Amazon Kindle Self Publishing

I have been reading some reviews and blog posts that say they do not like the larger size of the Amazon Kindle DX, that the Kindle DX is too large. What do you think?

One review said that there was too much text on a page. And they prefered flipping through pages vs. scanning a large page where their eyes might get lost.

I think the biggest advantage is to see full size PDF files without having to resize or pan. Maybe the regular Kindle is better for books with lots of pages, and the Kindle DX for newspapers and technical documents with lots of illustrations.

Amazon Kindle DX

You might want an Amazon Kindle for Christmas if….

(1) Your spouse threatens to leave you if you buy another book case.

(2) You don’t have room for another bookcase.

(3) You don’t have the money for another book case.

(3.5) You hate to see more trees cut down to make another book case for you, not to mention all the trees to make the books and newspapers you consume.

(4) You have a back condition from travelling with too many books.

(5) Your back hurts on Sunday morning from bringing home all the Sunday edition papers.

(6) You have to transfer your book purchases from the green Barnes & Noble bag to a Whole Foods bag so she/he won’t know you bought another book.

(7) Your eyes hurt from trying to read a novel on your cell phone (or computer).

(8) You are tired of buying gas to go get the latest book.

(9) You’ve run out of stuff to read.

(10) You just want to get yourself a nice Christmas present to stay at home, spend less on gas, save on space, save your back, and enjoy the little nice rituals of life–you just simply enjoy reading.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy of Esquire Magazine’s e-ink cover. Esquire released the eink cover for their 75th Anniversary edition.

I was disappointed that it was not the ‘whole’ cover. And at first, I thought the e-ink was in color, but it is just color printed on the plastic covering the eink section. Overall, I think it is cool. I will post more impressions as I have time. I am looking into how you can ‘hack’ the e-ink cover to display your own text or images.

You can see in the video below:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bFVVETcno

e-Ink (eInk) is both a company and a technology which uses charged particles to produce an image (picture or text) on an electronic display. Once the display is ‘charged’ with the image, no current is needed to keep the image. So eInk technology uses very little battery power. e-Ink displays are not and do not need to be backlit. Backlighting on a computer or cell phone screen can be very hard on the eyes to read over a period of time, but eInk displays are as easy on the eyes as reading paper. In fact, because of the crispness of the display, some people claim the displays seem easier on their eyes.

The Amazon Kindle electronic book reader is one device that uses eInk technology. The Sony Reader uses the same technology in their electronic book reader.

e-Ink Corporation even sells a protype kit for developers to develop their own technologies with their eInk technology. The kit can be ordered off their website for $3,000.

Another exciting development with eInk is their partnership with Esquire to put their flexible eInk technology on the cover of their magazine. It will hit shelfs this fall.

http://www.msipublishing.com/blog/esquires-e-ink-cover-hits-shelves/

I am very excited to see this mainstream magazine cover coming out with e ink. It is a great day for all ebook readers. I already enjoy good Amazon Kindle eBook sales, but I expect sales to increase and thus I can put more resources into publishing more quality ebooks.