Tips to convert all ebook format and make them readable across all devices

An article published on the LifeHacker - How to Buy Ebooks From Anywhere and Still Read Them All in One Place detailed just how to make sure eBooks purchased or downloaded across multiple sources can be made readable on any other eBook reader/devices. One key point to note is the step required to strip away DRM.

Hope it helps.

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon unveiled on Thursday during a press event held in Santa Monica, California, a new "frontlit" e-ink Kindle, with a sharper display - Kindle Paperwhite.

The Kindle Paperwhite 3G, which will ship on October 1 but pre-orders had already started, is priced at $179 and $119 for Wi-Fi only.

Some of the key enhancements for the new Kindle Paperwhite are 62% more pixels, increased contrast by 25%, and a built-in front light for the perfect reading experience.

Watch Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon Kindle Fire at $199

Amazon Kindle Fire Ad

Kindle Fire brings everything we’ve been working on at Amazon for 15 years together into a single, fully-integrated experience for customers – instant access to Amazon’s massive selection of digital content, a vibrant color IPS touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle, a 14.6 ounce design that’s easy to hold with one hand, a state-of-the-art dual core processor, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, and an ultra-fast mobile browser – Amazon Silk – available exclusively on Kindle Fire. -- Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO

Introducing Amazon Silk [more]

Amazon Kindle Touch and Touch 3G

Kindle Touch have the most-advanced E Ink display technology available, and the 3G Kindle Touch adds free 3G wireless – no monthly fees and no annual contracts. They are sold at $99 and $149 respectively.

Amazon Kindle at $79

Amazon Kindle at $79

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How to install Android app from Amazon App Store for non U.S. users?

Read on from Androinica at Amazon App Store workaround discovered for non-U.S. Android users.

Amazon officially launches App Store for Android

Amazon has officially launched its very own appstore for Android apps. One notable exclusive app is popular Angry Birds Rio. For a limited time period, that app is now FREE for download.

NOTE: Amazon appstore is currently only available in U.S.

Angry Birds Rio for Android

Angry Birds Rio for Android is now available on Amazon Apps Store. Download it for FREE for a limited time period from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SBS8LA?ie=UTF8&ref=mas_faad

Amazon App Store prepping March 22 launch to compete against Android Market

Amazon is set to launch its app store to sell Android apps on Mar 22 in a bid to compete against Google's very own Android Market. Amazon has secured exclusivity rights to several apps, including Angry Birds Rio. Another fact to note is Amazon’s wider reach for its payment system is accepted in more countries than Google Checkout.

Amazon App Store Prepping March 22 Launch [via]

Amazon Kindle: New Features Available for Your Kindle - Firmware 3.1 Update

Amazon released a firmware 3.1 upgrade to Kindle owners that will be delivered via a Wi-Fi connection. To receive the update, please turn your wireless on and connect to an available Wi-Fi network (learn how to set up Wi-Fi on your Kindle). The software update will automatically download in the background and install when your Kindle goes into sleep mode. The update should take less than 10 minutes to complete. If a Wi-Fi connection is not available or you would prefer to transfer the update via USB, please view these instructions.

New Features Included in Free Software Update:

1. Real Page Numbers

Many titles in the Kindle Store now include real page numbers, making it easy to reference and cite passages and read alongside someone reading the print book in a book club or class. Page numbers will also be available on our free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle apps in the coming months. As with all of Kindle's features, we want you to lose yourself in the author's words, so page numbers and locations are only displayed when you press the Menu button.

2. Public Notes

This feature lets Kindle users choose to make their book notes and highlights available for others to see. Any Kindle user -- including authors, their fans, book reviewers, professors and passionate readers everywhere -- can opt-in to share their thoughts on book passages and ideas with friends, family members, colleagues, and the greater Kindle community of people who love to read. To review and turn on Public Notes in your own books, view the Public Notes of people you follow, track your reading activities, see Popular Highlights and your annotations, and view your full library of books, go to https://kindle.amazon.com

3. Before You Go ...

When you reach the end of the book, you can now immediately rate the book, share a message about the book with your social network, get personalized recommendations for what to read next, and see more books by the same author.

4. New Newspaper and Magazine Layout

A new browsing layout makes it easy to scan newspapers and magazines more quickly.

For more information on these updates, follow this link.

Amazon Kindle commercial

How to Remove DRM from Your Kindle Ebooks

Too Smart Guys created the video above (the tutorial portion starting at 2:05), demonstrating how to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks that you legally purchased so it can be used on other readers e.g Nook. To get started, you need the following:

Kindle for PC (Yes, this means you need Windows but it Kindle for PC reportedly works with Wine.)
Python (Anything 2.x should work fine, but if you want to follow instructions exactly you can download 2.6.4.)
The Unswindle Python script
The supporting mobidedrm.py script

Note: the Python scripts are currently down but Too Smart Guys have been kind enough to provide a torrent you can use to download the files instead.

Amazon released Kindle app for Windows Phone 7

Amazon has released its Kindle app that now supports Windows Phone 7. Today, the Kindle app supports iPhone, Windows PC, Mac, BlackBerry, iPad, Android and Windows Phone 7.

Recommend Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Amazon Kindle Book Lending

Amazon has opened up a new free service, Kindle Book Lending, which allows owners of eBooks bought from the site to share them with their friends and family. At present the new service is only available on Amazon.com, but is expected to roll-out across the globe early in the new year.

To find out more about Amazon Kindle book lending, visit Amazon's dedicated page at http://www.amazon.com/kindle-lending.

Amazon: Wi-Fi Kindle is Best-Selling Product Ever - Hiting Milestone

According to Amazon, Kindle e-reader has become the best selling product in the company's history, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Amazon also reported that 13.7 million items were ordered through the site on Nov. 29.

Amazon: Wi-Fi Kindle is Best-Selling Product Ever [via]

Free Kindle Books: A Guide

The following are among the free Kindle book providers: Project Gutenburg, Google E-Bookstore, Internet Archive, Open Library, Manybooks.net, and LibriVox.

1. Project Gutenberg: 33,000 free e-books, including all of the classics, available in Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.
   
   
2. Google E-Bookstore: The free section is filled with thousands of free, scanned copies of books, available in Kindle-friendly PDF formats.
   
   
3. Internet Archive: Millions of primarily rare, out-of-print works in multiple languages and formats (including Kindle), especially useful for academic work.
   
   
4. Open Library: 20 million user-contributed items in multiple editions and formats (including Kindle).
   
   
5. ManyBooks.net: Nearly 30,000 titles, many of which have been pulled from Project Gutenberg. Has a good collection of little-known Creative Commons works.
   
   
6. LibriVox: Thousands of free audiobooks.

More Kindle resources can be found from this guide.

A hidden Amazon Kindle leather cover

A surprise Xmas gift - Amazon Kindle black leather cover all the way from the U.S. My Kindle finally has a cover :)

Amazon Kindle vs. Barnes & Noble Nook

The following chart is from PCMag.