Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has proven itself to be a big hit for the company. It was first released in November of 2007 – but it was the launch of the Kindle 2, in February 2009, which saw e-book readers really take off. Amazon followed up with the large display Kindle DX model in June of 2009 and the e-book reader market started to grow exponentially.

The Kindle quickly became Amazon’s best selling product. During the festive season of 2009 it became Amazon’s “most gifted” product ever. Inevitably, other manufacturers decided to either launch or update e-book readers of their own. Increased competition drove prices down and provided customers with additional options – both of these are good things of course.

With increased choice available, potential e-book reader customers need comparisons of the different options on offer. There are plenty of reviews on the Internet which make comparisons between, for example, the Sony Daily Edition reader and Kindle, the Nook and the iPad etc. However, making a comparison with e-book readers which focuses mainly on the hardware does not really capture the e-book reader experience. In general, as with any piece of personal electronic equipment, the most recently released model will probably have a few bells and whistles which are lacking in the older models. Factors such as the legibility of the display, lay out of controls and ease-of-use, how many books are available, the price of the books, the ease of purchasing the books etc. all need to be taken into consideration.

Some of these are, to a certain extent, subjective and others may be analysed more precisely and factored into the equation when selecting which e-book reader can buy. The Amazon Kindle certainly has an advantage when it comes to the number of Kindle books available. There are more than 420,000 books to choose from on Amazon’s website, and the number is increasing every day. Regarding the pricing of books, the Kindle also seems to have an advantage.

A recent study by the New York Times considered the cost of 10 books – the New York Times nominated ten best books of 2009 – 5 non-fiction and 5 fiction titles – bought across three different e-book readers, the Kindle, the Sony reader, and the Nook. The total cost of the 10 Kindle books was $ 136.87 – an average of $ 13.69 per title. The same ten books bought from Sony’s store produced an average price of $ 15.26 and Barnes and Noble worked out at a staggering average price per book of $ 19.29.

So, based upon these figures, if you read a book a week you would be almost $ 300 a year better off buying a Kindle than a Nook. In effect, the Kindle reader would finance itself and leave a few dollars left over to buy books, in less than 12 months. Major publishing houses and the e-book retailers are having a lot of discussion right now, and it’s possible that e-book pricing policies may be modified in future. However, anyone who is considering buying an e-book reader should check out both the availability of books and their price levels before deciding which reader to buy.

Kindle has become popular since its first launch in 2007. This wireless reading device has been a talk to every US cities as well as throughout the whole world. The Kindle produced by Amazon has more improved as its popularity increases.

You may be one of the people who have purchased the latest model of the e-book device but not familiar on how to use it efficiently.  If you have been using this wireless reading device, here are new things you should know about the new version.

The Kindle’s Now is a new search capability mode which is powered by a particular distributed work system. This new and great feature allows you to search for anything you want to know. Results of whatever you’re looking for arrive in a blink of an eye. The scrolling keys are another add-on item that works great. There are also images presented from article content on various sites.

The new Kindle has now 6 new different font styles available. You can now read without glasses on. Also, you don’t have to worry reading your favorite books under the bright sun. Kindle has the e-ink technology and electronic paper display which are very helpful in your reading for hours. The battery life has also improved.

In terms of connectivity, you can now have wireless access free of charge. Plus, you can transfer a Word document from a computer to your Kindle without paying. Simply send the file attachment to your email ID. The attachment will be converted and sent to your Amazon account. Afterwards, transfer the file to your Kindle using a USB cable. Although the connectivity and document transfer are free, converting other files will cost you but not too much.

In addition, manybooks.net has Kindle formatted books available for free purchase. Simply go to the site and download any books you want to transfer to your Kindle for your fun reading. You can also transfer newspapers and magazines to your computer from Kindle so you can read the dated-today news later in case you don’t have time to do so. Those things are simple to do plus they’re definitely free!

This new version of Kindle lets you download saved articles like .mobi file using a USB. A PDF reader is also integrated so you can bring your personal documents and business reports for on-the-move. Yes, you can read multiple formats of files such as .prc, .jpg, HTML and .txt. If you’re tired reading the texts, you can switch on the Text-to-Speech feature. You would have to sit, relax and listen as the Kindle reads the book for you.

