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    April 26, 2012

    Get the New Issue of Seattle Weekly on Your Kindle or Kindle Fire!

    That's right, Seattle Weekly now delivers! After a free, two-week trial, it's just $1.99 a month to get all the Weekly's articles, features, columns, and listings delivered to your Kindle or Kindle Fire. Join your friends who have discovered the joys of the E ink edition. And, don't forget, Seattl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    The New Issues of Reverb Monthly and Seattle Weekly are Available Now On Your Kindle and Kindle Fire!

    Yes, yes, yes, Reverb Monthly -- SW's music magazine -- is still available in its usual places online and tucked inside the print edition of the current issue of Seattle Weekly. But if you want to keep all the issues together for easy reference to reviews of every new local release, the latest rant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Get the New Issue of Seattle Weekly on Your Kindle and Kindle Fire!

    The new issue of Seattle Weekly is out on the racks, and available online. But if you're one of the millions of Americans who have cottoned to the idea of taking your news and literature on Amazon's Kindle and Kindle Fire, you get get the Weekly there, too. For several weeks, the Weekly has been av ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Seattle Weekly Is Now Available on Your Kindle and Kindle Fire!

    Dearest Weekly Readers: We're excited to announce that Seattle Weekly is now available on Amazon's Kindle and Kindle Fire! This is the Weekly's second product available to Kindle users: Our music magazine, Reverb Monthly, has been available for several months. If you're a Kindle or Kindle Fire user ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    A Message to Reverb Monthly's Kindle Subscribers

    Due to a technical error, Reverb Monthly's Kindle subscribers were originally sent the December issue's content inside the issue labeled "Jan. 1." The error was caught quickly, and Amazon tells us that subscribers saw a pop-up message alerting them to the need to re-download the current issue. Some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Hey, Don't Forget to Pick Up the January Issue of SW's Music Mag, Reverb Monthly

    The January installment of Reverb Monthly is hidden inside the current issue of Seattle Weekly (and availalble independently at a number of bars/clubs/nail salons around town) and on the web here, and on the Kindle and Kindle Fire. Per usual, we've reviewed every local record that we could get our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Get a Kindle or Kindle Fire for Christmas? Subscribe to SW's Music Mag, Reverb Monthly!

    If you're among the millions of Americans who got a Kindle or Kindle Fire for Christmas (or giftted one to yourself), you're just now beginning to enjoy the quiet of the eReader. While you're considering which publications to add to your subscription list, be sure to give Seattle Weekly's Reverb M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Seattle Weekly's Reverb Monthly Now Available on Amazon's Kindle and Kindle Fire!

    You can now subscribe to the Kindle and Kindle Fire edition of Seattle Weekly's Reverb Monthly.​Reverb Monthly, Seattle Weekly's new music magazine, is now available on the world's most popular e-reader, the Kindle, along with Amazon's new tablet, Kindle Fire. The Kindle edition includes every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Airport X-Ray Scanners Might Ruin Your Kindle

    It's been a while since Americans have had new reasons to fear and/or hate airport X-ray and scanning technology. Let's rectify that, shall we?

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Amazon Loses $5 on Every $79 Kindle It Sells, Analyst Says

    ​Love Amazon? Buy the the Kindle e-reader! It's a great deal at $79. Hate Amazon? Buy the Kindle e-reader! You may help put the company out of business.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Free Kindles Available Now at Seattle Public Library

    ​In perhaps the most subtle move thus far in its war on physical books, Amazon announced today that it would be giving Kindles to some 11,000 libraries across the country to be loaned out for free--starting right here at the Seattle Public Library.

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Amazon and Barnes & Noble Use Stupid Math to Magically Double Kindle and Nook's Battery Life

    ​On Tuesday, shoppers in the market for a new E-reader tablet would have seen graphics and advertisements that said the Amazon Kindle has a one-month battery life. By Wednesday, those same graphics and ads would have showed the device's battery life had suddenly doubled. A technological break ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Amazon Looks to Make Libraries Obsolete With Kindle Lending Program

    ​Libraries are on their way to being only utilized by high school field trippers and homeless people in need of a shave. And who's leading the traditional literary lending establishments down the road of obscurity? Why, Amazon of course.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Amazon to Offer Discount Kindle (That's Crammed Full of Ads)

    ​How much is the fact that your Kindle doesn't try and sell you toothpaste worth? Because if it's worth $25 or less, then Amazon has quite the deal!

