http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/07/firmware-as-a-kindle-2-sales-promoter-new-tweak-to-help-k1-owners-move-books-to-k2/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/07/firmware-as-a-kindle-2-sales-promoter-new-tweak-to-help-k1-owners-move-books-to-k2/comment-page-1/#comment-1010605 David Rothman Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/07/firmware-as-a-kindle-2-sales-promoter-new-tweak-to-help-k1-owners-move-books-to-k2/#comment-1010605 Great hint, Alan, thanks! - David Great hint, Alan, thanks! – David

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/07/firmware-as-a-kindle-2-sales-promoter-new-tweak-to-help-k1-owners-move-books-to-k2/comment-page-1/#comment-1010603 Alan Wallcraft Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:02:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/07/firmware-as-a-kindle-2-sales-promoter-new-tweak-to-help-k1-owners-move-books-to-k2/#comment-1010603 The 1.2 firmware (for Kindle 1) is now available for download. It includes image zoom, which is nice, but it also includes "Greek characters and monospace fonts". This probably means that the Kindle 2 won't include ePub, because the only reason for adding monospaced fonts is to better support technical ebooks without taking the obvious step of switching to ePub. The 1.2 firmware (for Kindle 1) is now available for download. It includes image zoom, which is nice, but it also includes “Greek characters and monospace fonts”. This probably means that the Kindle 2 won’t include ePub, because the only reason for adding monospaced fonts is to better support technical ebooks without taking the obvious step of switching to ePub.

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