If you have been still using the Kindle as if the features are like the first model, get out of the box and freely do these new things. For those who haven’t tried Kindle yet, but are planning to buy one, it’s also important to know what Kindle can really do for you.

The chassis of this new model makes you feel comfortable to carry it. Weighing only 10.2 ounces, you can have fun reading books, news, blogs and others anywhere you go.

Digital book readers have been around for ten years now. The Franklin Ebookman was launched in 1999 – and it’s still available today. However, it’s only in the last six months or so that these devices have really come into mainstream public awareness. Without a doubt, the Amazon Kindle reader family are the frontrunners right now. When you think about it, e-book readers, and the e-books read on them, are just about the perfect product for Amazon. So it’s no wonder that they released not one but two new readers in the first 6 months of 2009.

They have the Kindle 2 with its 6” display (released in February) and the large 9.7” display Kindle DX, which went on sale in June. If you haven’t paid much attention to these devices to date, or if you have been wondering whether or not an e-book reader was the right choice for you, here are ten reasons why you should treat yourself to one today:

1. Never find yourself without something to read again. You can download a book from the Amazon website in less than a minute.
2. Do your bit for the environment. E-books use no paper, ink, or bindings and there’s no delivery which means that your electronic book is better for the environment when compared to a conventional hardback or paperback equivalent.
3. Don’t worry about “being connected” – there’s no need for an internet connection or a PC using 3G “Whispernet” wireless technology. There are no monthly fees for connection either.
4. Carry a library of books with you wherever you go. The Kindle 2 can store over 1500 books in its memory. The DX has sufficient memory capacity for 3,500 books. You’ll never find yourself without a good book to read again.
5. Personalise your reader. Customised covers are just one of a huge selection of Kindle accessories on offer. Choose from covers, stands, lights, carry bags – whatever you fancy.
6. Amazon has an enormous selection of online books for you to choose from. There are more than 300,000 titles – and the number of these is increasing on a daily basis – so there’s bound to be something that you fancy.
7. Enjoy a little background music while you read. The Kindle is able to store and play mp3 music files.
8. Save cash. Because there are no printing or distribution costs, electronic books are significantly cheaper than the traditional printed versions.
9. Save more money. You can actually download free kindle books direct from the Amazon webstore. A lot of these are classics – Sherlock Holmes, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea etc. – but you can also find some newer books by authors who are being highlighted by their publishing house.
10. The first chapter of most Kindle books is available to download for free. So you can try before you buy and see if you like a book before you part with your cash.

Take a look at the Amazon Kindle reader today. It’s the future of books.

Kindle is the innovative reading device from Amazon. It’s less than half an inch thick, and weighs less than 11 ounces. The weight, measurements, and innovations of the device make it more convenient to read than traditional books.

Amazon Kindle is specially developed to allow for comfortable use, especially as many people tend to read for long periods of time. You can turn the pages of any book you’re reading using your right or left hand, with page-turning buttons located on both sides of the device. The most recent version of Kindle now has page-turners that help a user avoid accidental operation during the handling or transport of the Kindle reader.

You can highlight text, search for specific content, and basically go to any point on the page or screen using Kindle’s proprietary, easy-to-use 5-way interface.

You don’t need to have a computer to get the Kindle to work. You can read your favorite books as soon as you take the device out of its packaging. You don’t have to do anything else.

The newest Kindle can sustain a charge in its battery 25 percent longer than the previous version. You can use the device for days, without needing to periodically recharge it. The battery charge cans sustain the Kindle if the wireless function is turned off. To recharge the device, you can use a USB 2.0 cable to connect it to any computer, or simply take the Kindle adapter and plug your device right into a conventional electric socket. From a fully depleted state, the Kindle only needs 4 hours to obtain the maximum charge.

With Kindle’s high-speed 3G network, you can get new books in under a minute. The Whispernet network combines Sprint’s fast 3G data network and Amazon’s technology to give the user the ability to look for content and download it wirelessly. Any downloaded literature is completely stored in the Kindle in less than sixty seconds. Whispernet does not work using hotspots, so users can access the network anyplace and anytime.

