Amazon Kindle Blog

Buy The Amazon Kindle 2

If you haven't heard of The Amazon Kindle (now the Kindle 2), then please allow me to introduce you to one of the most exciting products to come around in ages for those who love to read.

What is so great about the Amazon Kindle?

• First and foremost, imagine being able to find a book you want to read on Amazon and having it shipped to you IMMEDIATELY. No, I don't mean through snail mail, but have said volume in your hands seconds after ordering. 
• Unlike reading on a laptop or computer monitor, Amazon Kindle's electronic paper looks just like a book should. No eye strain. No need for a backlight. 
• It's small and portable and you can carry more than one book with you at a time. In fact, you can carry hundreds. 
• Not only can you read books, but newspapers, magazines and even popular blogs. 
• To buy books, you won't need to find a wi-fi area. Amazon's Whispernet allows you to order books from anywhere.
• It's green! Okay, I know you're saying, "No! It's white!" But seriously, with all the paper you'll be sparing by reading your newspapers, books and magazines on the Kindle, you could consider yourself on the brink of a revolution!

The Kindle allows you to carry your library with you where you go! How cool is that?

Kindle 2 is Available

In case you haven't heard, Amazon's second generation digital reader has been released, the Kindle 2.

So what's different about the Kindle 2?

• This Kindle has a new 5 way controller. This new controller makes selecting text easier and finding words in a book a snap.
• 25% longer battery life than with the original Kindle. 4 days if using wireless. 2 weeks if not using wireless.
• Sleeker design. Light as a paperback, thin as many magazines.

So What Kind of Blogs Can You Read on the Amazon Kindle?

With the Amazon Kindle, you can have a number of blogs delivered to your Kindle. So, exactly which blogs does Amazon offer?

• Boing Boing 
• TechCrunch 
• Slashdot 
• OhGizmo! 
• Ask Dr. Weil 
• The Onion 
• Huffington Post

And many others. So, even if you're no where near a WiFi hot spot, you can still read your favorite blogs. Nifty, huh?

Read Apocalyptic Fiction on the Amazon Kindle

We humans just can't seem to get enough of hypothesizing how it will all end. Like a candle snuffed out or a big boom, we can't decide which way we'd rather go, so the best we can do is let those who write fiction decide for us.

Dated, but still valid, Philip K. Dick's Dr. Bloodmoney tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear fallout (then set in the future - 1981).

Set 1,000 years from the present, Eternity Road tells the story of a world destroyed by a plague, 8 years before the novel's beginning.

Year Zero is part thrill and part apocalyptic scare-fare. With a Christ-archeological based story, this one would probably be of interest to those who also enjoyed the DaVinci Code.

Depressing, depressing and more depressing. Just like you'd expect the end of the world to be. Picked as an Oprah Book Club Selection, this father/son tale is exactly the sort of apocalyptic fare you'd expect from McCarthy.

Dr. OZ on The Amazon Kindle

If you ever watch The Oprah Show, even irregularly, no doubt, you've heard of Dr. OZ.

Frank and to the point, he talks about everything from how to irrigate your sinuses to, well, those bodily functions we don't really like to talk about.

And now, with the Amazon Kindle, you can have his books instantly. Including his newest one, "You Staying Young." His books are funny and irreverent with humorous diagrams and illustrations that, while being informative, will make you laugh as well.

And if you haven't already purchased your Kindle so you can instantly download all of Dr. Oz's books, make sure you get with it and get yourself a Kindle: