All Things Kindle

Nina Franco, MLS

Burlington Township High School

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See What Customers Have to say about Amazon Kindle 2

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Specs for the Techies• Display

• 6” diagonal E-Ink display

• 600 x 800 pixel resolution

• 16 level Gray scale

• Size and Weight

• 8 x 5.3 x 0.36 deep

• 10.2 ounces

• System Requirements

• None

• Connection Protocols

• Whispernet

• 1xRTT

• Power

• Battery-Operated

• Storage

• 1500 items internally

• 2GB

• Audio

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Specs for the Non-techies• Display

• Looks like paper

• “Turns” pages

• Black, white, and gray

• Size and Weight• Bigger than a paperback

• Lighter than a paperback

• System Requirements• No hookups or synching

• Connection Protocols• Fast

• Anywhere and anytime

• Power• Charge lasts up to 14 days

• Storage• 1500 books

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What Do I Get for $359?

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Standard Features

• It’s a wireless E-Book Reader

• It knows you

• You get stuff first

• You get a Kindle email address

• Leftie and Rightie Friendly

• QWERTY

• Built-in Dictionary

• Access to the Kindle Store

• Access to 24 Magazines

• Access to 33 Newspapers

• Access to 1422 Blogs

• Access to 255, 104 Books

• Kindle Community

• Bookmark

• Notetaking

• The never-ending library

• Reads to you

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More Features

• It’s an MP3 player

• Listen to Music

• Listen to Audiobooks

• It handles RSS feeds

• It surfs the Web

• The Kindle is friendly with the following formats:

• AZW

• .TXT

• Audible

• .PDF

• It’s a photo album

• It works well with Google ToolsNote: Conversions and mailings can cost you up to 10 cents but there are ways you can get the conversions for free!

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What Does It Mean For My School Library?

• Eco Friendly

• 1 device – 4 years of required reading plus textbooks

• Natural Technology Progression

• The unlimited and unbound library

• Out of Print books are now available

• Initial cost is high

• Special Arrangements with Amazon

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Some people see things as they are and ask “why?”

I dream of things that never were and say “why not?”

-- Robert F. Kennedy, 1968

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What Could It Mean For Your School Library?

What are your thoughts?

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Meet The Kindles

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