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Kindle DX – The Ultimate Reading Device?

superlistener — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:44:03 +0000

As mentioned in the previous post Amazon planned to announce their new Kindle yesterday and indeed they did. It is not the "Kindle 3" but the Kindle DX. I have included a video of the announcement by Jeff Bezos that was put up on Youtube. Nothing new really came out on the audiobook side. You can still buy audio books through Audible and transfer them to your Kindle DX and it still has the Text-to-Speech features for publishers that have approved it for their books. I believe the read aloud feature also works with your PDF documents which would be a great convenience as you go from reading to other activities where that isn't practical.

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Amazon Kindle 3 – The Revolution in How We Read Continues

superlistener — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:33:20 +0000

It is rumored that Jeff Bezos is going to be announcing the Kindle 3.0 tomorrow at a press conference at Pace University. This new Kindle will have a larger screen with the focus on making newspapers easier to read. There have also been rumors that they are also doing this to help make text books more user friendly. Anyone who has carried their share of textbooks knows how convenient it would be just to carry a small device with all of your textbooks.

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The Amazon Kindle 2 Text to Speech Controversy

superlistener — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:10 +0000

As an audio book listener and someone involved in the industry it has been pretty hard to escape the Amazon Kindle 2 Text-to-Speech feature controversy. I wasn't sure if I wanted to enter the fray since both sides, the authors and disability advocates have very legitimate issues.

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Increasing the Battery Life For Your MP3 AudioBook Player

superlistener — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:49:43 +0000

In my last post I mentioned that I would be recommending some gifts that you can get for audio book lovers. Increasing the battery life can be a major concern for those that buy and use digital media players. In this post we will talk about an accessory I recently found that not only increases the audio quality of your mp3 player but also extends the battery life.

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Childrens Audio Books Ideal for Vacation Travel

superlistener — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:33:17 +0000

Childrens audio books have saved my sanity a time or two. I have 2 young children 5 and 7 and like most kids this age they constantly need to be entertained. In February I took my first vacation trip with both kids to visit my parents in Puerto Rico. I had actually taken my daughter the 7 year old last year but did not think I could handle them both by myself through the madness now involved in air travel.

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