The convenience of the Whispernet network is free of charge to the Kindle user. There are no hassles involved, such as bills, data plans, or contracts. After taking the Kindle out of its packaging, you can use it straightaway.

You can hold over a thousand books in your Kindle, and with it, you’ll always have your library with you. The books you download through the Whispernet network are logged in your own online library. Should you erase or lose any data, you can download your books again – at no charge whatsoever. Even any annotations you make, or the last page you’re on, are all online and ready for access, anytime.

Rediscover the joys of reading with Kindle from Amazon. It has all the benefits of a computer, with most of the feel of an ordinary book. Best of all, Kindle’s high-res display provides sharp and clear text and images.

The Amazon Kindle ebook reader family has made a huge impact on the book scene in a very short space of time. The first Kindle was launched in November 2007. The Kindle 2 was launched in February of 2009 and the larger format Kindle DX, aimed at readers of newspapers, magazines and textbooks followed rapidly in June of 2009.

Even although the Kindle 2 and the DX were released during a fairly gloomy economic downturn, they still sold well. Certainly, there has been some criticism of the fairly high ticket price for both the Kindle 2 and the DX, but it seems as if Amazon’s target market are more than willing to pay $359 and $489 for the Kindle 2 and the DX respectively.

One of the selling points of the Kindle series is the fact that there is no monthly fee required for the ability to download ebooks. Amazon utilises a 3G connection – dubbed “Whispernet” – which means Kindle owners can download books from the Amazon store in less than sixty seconds – without the need for a computer or a WiFi connection.

Another perceived benefit is the possibility to get cheaper books. In the absence of the normal printing, paper and distribution charges, ebooks can be offered at a reduced price when compared to the hardback equivalent.

Not only that, it’s even possible to get free kindle books directly from the Amazon store. All you need to do is log onto Amazon, open up their Kindle store and do a search for books for the Kindle. If you then select the option “order by price – lowest to highest” you’ll be presented with a list of books starting at $0.

There is a selection of classics available – Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Island, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea etc. – but there is also a selection of more modern books on offer. A lot of these are from publishers wanting to showcase authors and the list is updated quite often, so it’s worth checking back every now and again.

In addition to books which are completely free, there are a good number of volumes which are available for purely nominal fees, $0.01 for example.

So, if you like the classics – or indeed any book which has been in print long enough to have entered the public domain – you could very rapidly recover the cost of your Kindle reader.

Although Amazon are being unashamedly coy with regard to sales figures, there can be little doubt that they are happy with the performance of their Kindle ebook reader family to date. The Kindle first went on sale in November 2007 and demand was so great that it sold out in five and a half hours. It was out of stock right up to April 2008.

The Kindle 2, widely viewed as an improvement to an already excellent product, was released in February 2009 and was another big hit with the buying public. In May of 2009 Amazon announced that its new, larger Kindle DX would be released and started taking pre-orders for shipping on June 10 2009.

All in all, by the middle of 2009 the Kindle was the must have gadget and was often referred to as the “iPod of books”. In parallel with hardware development, Amazon continued to make greater numbers of book titles available in its Kindle store. By the beginning of June in 2009 there were more than 300,000 Kindle titles available and the number of available titles was growing by, on average, 500 each day.

Great business for Amazon and a huge encouragement for repeat custom. Sure, you can get books for your kindle elsewhere – but these might require translation, and why bother when the Kindle store has so many titles that you can download using 3G wireless connectivity in less than sixty seconds?

It’s also good news for all those third party manufacturers of Kindle accessories – a rapidly growing market. Originally Amazon shipped a cover with the Kindle, but this practice stopped when the Kindle 2 was released. Customers who have just shelled out $359 for their Kindle 2 or $489 for their DX probably don’t think anything about spending another $20 – $40 on a protective cover for their expensive new toy. Like any portable device, it’s bound to come in for a few bumps and scrapes in use – it makes sense to protect it doesn’t it?