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Portland Book Store Offers to Trade Real Books for "Soulless" Kindles

    ​Face it, dude. You and your corporate-owned Kindle are ruining print. Never mind that downloadable literature has single-handedly kept books and book authors competitive in the digital age. The point is that old school books, like vinyl turntables, fixie bicycles, and retro coats, show that y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Kindle Is Top-Selling Product of All Time on Amazon

    ​Amazon sold 13.7 million items in one day on Nov. 29. About 9 million of those were Kindle 3's. That makes it the No. 1, all-time, super-best-selling thing on Amazon ever.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Today in Sex: Give the Gift That'll Get You Laid

    ​You've got 4.5 shopping days until xmas, and though it's been said that it's better to give than receive; giving and then receiving a little something yourself has its good points too. Like for instance, I happen to know that if I shell out for a large flat-screen, it'll be hump-city at my ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Inconceivable! Some Kindle Titles Now Cost More Than Hardcovers

    ​Like a lot of industries these days, book publishing is struggling to deal with the massive change wrought by the internet and new mediums like the Kindle. Unfortunately for people who like to read books, the people who publish them have settled on a strange new strategy going forward: screw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Are E-Readers Greener Than Books?

    ​Let's say you're the kind of person who likes to read and cares about the enviro...wait. This is Seattle. Let's just assume those things. Here's a question you might have asked yourself before: are e-readers like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad better for the environment than books?

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Kindle and iPad Displays Under a Microscope

    ​A lot is made about the difference between Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad when it comes to price and features. But equally important for an e-reader is what it actually looks like when you read on it. That's long been the Kindle's strength -- an ability to recreate the actual reading experi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    The Hold Steady's Craig Finn On the Kindle, the A.C., and the 10 Commandments

    Craig Finn, second from left, performs with the Hold Steady at Showbox at the Market on Wednesday August 18. Jaill opens the show.​In a couple of weeks, Craig Finn, frontman of the boisterous Brooklyn ensemble the Hold Steady, will turn 39. "I really was worried about 30 when I was 29," he sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Amazon's Kindle Means the End of Meeting Cute With Books

    ​OK. Maybe that headline is a little hyperbolic. But this Slate piece makes a decent point: if the future means a world where people carry more Amazon Kindles than books with actual spyable spines, then it also means a world in which we'll no longer be able to "know them, or judge them, or lov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    I Have Officially Bowed to the Information Age

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Last Christmas, my wife bought me a Kindle. To be honest, I had to sort of fake that I was stoked to get this present. As most of you probably know by now, I am an old ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Elliott Bay Books Reopening

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Last Christmas, my wife bought me a Kindle. To be honest, I had to sort of fake that I was stoked to get this present. As most of you probably know by now, I am an old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    iPad? Amazon Knows Not of This iPad You Speak Of

    The Kindle is already starting to look a little homely, no?​Apple sold somewhere in the neighborhood of half a million iPads yesterday. So how did Amazon respond to the introduction of a product that may kill its beloved, first-generation e-reader? This screencap from last night says in the mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    iPad Reviews Say Amazon's Kindle Soon to Be E-Relevant

    Steve's is prettier.​The greatest product in the history of anything comes out this Sunday. Before you buy an iPad, you can read what a bunch of lucky tech writers have to say after spending weeks toying around with it. Among their many conclusions: Apple's new e-everything is serious troubl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Amazon Delivers Death Blow to Independent Book Stores, Offers Publishers More Loot

    Apple's tablet is putting the squeeze on Amazon's Kindle, and a head lock on independent book stores.​Here's a wholly unoriginal thought: book stores, especially independents, are screwed. Yes, this is same Chicken Little wail that's been recycled ever since Amazon introduced it's first itera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Is the Rumored Apple iSlate Aimed at Amazon's Kindle?

    Will Bezos be laughing when the iSlate arrives?​With the holiday shopping season but a memory, with Amazon likely to report impressive year-end sales, how are retailers, consumers, and electronics manufacturers going to keep busy during the January doldrums? Rumor-mongering, that's how. Appl ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Amazon's Supply Chain

    When you’ve got the monopoly, you set the records.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Why the Amazon Kindle's Christmas Day Record Isn't That Impressive

    This is what Christmas morning looked like for millions of new Kindle owners.​Tech writers stuck with the unenviable job of working this past holiday weekend were blessed with a last-minute gift from Jeff Bezos: On December 26th, Amazon issued a press release proudly trumpeting the fact that o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Hardly a Kindle-Killer: Barnes & Noble's Nook Cooked by Tech Critics

    The Kindle: Very much alive, and possibly in better shape now that its biggest competition got trashed.​Good news for Amazon. The two biggest kingmakers in tech have just reviewed the Nook, Barnes & Noble's e-reader answer to the Kindle. Their verdicts: Just like Kindle, only not as good. Wal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Amazon to Open British Brick-and-Mortar Stores?

