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Learn German On Kindle With Free Books
Last year I wrote a post about how to use your Kindle to learn a foreign language. Since then I have been using the Kindle myself quite a lot, both to learn various languages and create my own experimental ebooks for learning German. Today, I’d like to show you how you can get tons of free…
Ninety-Nine Cents For Your Thoughts
When I was 11 years old I lived in a small town. We spent most of our time outdoors, playing in the woods or riding around aimlessly with our bicycles. Another popular activity was to go deal-hunting in the two $0.99 cent stores on main street. Equipped with our modest allowances and an insatiable curiosity…
The Book Reading Revolution: Read More, Better, Anywhere!
Reading for Fun By the end of my stay at UCF, I was nearing burnout. I’d read so much and for so long that my mind was numb, and reading was the last thing I wanted to do. This lasted for a few months, until I discovered e-readers. The Christmas prior to my move to…
How To Get Kindle Feed Subscriptions With Instapaper For Free
Ever since I got a Kindle, I read a lot more. And it turns out that it’s not just great for re-reading the old classics or long PDFs I never had the nerve to read on screen, it’s also a very convenient way to get my daily dosage of news. These days, first thing in the…
Tons Of Kindle Screensaver Fun And Creative Wallpaper Resources
Some of us have learned to love the screensaver images Amazon ships with their Kindle reading devices. Others quietly suffer the rotating selection of dead poets and educational images of fishes and plants. And yet others simply ask: “What if I’d like to see something else?” Personally, I belong to the third category. I was…
Kindle: From Idea To Bestseller in 9 Days
It was 9 days ago that Eti Shani, Hebrew teacher and blogger came up with the idea to publish a little study-aid for learners of Biblical Hebrew on Kindle: A set of virtual flashcards that students can flip through by using the next/previous buttons on their e-reader. Two days ago, it hit three Amazon bestseller…