[Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thusfar

[Robert Martinengo]

If it displays PDF out of the box, its not that big a whoop to offer
textbooks, but what will be interesting is if the read-aloud feature
will enabled or disabled on the textbook content... my guess is
disabled, but who knows?

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:

> The press conference is being aired now, and I’m picking up a few

> interesting notes so far:

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> 1.        Screen is 9.7 inches tall

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> 2.       Auto-orient if Kindle is turned sideways

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> 3.       If a book is offered for the Kindle, 35% of the book’s sales are

> going to Kindle owners (a SHOCKING amount)

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> 4.       Cost is $489

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> 5.       Books in PDF come with a native PDF reader on board.

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> 6.       Can hold 3500 books (another shocking figure)

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> 7.       25% more battery life, read for days without recharging

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> 8.       More grey-scale, up to 16 shades of grey now.

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> 9.       Read-to-Me feature that will read every newspaper, magazine, blog,

> and book out loud unless disabled by the rights holder.

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> 10.   More than 275K books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs available

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> 11.   Price drops, most new releases plus the NYTimes bestsellers for 9.99

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> 12.   1/3 inch thick, 10.2 ounces

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> 13.   Amazon has partnered with Pearson, Wiley, and Cengage to provide

> textbooks on the Kindle.

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> Susan Kelmer

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> Adaptive Technology Specialist/

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> Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

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> St. Louis Community College - Meramec

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> 314-984-7951

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