Kindle

__ **Kindle Overview ** __
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Amazons kindle is a wireless reading device that is a little over 1/3 of an inch. This light weight gadget comes weighing 10.2 ounces, which is lighter than a regular paperback book as Kindle Renegade Review . The kindle allows books to be delivered wirelessly on 3G network. The kindle holds up to 1,500 books and can display PDF documents right out of the box which allows all types of documents on the go.  Some really cool features of the kindle are the built in PDF reader, read to me and free book samples.
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Built-In PDF Reader The Kindle has a built in PDF reader that allows documents to be read anywhere. No longer does a memory stick need to be carried around when documents can be stored and transported through the Kindle Renegade .

Read-to-Me With the text-to-speech feature, Kindle DX can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book's rights holder made the feature unavailable

Free Book Samples  With this feature the first chapter of the book can be down loaded before a purchase can be made. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> These samples help to ensure that you want the book. By having downloading as the primary source for receiving the text, it makes it difficult to return items. With this feature available, customers are more confident with their download because they are more confident that they want to purchase the item.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Kindle for PC is the software for Kindle that can be downloaded to your computer. You don’t need to own a Kindle in order for the software to work, which is great if you can’t afford to buy the portable version. If you do own a kindle this software will easily allow you to access books, annotations and last pages between devices that have been downloaded while away from you Granted turning your computer into a larger version is much better on the eyes, it doesn’t come with all of the bells and whistles of the hand held.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Kindle for PC **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> If you own a laptop/netbook and can download the software to it gives the portability of the real thing. Access to free book samples and books are still available, but newspapers and magazines are not. Availability to these accessories doesn’t seem to be a problem though due to the fact that you are working on your laptop/netbook that is portable

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Kindle Press Release

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One impact that the kindle has on library media centers is that these centers have to make digital versions of books available. With the Kindle being portable and available on the computer these centers have to make sure that they are providing access to content. Computers and internet access could be set up so that books can be downloaded straight to a device.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The kindle has had a definite impact on the sale of books. No longer do you have to leave your house, drive across town to the bookstore and get the New released books. You can just turn on your Kindle or your laptop and download the book that you want. It just that simple.

__ **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">Educational Uses ** __

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As an educator there are several educational uses for the kindle. This device can be used to sample books, used in literature classes. School libraries would be able to sample books before they are purchase. A lot of times librarian have to go with what is printed in the catalogue an just hope for the best. With the Kindle, all that would need to be done is to preview the book. Then they can form their opinion about whether or not this would be an appropriate purchase for them, thus saving money in the long run.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One educational use of the Kindle would be to reduce the amount of textbooks that students have to carry. Students would be able to reduce the amount of weight that is carried throughout the day if all of their textbook were reduced to one place.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> The kindle could also be useful for preservation of books. A lot of times in Literature classes, there is a particular book that needs to be read. With the kindle the same version of the book can be downloaded and there is no worry about whether or not the correct copy has been obtained. Also if books are downloaded they can save money in the long run. Teachers don’t have to worry about covers falling off or pages falling out, the wear and tear that the book is eliminated and books don’t have to purchase again.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Another educational use for the kindle would be to use it as a dictionary. There is a built in dictionary and thesaurus that is available. This would again reduce the amount of books that a student has on hand, but it would also increase the amount of times that students look up a word. At times when students are reading they are reluctant to look up a word when they don’t know what it means. This feature allows them easy access to a dictionary and in turn increases the student’s vocabulary.


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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Infor<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> mation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle Customer support] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle Store] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle Links] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle-News, Links, Pictures, and Video] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle Review]

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Educational <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|EduKindle] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindle Educators Group]

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Kindle Pros:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allows newspaper and Wikipedia articles to be read.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wireless delivery of books
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Large collection of from textbooks to best sellers.

Kindle Cons:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Visual aesthetics are poor. It only come in one color.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">No touch screen.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lack of page numbers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Isn't user-friendly for blind people.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[|Amazon Kindle Pros and Cons: A Guest Review by David M. Fowler.] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> [|Kindle Dx] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[|Amazon Kindles impact on book sales] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[|Kindle for Pc] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kindles and E-books in libraries]
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