Comments on: Living with the Kindle: 30 Days Later http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/ Observations on social media -- and the occasional rant -- from Metzger Associates' New Media Practice Group Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ktinboulder http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-37 ktinboulder Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:03:53 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-37 I heard a coworker say "it's on backorder" yesterday referring to a book several of us are reading. My favorite thing about the Kindle, no backorder! I heard a coworker say “it’s on backorder” yesterday referring to a book several of us are reading. My favorite thing about the Kindle, no backorder!

]]> By: Evan Bartlett http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Evan Bartlett Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:30:20 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-40 Its definitely too easy to buy! I find myself using it as a "save for later" reading list by just buying books I want to read and then having them sent directly to the Kindle. I suspect just like my bookshelf, these will pile up, and hopefully I'll reach a point where I crack down and start going through the back log. Its definitely too easy to buy! I find myself using it as a “save for later” reading list by just buying books I want to read and then having them sent directly to the Kindle.

I suspect just like my bookshelf, these will pile up, and hopefully I’ll reach a point where I crack down and start going through the back log.

]]> By:   links for 2008-06-06 — contentious.com http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-39   links for 2008-06-06 — contentious.com Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:37:04 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-39 [...] Living with the Kindle: 30 Days Later « Media in the New Millennium Consider Amazon’s Kindle portable e-reader as a news distribution channel. “I am reading both the Denver Post and Time Magazine on my Kindle now, and it’s nice to be able to catch up on reading like that when I have a few minutes just about anyplace”. (tags: e-books news+biz distribution hardware media+evolution tidbits+fodder) [...] [...] Living with the Kindle: 30 Days Later « Media in the New Millennium Consider Amazon’s Kindle portable e-reader as a news distribution channel. “I am reading both the Denver Post and Time Magazine on my Kindle now, and it’s nice to be able to catch up on reading like that when I have a few minutes just about anyplace”. (tags: e-books news+biz distribution hardware media+evolution tidbits+fodder) [...]

]]> By: rzwetsch http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-38 rzwetsch Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:24:14 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-38 Outstanding...yes, excellent info! It's now on my short list. A thousand thanks for your thoughts! Rick Zwetsch Outstanding…yes, excellent info! It’s now on my short list.

A thousand thanks for your thoughts!

Rick Zwetsch

]]> By: Doyle Albee http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Doyle Albee Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-41 The highlighting is actually pretty good. I don't use it much, so I may not be the most qualified on this, but there are some interesting options. To simply highlight a line or two, you scroll with the scroll wheel to the beginning of the section you wish to highlight, press the wheel, scroll to the end and press the wheel again. It not only marks the text, it places the selection in a file called "My Clippings," which can be synched with your computer or viewed on the Kindle. You can also make notes in text with the keyboard. I've not used that function much either, but can see where it would be very helpful for textbook-type reading. You can also bookmark pages for future reference (the Kindle automatically remembers where you were when stop reading a book or magazine) and then view all bookmarks (you can have as many as you want in any book or magazine) by simply calling up the "bookmark" menu in the book. The search function is also good. If I remember an article in the Denver Post, for example, about Hillary Clinton given a speech in Chicago, I can search the Kindle for "clinton" and "chicago" and it will find any book, newspaper, magazine, etc., with those words. You can also do basic searches via wireless on Google, Wikipedia and others. Hope that answers your question! The highlighting is actually pretty good. I don’t use it much, so I may not be the most qualified on this, but there are some interesting options. To simply highlight a line or two, you scroll with the scroll wheel to the beginning of the section you wish to highlight, press the wheel, scroll to the end and press the wheel again. It not only marks the text, it places the selection in a file called “My Clippings,” which can be synched with your computer or viewed on the Kindle.

You can also make notes in text with the keyboard. I’ve not used that function much either, but can see where it would be very helpful for textbook-type reading.

You can also bookmark pages for future reference (the Kindle automatically remembers where you were when stop reading a book or magazine) and then view all bookmarks (you can have as many as you want in any book or magazine) by simply calling up the “bookmark” menu in the book.

The search function is also good. If I remember an article in the Denver Post, for example, about Hillary Clinton given a speech in Chicago, I can search the Kindle for “clinton” and “chicago” and it will find any book, newspaper, magazine, etc., with those words. You can also do basic searches via wireless on Google, Wikipedia and others.

Hope that answers your question!

]]> By: rzwetsch http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-44 rzwetsch Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:17:40 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-44 How's the highlighting functionality? Easy? Awkward? How’s the highlighting functionality? Easy? Awkward?

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Amy Gahran Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:23:00 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-43 Oh great, Doyle... Now I'll have to get a Kindle. I shouldn't read your blog, you're expensive. ;-) - Amy Gahran Oh great, Doyle… Now I’ll have to get a Kindle. I shouldn’t read your blog, you’re expensive.
;-)

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: HDustin http://www.metzgerblog.com/2008/06/04/living-with-the-kindle-30-days-later/comment-page-1/#comment-42 HDustin Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:43:45 +0000 http://metzgerpr.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-42 We are hooked as well. And Amazon just released 5000 more titles...hope they continue! We are hooked as well. And Amazon just released 5000 more titles…hope they continue!

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