Comments on: How to get Amazon’s Kindle for free http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/03/how-to-get-amazons-kindle-for-free.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrys http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/03/how-to-get-amazons-kindle-for-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-30763 Andrys Sun, 16 May 2010 14:30:24 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=7866#comment-30763 Marc, since I was last here, I hope you've seen that they've updated that Kindle for PC app and now we can read with the backlighting dimmed and even choose sepia as a background (as well as white on black). There's also a good, free dictionary you can use with it (Amazon didn't provide that yet) which will work with other Windows programs. Info at http://bit.ly/kwordweb . Marc, since I was last here, I hope you’ve seen that they’ve updated that Kindle for PC app and now we can read with the backlighting dimmed and even choose sepia as a background (as well as white on black).

There’s also a good, free dictionary you can use with it (Amazon didn’t provide that yet) which will work with other Windows programs. Info at http://bit.ly/kwordweb .

]]> By: Andrys http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/03/how-to-get-amazons-kindle-for-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-27668 Andrys Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:50:27 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=7866#comment-27668 Marc, Thanks. I didn't realize I was visiting a Canadian site :-) Normally, they end in .ca and I get a clue. You'll like it, despite the two features I'm still waiting for. It's great to see the books in color when there are illustrations that use that. I have a beautiful Samsung netbook screen (matte) but even when I dim the white background it's not 20% as comfortable as an e-ink reader for reading sequential, long-session stuff like ... a book :-) BUT very nice for about 1/2 hour at a time anyway. Mileage/vary and all that. I love that it's available like that, even to people without Kindles. Marc,
Thanks. I didn’t realize I was visiting a Canadian site :-) Normally, they end in .ca and I get a clue.

You’ll like it, despite the two features I’m still waiting for.

It’s great to see the books in color when there are illustrations that use that. I have a beautiful Samsung netbook screen (matte) but even when I dim the white background it’s not 20% as comfortable as an e-ink reader for reading sequential, long-session stuff like … a book :-)

BUT very nice for about 1/2 hour at a time anyway.

Mileage/vary and all that.

I love that it’s available like that, even to people without Kindles.

]]> By: Marc Saltzman http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/03/how-to-get-amazons-kindle-for-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-27657 Marc Saltzman Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:28:22 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=7866#comment-27657 Amazon tells me it's new for Canadians, but yes, I know the Kindle for PC software has been around for a while (though it's still in beta). Marc Amazon tells me it’s new for Canadians, but yes, I know the Kindle for PC software has been around for a while (though it’s still in beta).

Marc

]]> By: Andrys http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2010/03/how-to-get-amazons-kindle-for-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-27629 Andrys Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:28:21 +0000 http://www.sync-blog.com/?p=7866#comment-27629 Announced today? Maybe it's a repeate article? This beta was announced around Nov. 10 last year, per my blog entry from that time, http://bit.ly/kwk4pc ... It's a good product, though I'm still waiting for creation of annotations and the search function 4 months later. I guess they've been busy :-) Announced today? Maybe it’s a repeate article?

This beta was announced around Nov. 10 last year, per my blog entry from that time, http://bit.ly/kwk4pc … It’s a good product, though I’m still waiting for creation of annotations and the search function 4 months later. I guess they’ve been busy :-)

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