Extending an olive branch, Amazon has announced that they will allow publishers to decide if the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech feature will be available for their titles. When the Kindle 2 feature – which allows readers to have the book read to them in a GPS-like voice – was announced,...

The release of Amazon’s Kindle 2 has resulted in a flurry of news articles and reviews of the device. You can read my first impressions of the device and I’ll have a more thorough comparison of the original Kindle and Kindle 2 up soon. For now, check out these great articles from other sites: ...

Since I started this website I’ve been writing tips & tricks and other basic information about the Kindle in a section called Kindle 101. Since a lot of these features have changed from Kindle 1 to Kindle 2, I will be updating all the old posts over the next couple of weeks to have current...

Etsy is one of my favorite shopping websites. It features hand-crafted items for sale by their creators. In the past I’ve purchased a hand-cut Valentine’s Day card and blown glass necklace pendants, as well as several other trinkets. With the launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2, hand-crafted...

A friend who knows my love of the Kindle forwarded me a new installment of a popular web comic called xkcd. This strip references one of the best reasons to own a Kindle. Check it out at xkcd.com.

As an almost year-long original Kindle owner, I was excited about the launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2. I received mine on launch day (thank you, Amazon Prime!) and have spent some time trying out the new features and getting used to the tweaked user interface. Here are my initial thoughts about the...

Now that you have a new Kindle 2, you’re probably going to want to transfer the content from your Kindle 1 to the new device. There are a couple of ways to do this. One – go to amazon.com/manageyourkindle. Scroll down the page and you should see a section called “Your orders and individual...

The Amazon Kindle 2 arrived today. Check out the series of unboxing photos below. Check back soon for my first impressions on the new features, a comparison of Kindle 1 and Kindle 2, and for a review of the Kindle-exclusive Stephen King novella UR. ...

Welcome to KindleNewsAndReviews.com! Formerly LightMyKindle.com, we’ve moved to a new web address and have upgraded the site with a new design to celebrate the release of Amazon’s Kindle 2. All of the Kindle book reviews and Kindle news from LightMyKindle.com have been relocated to the new...

Amazon’s Kindle 2 has shipped (mine is scheduled for delivery today). If you pre-ordered it, or had been waiting on a back-ordered Kindle 1, you should be receiving your new Kindle 2 shortly. If you haven’t ordered yet, don’t worry. It’s not sold out – yet. It’s too...