Aside from the practical considerations, it seems that some Kindle owners are quite prepared to pay over $100 for a nice leather cover – which will not only provide some degree of protection but will also make their high tech Kindle look more like a traditional book. As the Kindle is a fairly high ticket item most owners, will have some disposable income so it probably isn’t a huge surprise that they’re ready to pay for a few extras to customise it.

Kindle owners can also choose from a wide variety of other accessories – clip on lights, metal reading stands and additional power chargers are currently popular. As the popularity of the Kindle continues to increase, and as further new models are made available, it seems probable that an increase number of third party suppliers will reap the benefits of Amazon’s innovation.

The new Amazon Kindle e-book reader is, in my opinion at least, a dream come true. Of course, I can’t deny that, being someone who counts reading as one of my most enjoyable hobbies, I must be pretty much the Amazon marketing team’s ideal consumer. On average, I would expect to read an absolute minimum of one book a week – and it’s not so unusual for me to have one novel, one non-fiction and a fair number of reference books on the go at any one time.

I don’t think that’s so really uncommon, otherwise traditional print books wouldn’t sell so well, but it does mean that I can spend quite a bit of money on books. Apart from the financial side of things, my collection of books does tend to take up a fair bit of space at home. Every once in a while I rummage through the heap of books and, putting the reference books and my other favourites aside, have a tidy out. More often than not the books get passed on to friends or charity shops – recycling I guess.

I recently got rid of over fifty volumes in advance of moving house. It wasn’t until I looked at them, bagged up and ready to go, that I realised I was looking books with a value of anything between $500 and $1000 – and this was less than twelve month’s worth of reading material.

Now, whilst the Amazon Kindle is a pretty pricey item in itself, the downloadable e-books from the Kindle store are usually quite a bit cheaper than the printed equivalent. After all, there are no printing and distribution costs for the publisher and no postal charges for Amazon. Even saving just a few dollars a book, which seems quite achievable, anyone who reads on a regular basis could fairly quickly recover the cost of the device and then start to save money over time.

The potential benefits aren’t just financial. The Kindle 2 has enough memory for approximately 1500 e-books. The Kindle DX has enough room for 3500 books. That’s a fair amount of books – and it needs a lot of physical storage space that will no longer be taken up in your house or office.

Some users have suggested that the Kindle is a green, eco-friendly, device – based upon the fact that it will save on the usage of paper. The logic is easy to see, but obviously some thought should also be given to the materials used in production as well as the disposal of the device at the end of its useful life.

The actual benefits achieved will vary from user to user and will probably depend chiefly on how many books are bought per annum. All the same, for regular readers, it seems that the Kindle has a number of distinct advantages which should more than offset the initial cost.

For a long time, there had been many failed attempts at making our reading become smoother and faster. That’s until online book retailer Amazon came along and again made the difference in enhancing the reading experience, with a reading device called the Kindle electronic book reader. In deft fashion, its extraordinary features for reading are complemented by its novel way of acquiring the very content.

The Amazon Kindle is a user-friendly and portable ebook reader. This device is able to download blogs, books, newspapers, and magazines. It used to be that heavy-duty reading meant turning thick pages of paper but nowadays, electronic reading is very different. It is not only mobile but it can also carry your entire library of books and is connected constantly to your bookshop through wireless network.

Different from other device, the Kindle does not require a personal computer to download its media. Furthermore, syncing is smart and automatic. This electronic book reader is equipped with internet capability through 3G technology on which the Amazon Whispernet service is rendered. This feature comes with the purchase of the reader so users don’t have to concern themselves with the wireless service plan, contract, or bills thereafter.

The Amazon Whispernet wireless service is a one-of-a-kind delivery system which enables users to obtain any e-book on its library very quickly. This electronic book reader is currently not available outside of US but this is only a matter of time before it is also available to those outside. US users can download and sample the beginning pages of books for free before deciding whether to purchase the book or not.

Appearance-wise, this portable reader is as impressive as its capabilities. This black-and-white screen could easily be mistaken for some fine-grade printed paper. The high-tech virtual ink is designed to be just like real ink-on-paper in terms of appearance and readability so much so that there is no backlighting either. This makes it easy to read in bright sunlight and the screen never heats up so you don’t have to limit how long you should be reading on that account.