Category Archives: Kindle

Kindle’s Killer App

Instapaper is a godsend for Kindle users. I’ve written a couple posts about my search for an application that would make moving web content to the Kindle a simpler process. I have found that application. With Instapaper, you get a little “bookmarklet” (a little button that goes on your browser’s bookmark toolbar or in your …

4 February 2010 – 2:35 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Books, Kindle, Widely Spaced Beacons of Hope, ebooks | Comments (0)

Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’re looking for some hard-edged, well-written science fiction, you’ll like Iain M. Banks. This was my first Banks novel. He showed up on my radar when I read a particularly favorable cover blurb on his latest book, Transition, from William Gibson. So …

28 January 2010 – 9:08 am | By tlitchfo | Posted in Books, Kindle, ebooks | Comments (0)

The Zenith Angle, a Review

The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Zenith Angle was disappointing. I ignored other reviews that said as much because I’m a fan of Bruce Sterling’s work. Ah, well. The ingredients of a good Sterling novel are here, but he over-seasoned the dish. Perhaps in an attempt at satire, …

12 December 2009 – 2:11 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Books, Kindle, Writing, ebooks | Comments (0)

Calibre Plus Bookit Equals Kindle Heaven?

In theory. It would be great if you could get these two softwares to work all the time in predictable ways. I shouldn’t complain: both are free programs, and, thus, one expects to have to do a little tinkering to make them work. If I can do that, I will be very happy indeed. For, …

11 December 2009 – 1:47 pm | By tlitchfo | Posted in Kindle, ebooks | Comments (0)