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Tag Archives: kindle
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
Ian Jack has written a very interesting piece about the death of newspapers – in The Guardian. Printed papers, he argues, are going to become a niche, luxury product like artisanal (awful word) cheese. I’d prefer to think of them … Continue reading
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Tagged Death of Newspapers, firewall, Guardian, kindle, newspapers
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Review: Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
Caution: this review contains spoilers. This book is crap. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi was recommended to me by an old school friend. (To be clear: the school is old. She isn’t). And I hated it. Awkward, as they … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, literature, recently read
Tagged fiction, Geoff Dyer, kindle, recently read
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The Guardian on the Kindle: Review
I’m just over a week into my 14 day free trial of The Guardian and The Observer on the Kindle, and here’s what I Reckon. I know there’s no reason why anyone should give a damn about what I Reckon, … Continue reading
More Kindle finds & features
Found a few more things out about the Kindle 3 today: You can choose, navigate and skip around MP3 files by putting them in the ‘Audible’ folder – so you can have MP3 audio books. Or, presumably, music. You can … Continue reading
Amazon 3G Kindle first impressions
I finally got my Amazon Kindle today – here are my first impressions. It’s my first electronic book-reader – partly because it’s the first one to come up to snuff, but I also bought it because I was intrigued with … Continue reading