    Buy the Kindle AND interact with another human being.​If you're world leader in e-commerce, why might you make a go of it in the physical world? That's the question being posed now that Amazon is reportedly scouting out shop locations in Britain. The Times of London says that "Amazon wants to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Jeff Bezos on How He Reads His Kindle in the Bathtub

    Nothing says "moving product" like a picture of this guy floating in Epsom Salts.​File this one under the category "Things You'll Instantly Regret Visualizing." In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos revealed his secret for using his Kindle, the electro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Amazon Declares Sales Dominance for Product No One Else Can Sell

    "We're number one! We're number one! And there is no number two!"​You've got to love the Amazon PR department. The company is crowing about its sales of the Kindle electronic reader (also prominently flagged as one of the company's designated bestsellers). Meanwhile, following the sales push o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Blind Can't Use Amazon's Kindle, Schools Say

    The future of reading should probably include blind people too.​According to the National Federation of the Blind, Syracuse and the University of Wisconsin are expected to announce today that they won't hand out Amazon's Kindle to students until the e-reader is more accessible to the visually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Meet Kindle's Evil Twin!

    ​It is on, Jeff Bezos! Smaller corporate rival to Amazon, Barnes & Noble is announcing today a rival electronic reader device to the successful Kindle. The Nook, as it's called, will compete with Kindle at the same price point, $259 (per the NYT). Amazon has been coy about breaking out its sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    B&N's Nook: First Look

    ​Tech site Gizmodo is all over the supposed Kindle killer from Barnes & Noble, called Nook. So thanks to them for first reporting what Jeff Bezos' ninja spies probably already know, having crawled up the side of B&N HQ using suction cups and stealth. Before, we were guessing. Here's what we kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Beware, Bezos: Sony Unveils Potential Kindle-Slayer

    Jeff B. brandishes the (endangered?) device​Could the Kindle be in trouble? Sony released the third of its Kindle-challenging readers today, a $399, 7-inch wireless device called the Daily Edition. The new device won't be sold until December and likely can't yet compete with the Kindle in book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Everyone Wants to Take a Shot at King Kindle

    It feels lighter without the Orwell.​They say it's lonely at the top. They say heavy is the head that wears the crown--or the hat that wears the crown, in Bikini Cory's case. They say welcome to the jungle. Amazon's Kindle must know what they mean. The top-selling e-reader got Amazon sued by ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    A Kindle Ate His Homework

    Now he’s telling it to a judge.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Lawsuit Filed Over Amazon's Big Brother Act

    ​A high school student today filed suit here against Amazon.com for pulling George Orwell books off its Kindle electronic reader - destroying the homework he'd already completed. Serious. Amazon deleted "1984" and "Animal Farm," saying it mistakenly sold them on Kindle without permission. CEO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Amazon Vs. Barnes & Noble: The Tale of the Tape

    So Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookstore chain, is entering the the ebook market in a big way. As the company announced today, it's promising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99, making it the world's largest selection of eBooks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Seattle's Best Dive Bars: Now on Kindle!

    While I would selfishly still encourage you to purchase the hard copy of my bestselling debut novel, Seattle's Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving In the Emerald City, for those who insist upon ingesting all your text via computerized screen (hopefully you apologize to your eyes before you fall aslee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Kindle Vs. iPhone, Round II

    In a long business story in this month's Fast Company magazine, there are some interesting observations on the mounting battle between the Amazon Kindle electronic reader device and Apple's iPhone. Writer Adam L. Penenberg cites Jobs' past pronouncement that, "It doesn't matter how good or bad [the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Maybe We Should Just Send a Battleship to Mountain View

    The Puget Sound/Silicon Valley battles are heating up. First, Microsoft is going after Google on the search front, combining a reportedly decent product with an aggressive marketing campaign that suggests that Google's search engine could drive you insane. Now, Google is taking aim at Amazon and its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Bezos Unleashes Kindle DX!

    The New York Times likes to call the Amazon founder and CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos in this report covering the new iteration of his Kindle version 2.0, the DX. Why not just the simple, casual Jeff we use here in the Northwest? Perhaps because the Times and a select few other papers have entered into an ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    David Pogue Hearts Jeff Bezos

    The New York Times has had a chance to play with Amazon's new Kindle e-reader device, version 2.0, and it's fair to say that personal technology writer David Pogue is now officially in love with Jeff Bezos. Pogue's NYT headline is "The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now," as he reviews the gizmo. The K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Kindle 2.0: the Critics Speak!

    Thanks to Gizmodo, which provides a rundown of influential opinions on Amazon's refreshed Kindle device. The verdict is essentially three thumbs up from Ed Baig (USA Today), Steven Levy (Wired), and David Pogue (New York TImes), the latter assisted by his helper monkey. Inexplicably, we at SW did no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Amazon Drops New Kindle Hint Before Earnings Report

    Amazon.com will report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Before that, however, perhaps hoping to goose analysts and potential customers, the company is pimping its Kindle Version 2.0. According to this NYT blog account, Jeff Bezos himself will attend the February 8 unveiling of the refreshed ... More >>

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