazon.com) can now view Nielsen BookScan’s weekly geographic sales data for their print books for free. Author Central is a free service provided by Amazon that helps authors promote their books and reach more readers. Also announced today, [...]
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